Treatment of IgA Nephropathy According to Renal Lesions

Currently, IgAN treatment recommendations are only based on clinico-biological parameters. Steroids therapy appears to have a major role in IgAN treatment, but previous studies evaluating steroids lacked of optimal control group and reproducible evaluation criteria. No prospective study with optimal nephroprotection had included renal pathology in patients selection criteria, although histological evaluation improves patients prognosis prediction. Until now, the lack of a reliable histological classification has precluded the use of histological lesions to evaluate IgAN prognosis and treatment. Given the recently identified major prognostic role of histological lesions in IgAN, we propose to introduce renal pathology to guide the treatment of IgAN in a multicenter study, using currently validated evaluation criteria of chronic kidney disease progression.

Inclusion criteria

• Age >= 18 years
• Patient with IgAN
• Renal biopsy < 45 days before inclusion visit
• PCR ratio >0.75 g/g (within 30 days before or after the renal biopsy)
• Renal biopsy with at least 8 glomeruli, disclosing at least 2 criteria among:

• mesangial proliferation (according to Oxford criteria)
• endocapillary proliferation (according to Oxford criteria)
• tubulointerstitial fibrosis (according to Oxford criteria) >25% of the biopsy
• segmental glomerulosclerosis (according to Oxford criteria)
• at least 1 cellular/fibrocellular crescents (C1 according to Oxford criteria)
• Patient with Social Security Insurance or CMU
• Patient having signed an informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• >30% increase of serum creatinine after starting nephroprotection therapy (≥ 15 days and ≤ 6 weeks) only for patient under nephroprotection <45 days of the inclusion visit
• >50% cellular/fibrocellular crescents, or >50% tubulointerstitial fibrosis or >50% globally sclerotic glomeruli
• Nephrotic syndrome with minimal change disease and IgA deposits
• eGFR <20 ml/min/1,73m2 (CKD-EPI formula) within 30 days before or after the renal biopsy
• Uncontrolled blood pressure (Systolic blood pressure >180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure > 110 mmHg)
• Previous corticosteroids treatment (>20 mg/d during more than 15 days, within the last 3 months before the renal biopsy)
• Pregnancy or breast feeding or women without sufficient contraception
• Secondary known forms of IgAN
• Henoch-Schoenlein purpura
• Additional other chronic renal disease
• Contraindication for immunosuppressive therapy, including active intestinal bleeding, active gastric or duodenal ulcer; active infection; any malignancy in a last years before the inclusion; severe psychiatric disease; living vaccines; anti-inflammatory dosages of acetylsalicylic acid
• Contraindication for RAS orSGLT2i blockade therapy
• Known allergy or intolerance to corticoids or lactose
• Organ transplant patient