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Table 3 Proteinuria reduction and treatment response in patients with iMN treated with Acthar gel

From: Acthar gel in the treatment of nephrotic syndrome: a multicenter retrospective case series

Patient

Previous IST/CT

Concurrent medications

Serum albumin

SCr

Proteinuria

Treatment response

Pre-Acthar

Pre-Acthar

Pre-Acthar

Post-Acthar % change (mg/dL)

Post-Acthar % change (mg/d)

Post-Acthar (g/dL)

1

Prednisone, cyclophosphamide, rituximab

ARB, ACEI

2.7

1.3

13,600

Clinical response

3.2

1.3

6600

0

−51.5

2

Prednisone, IVMP

Prednisone

1.4

1.2

6354

Partial remission

3.3

1.1

1000

−8.3

−84.3

3

None

None

1.5

2.5

15,400

Partial remission

3.1

1.9

2376

−24.0

−84.6

4

Prednisone, cyclosporine

ACE

1.6

1.9

10,000

Clinical response

2.1

1.9

4000

0

−60.0

5

Prednisone

ARB, ACEI

3.8

1.9

4000

No response

3.7

2.0

3475

5.3

−13.1

6

Tacrolimus

ACEI

3.3

1.0

5500

Complete remission

3.4

0.9

349

−10.0

−93.7

7

Prednisone, tacrolimus, chlorambucil

ARB

3.9

0.9

2400

Complete remission

Tacrolimus

4.0

1.0

163

−11.1

−93.2

8

Prednisone, cyclosporine

ACEI

3.2

1.3

3070

Early termination

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

9

Prednisone, cyclosporine

ACEI

3.8

2.1

1930

Partial remission

3.7

2.2

728

4.8

−62.3

10

Prednisone, tacrolimus, cyclophosphamide

ARB

3.5

1.3

5210

Partial remission

3.7

1.6

1780

23.1

−65.8

11

Prednisone, IVMP, cyclophosphamide

ACEI

NA

3.3

5132

No response

NA

3.8

6600

15.2

28.6

  1. Abbreviations: ACEI angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor, ARB angiotensin II receptor blockers, CT cytotoxic therapy, iMN idiopathic membranous nephropathy, IST immunosuppressive therapy, IVMP intravenous methylprednisolone, NA not available