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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Terapevticheskii arkhiv</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Terapevticheskii arkhiv</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Терапевтический архив</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0040-3660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2309-5342</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">LLC Obyedinennaya Redaktsiya</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">34978</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.26442/00403660.2020.06.000669</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Original articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Оригинальные статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The analysis of treatment of Immunoglobulin A-nephropathy</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Анализ эффективности терапии иммуноглобулин А-нефропатии</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7179-5520</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Dobronravov</surname><given-names>Vladimir A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Добронравов</surname><given-names>Владимир Александрович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д.м.н., проф., зам. дир. НИИ нефрологии, каф. пропедевтики внутренних болезней</p></bio><email>dobronravov@nephrolog.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8433-876X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kochoyan</surname><given-names>Zinaida Sh.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кочоян</surname><given-names>Зинаида Шакроевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>студентка лечебного фак-та</p></bio><email>dobronravov@nephrolog.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2398-0449</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Muzhetskaya</surname><given-names>Tatyana O.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Мужецкая</surname><given-names>Татьяна Олеговна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>врач-нефролог клиники НИИ нефрологии</p></bio><email>dobronravov@nephrolog.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1953-637X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Lin</surname><given-names>Daria I.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Лин</surname><given-names>Дарья Игоревна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>студентка лечебного фак-та</p></bio><email>dobronravov@nephrolog.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">ФГБОУ ВО «Первый Санкт-Петербургский государственный медицинский университет им. акад. И.П. Павлова» Минздрава России</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2020-07-09" publication-format="electronic"><day>09</day><month>07</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>92</volume><issue>6</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>23</fpage><lpage>32</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2020-07-08"><day>08</day><month>07</month><year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2020, Consilium Medicum</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2020, ООО "Консилиум Медикум"</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Consilium Medicum</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">ООО "Консилиум Медикум"</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://ter-arkhiv.ru/0040-3660/article/view/34978">https://ter-arkhiv.ru/0040-3660/article/view/34978</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><bold>Aim. </bold>An evaluation of the effectiveness of immunosuppressive therapy (IST) and tonsillectomy (TE) in patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN).</p> <p><bold>Materials and methods. </bold>A retrospective cohort of the study included cases with biopsy proven primary IgAN (<italic>n</italic>=367, age 34±12 years, men – 55%). We used demographic and clinical and morphological parameters at the time of biopsy. Median followup period was 26 (10; 61) months. Outcomes were remission (complete or partial) and the progression of IgAN (defined as the start of dialysis or a decrease in glomerular filtration rate ≥50% from baseline). All patients received treatment with renin angiotensin system blockers. Evaluation of the effectiveness of therapy was carried out using propensity score (PS) methods – matching, conventional double robust regression models with PS as independent covariate, and inverse probability weighting. Following patient subgroups were used for comparative analyses: with IST (<italic>n</italic>=176) and without IST (<italic>n</italic>=191); with TE (<italic>n</italic>=63) and without TE (<italic>n</italic>=304); without IST and without TE (IST-TE-; <italic>n</italic>=162); with TE and without IST (IST-TE+; <italic>n</italic>=29); with IST and without TE (IST+TE-; <italic>n</italic>=142); with IST and with TE (IST+ TE+; <italic>n</italic>=34).