NCT01451710

The Effectiveness of Enough Steroids as Inducement Therapy in Minimal Change Disease-like IgA Nephropathy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nanjing University School of Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a single center,prospective,no-controlled clinical trial

Detailed description

1. The complete remission of enough steroids as inducement therapy in adult minimal change disease-like IgA nephropathy patients 2. The safety of enough steroids as inducement therapy in adult minimal change disease-like IgA nephropathy patients

Conditions

• IgA Nephropathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Prednisone or Prednisolone	daily single dose of 1mg/kg (maximum 80mg) or alternate day single dose of 2mg/kg (maximum 120mg),maintained for a minimum period of 6 weeks and maximum period of 12 weeks. After achieving complete remission., corticosteroids should be tapered slowly, 10mg every two weeks tapered to reach 0.15mg/kg/d, then 2.5mg every two to four weeks tapered to reach the minimum dosage 10mg/ alternate day

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-03-01
• Primary completion: 2012-05-01
• Completion: 2012-05-01
• First posted: 2011-10-14
• Last updated: 2012-07-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China