Status:

COMPLETED

Urinary T Lymphocytes Predict Renal Flares in Patients With Inactive ANCA-associated Glomerulonephritis

Lead Sponsor:

Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Conditions:

Glomerulonephritis Acute

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Urinary CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes may predict renal flares in patients with inactive ANCA-associated vasculitis and thus serve as early non-invasive biomarkers. Urine samples of patients with inacti...

Detailed Description

Data of previous studies have shown that counts of urinary T lymphocyte subsets correlate with disease activity in several immunological renal diseases, e.g. ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis. Thus, ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • diagnosed ANCA-associated vasculitis (clinical diagnosis of granulomatosis with polyangiitis, eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis or microscopic polyangiitis consistent with the Chapel-Hill consensus definitions AND positive test for proteinase 3-ANCA or myeloperoxidase-ANCA)
  • no currently active renal involvement (defined as BVAS = 0 with exception of hematuria or proteinuria as signs of renal scars)
  • written and informed consent

Exclusion

  • urinary tract infection
  • active menstrual bleeding
  • active renal involvement
  • other active renal disease (e.g. diabetic nephropathy)
  • Initially, we defined treatment with rituximab as exclusion criteria. However, upon closer examination, we recognized that this exclusion criterion was overly restrictive and may have inadvertently excluded eligible participants who met our other inclusion criteria. As a result of this reassessment, we have revised our exclusion criteria to no longer exclude individuals solely on the basis of receiving rituximab treatment.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2020

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04428398

Start Date

May 1 2020

End Date

September 1 2021

Last Update

November 14 2023

Active Locations (2)

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Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Berlin, Germany, 10117

2

Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch

Berlin, Germany, 13125