</p> <p><bold>Results.</bold> All PS methods used gave close estimates of the comparative effectiveness of treatment in different subgroups: 1) patients on monotherapy with corticosteroids (CS) and combination of CS with other immunosuppressants did not have significant differences in probabilities of IgAN progression (hazard ratio 0.919; 95% CI 0.333–2.950) and remission (odds ratio 0.919; 95% CI 0.379–2.344) and were further combined into a group of IST; 2) IST was significantly associated with the lower risk of disease progression and increased odds ratio for remission; 3) the positive effects of IST were limited to cases with proteinuria &gt;2 g/24 h; 4) the likelihood of IgAN remission and progression did not differ significantly between TE+ and TE-, IST-TE+ and IST-TE- groups. There were no cases of disease progression in the IST+TE+ group. The cumulative renal survival was higher in the IST+TE+ group compared to IST+ TE- group (<italic>p</italic>=0.010), while the probability of remission did not differ.</p> <p><bold>Conclusion. </bold>IST was associated with a lower risk of IgAN progression and increased probability of remission, while these effects of IST were limited to patients with proteinuria &gt;2 g/24 h. TE in combination with IST is associated with an additional reduction in the risk of disease progression.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><bold>Цель. </bold>Оценка эффективности иммуносупрессивной терапии (ИСТ) и тонзиллэктомии (ТЭ) у пациентов с иммуноглобулин А-нефропатией (IgAN).</p> <p><bold>Материалы и методы. </bold>Ретроспективная когорта исследования включала случаи с диагнозом первичной IgAN (<italic>n</italic>=367, возраст 34±12 лет, мужчин – 55%). Использовали демографические и клинические показатели на момент биопсии почки, данные светооптического и иммуноморфологического исследований. Период наблюдения составил 26 (10; 61) мес. Регистрировали развитие ремиссии (полной или частичной) и прогрессирование IgAN (начало диализа или снижение скорости клубочковой фильтрации ≥50% от исходной. Все больные получали лечение блокаторами ренин-ангиотензиновой системы. Оценку эффективности терапии проводили с применением методов псевдорандомизации по индексу соответствия (propensity score – PS) – подбором групп по PS, регрессией с PS в качестве независимой ковариаты и взвешивание по 1/PS. Сравнивали группы пациентов на ИСТ (<italic>n</italic>=176) и без ИСТ (<italic>n</italic>=191), с ТЭ (<italic>n</italic>=63) и без ТЭ (<italic>n</italic>=304) в 4 подгруппах: 1) без ИСТ и без ТЭ (ИСТ-ТЭ-; <italic>n</italic>=162); 2) ТЭ без ИСТ (ИСТ-ТЭ+; <italic>n</italic>=29); 3) ИСТ без ТЭ (ИСТ+ТЭ-; <italic>n</italic>=142); 4) ИСТ и ТЭ (ИСТ+ТЭ+; <italic>n</italic>=34).</p> <p><bold>Результаты. </bold>Все использованные PS-методы дали близкие оценки сравнительной эффективности лечения в разных подгруппах: 1) больные на монотерапии кортикостероидами и комбинированной терапии кортикостероидами в сочетании с другими иммуносупрессантами не имели достоверных отличий по рискам прогрессирования IgAN (Expβ=0,919; 95% доверительный интервал 0,333–2,950) и достижения ремиссии (Expβ=0,919; 95% доверительный интервал 0,379–2,344) и объединены в общую группу ИСТ; 2) ИСТ достоверно связана с вероятностями снижения темпов прогрессирования и развития ремиссии IgAN; 3) позитивные эффекты ИСТ ограничены случаями с суточной потерей белка более 2 г; 4) вероятности ремиссии и прогрессирования IgAN существенно не отличались между группами ТЭ+ и ТЭ-, ИСТ-ТЭ+ и ИСТ-ТЭ-. В группе ИСТ+ТЭ+ случаев прогрессирования не выявлено; кумулятивная почечная выживаемость выше (<italic>vs</italic> ИСТ+ТЭ-; <italic>р</italic>=0,010), а вероятность ремиссий не отличалась.</p> <p><bold>Заключение. </bold>ИСТ может быть эффективна для индукции ремиссии и торможения прогрессирования IgAN у пациентов с суточной протеинурией более 2 г, а проведение ТЭ в дополнение к ИСТ ассоциировано с дополнительным снижением риска прогрессирования болезни.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>immunoglobulin A-nephropathy</kwd><kwd>treatment</kwd><kwd>immunosuppression</kwd><kwd>tonsillectomy</kwd><kwd>remission</kwd><kwd>progression</kwd><kwd>propensity score matching</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>иммуноглобулин А-нефропатия</kwd><kwd>лечение</kwd><kwd>иммуносупрессия</kwd><kwd>тонзиллэктомия</kwd><kwd>ремиссии</kwd><kwd>прогрессирование</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Schena FP, Nistor I. 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