9. Treatment outcomes of Pediatric Lupus Nephritis Class III and IV in National Children’s Hospital

Luong Thi Phuong, Nguyen Thi Dieu Thuy, Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Nguyen Ngoc Huy, Truong Manh Tu, Nguyen Thu Huong

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Treatment of lupus nephritis (LN) remains challenging. A prospective observational study on the children with newly diagnosed LN class III and IV from 9/2019 to 9/2021 intended to examine the efficacy of MMF with corticosteroids as induction therapy for pediatric lupus nephritis class III and IV. All patients received 3 days of pulse methylprednisolone followed by a tapering course of oral prednisone therapy in combination with Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) 1200mg/m2/day (max 2g/day). Those with urine protein-creatinine ratio (uPCR) > 200mg/mmol and normal renal function after 1-month treatment received MMF and low dose Calcineurin Inhibitors (CNI). There were 57 children who were 75.4% females, 42.1% of children in class III, and 57.9% in class IV. The mean age was 10.88. 82.5% of patients r eceived Corticosteroid and MMF, and 10 children were treated with Corticosteroid, MMF, and CNI. Early responses at week 12 were achieved by 71.9%. The overall response was seen in 93.3% of patients after 6 months of therapy ( 42.2% complete response and 51.1% partial response). 2 patients (3.5%) had infections. MMF is effective in the treatment of children with proliferative lupus nephritis in induction therapy.

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