C5a receptor inhibitor avacopan in immunoglobulin A nephropathy-an open-label pilot study.

C5a receptor C5a receptor inhibitor IgA nephropathy avacopan complement proteinuria

Journal

Clinical kidney journal
ISSN: 2048-8505
Titre abrégé: Clin Kidney J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101579321

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
May 2022
Historique:
received: 16 09 2021
entrez: 2 5 2022
pubmed: 3 5 2022
medline: 3 5 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Improvement of proteinuria as a marker for disease activity is associated with a better renal outcome in immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN). Complement is an effector pathway in IgA-mediated kidney injury. Avacopan, a selective C5a receptor inhibitor, has previously shown efficacy in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of avacopan in patients with IgAN with persistent proteinuria despite a maximally tolerated dose of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockade. The efficacy evaluation was based on the change in proteinuria. This open-label pilot trial enrolled adult patients with biopsy-proven IgAN, urinary protein:creatinine ratio (UPCR) >1 g/g creatinine and an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) >60 mL/min/1.73 m A total of 10 of 15 screened patients entered the run-in period. Seven patients with a UPCR >1 g/g creatinine received avacopan. Six of seven patients had numerical improvement in the UPCR during the avacopan treatment period, three of whom had a numerical improvement of ∼50% at week 12. At week 24, five of seven patients still showed numerical improvement in the UPCR compared with baseline. The urinary monocyte chemoattractant protein-1:creatinine ratio decreased numerically 30% by week 8, possibly reflecting the anti-inflammatory activity of avacopan. Avacopan was well tolerated. There was one serious adverse event of unstable angina, which was deemed to be unrelated to avacopan. This short-term pilot study showed an improvement in the slope of the UPCR, with ∼50% improvement in three of seven patients with IgAN. Longer avacopan treatment duration may be indicated for maximal benefit.

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED
Improvement of proteinuria as a marker for disease activity is associated with a better renal outcome in immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN). Complement is an effector pathway in IgA-mediated kidney injury. Avacopan, a selective C5a receptor inhibitor, has previously shown efficacy in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of avacopan in patients with IgAN with persistent proteinuria despite a maximally tolerated dose of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockade. The efficacy evaluation was based on the change in proteinuria.
Methods UNASSIGNED
This open-label pilot trial enrolled adult patients with biopsy-proven IgAN, urinary protein:creatinine ratio (UPCR) >1 g/g creatinine and an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) >60 mL/min/1.73 m
Results UNASSIGNED
A total of 10 of 15 screened patients entered the run-in period. Seven patients with a UPCR >1 g/g creatinine received avacopan. Six of seven patients had numerical improvement in the UPCR during the avacopan treatment period, three of whom had a numerical improvement of ∼50% at week 12. At week 24, five of seven patients still showed numerical improvement in the UPCR compared with baseline. The urinary monocyte chemoattractant protein-1:creatinine ratio decreased numerically 30% by week 8, possibly reflecting the anti-inflammatory activity of avacopan. Avacopan was well tolerated. There was one serious adverse event of unstable angina, which was deemed to be unrelated to avacopan.
Conclusions UNASSIGNED
This short-term pilot study showed an improvement in the slope of the UPCR, with ∼50% improvement in three of seven patients with IgAN. Longer avacopan treatment duration may be indicated for maximal benefit.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35498891
doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfab294
pii: sfab294
pmc: PMC9050557
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

922-928

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the ERA.

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Auteurs

Annette Bruchfeld (A)

Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.

Hasan Magin (H)

Department of Renal Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital and CLINTEC Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Patrick Nachman (P)

Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Samir Parikh (S)

Department of Nephrology, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.

Richard Lafayette (R)

Department of Nephrology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

Antonia Potarca (A)

ChemoCentryx, San Carlos, CA, USA.

Shichang Miao (S)

ChemoCentryx, San Carlos, CA, USA.

Pirow Bekker (P)

ChemoCentryx, San Carlos, CA, USA.

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