Nephrotic Syndrome, Minimal Change
Conditions
Brief summary
The initial steroids dose for Nephrotic Syndrome is 60mg/1m2 for 6-4 weeks and the duration of the first steroid course is between 8 weeks to 6 months. The base of the initial dose for steroids Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome been put in the early 70s. In our study the investigators will adjusted the first steroids does to the response day. Our primary end point is : a lower adjusted dose is as good as the fix dose in the first year after diagnosis.
Detailed description
About 90% of the patients will response to steroid therapy. The initial steroid dose is between 2mg/kg or 60mg/1m2 for 6-4 weeks and the duration of the first steroid course is between 8 weeks to 6 months. The bases of this treatment have been put in the early 70s. Since then most of the study were focused on the duration of the therapy with a results that 8-12 weeks course is as good as 6 month. Studies have showed no difference in response rate between 2mg/kg to 60m2' although the difference in the dose in young children can rich to 25%. Other retrospective analysis been show that patients who response in the first 7-9 days tend to have lass relapses than other patients. In our nephrology clinic the investigators there is ongoing clinical study on low doses of steroid therapy for relapse of nephritic syndrome with good results.
Interventions
DRUGPrednisone
Children with Idiopathic Nephrotic syndrome will start 60 mg/m2 prednisone.children that response in 8 days will receive an adjusted dose while the rest of the group will receive the 4 weeks usually dose.
Sponsors
Rabin Medical Center
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
1 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Children who recently have been diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome.
Exclusion criteria
* Children with nephrotic syndrome that can not be treated with steroids.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The time until the first relapse | 6 months | All Children with Nephrotic Syndrome will start a dose of 60 mg/m2 prednisone.patients that will response in 8 days (the first day with a negative or trace in the urine deep stick test)will receive adjusted lower steroid dose.the outcome is the time until the first relapse( positive protein in deep stick urine test,or low serum albumin with positive urine deep stick).the control group is the historical data from a prospective malty center observation study. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of relapse during first year | one year | We will count the number of relapse episodes in the first year since diagnosis. |
Countries
Israel
Contacts
Primary ContactAmit Dagan, Dr.
Backup ContactAmit Dagan, Dr.
Outcome results
None listed