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Table 1 Literature review of repeat renal biopsy for AL amyloidosis and comparison with the present case

From: Value of repeat renal biopsy in the evaluation of AL amyloidosis patients lacking renal response despite of complete hematologic remission: a case report and literature review

Author

Year

No

Treatment

From onset of symptoms to start of chemotherapy

Urinary Protein(g/d)/sCr(mg/dl) at 1st Biopsy

At 2nd Biopsy

From 1st to 2nd Biopsy (year)

Reason for 2nd Biopsy

Changes on Renal Pathology *

Hematologic response#

Urinary Protein(g/d)/sCr(mg/dl)

Amyloid deposit

Glomerulosclerosis

Arteriolosclerosis

IFTA

Kyle et al. [9]

1982

1

MP

2 y 4 m

3.9/1.98

 + 

5.1/1.0

6*

NR

NR

NR

NR

2

MP

8 m

5.0/3.2

 + 

6.0/1.0

4

NR

NR

NR

NR

Yamazaki et al.[7]

2009

1

VAD + HM/AHSCT

NR

8.0/1.0

 + 

0.55/1.0

1.3

↓proteinuria

 → 

NR

NR

NR

Okuyama et al.[6]

2013

1

VRD + HM/AHSCT

NR

3.4/0.6

CR

3.4/0.6

1.4*

NR

 → 

NR

NR

NR

Nakayama et al.[8]

2005

1

MP

3 m

10/1.3

 + 

0.7/1.7

3.2

AKI with hemodialysis

↓↓

NR

NR

Roth et al.[17]

2013

1

AHSCT

NR

12.6/1.4

CR

3.0/3.5

9

↑proteinuria, ↑serum Cr

↑↑

↑↑

↑↑

2

AHSCT

2 m

0.6/2.8

CR

NR/4.7

2

↑serum Cr

↑↑

Zeier et al.[18]

2003

1

Ifosfamide, HM/AHSCT

2 m

7/NR

NR

1.6/NR

3.3

Persistent proteinuria

 → 

NR

NR

NR

2

Ifosfamide, HM/AHSCT

1 m

8/2.0

NR

0.6/NR

3.3

Persistent proteinuria

 → 

NR

NR

NR

Safadi et al. [10]

2015

1

HM/AHSCT

2 m

10/1.8

CR

4/2.1

4

↑serum Cr

 → 

 → 

↑**

2

HM/AHSCT, bortezomib and steroids

1 m

2.5/1.9

CR

3.8/6

1.4

↑serum Cr

 → 

 → 

 → 

Angel-Korman et al. [5]

2020

1

HM/AHSCT

0 y

7.8/1

CR

1.3/3.1

3.0

AKI

 → 

2

HM/AHSCT

0 y

15.5/1

CR

4.7/2.4

9.3

↑proteinuria and serum Cr

 → 

3

HM/AHSCT

0 y

5.3/0.7

CR

13/0.9

7.7

↑proteinuria

4

HM/AHSCT

0 y

5.9/1.7

VGPR

7/2.7

3.1

↑serum Cr

5

HM/AHSCT

0 y

3.3/0.8

VGPR

2/2.5

11.3

↑proteinuria and serum Cr

↑↑

 → 

 → 

↑↑

6

Rituximab, orpozomib, bendamusitine

2.0 y

20/2.9

VGPR

11/4.1

3.5

↑proteinuria and serum Cr

 → 

 → /↑

7

Bor-Dex

0 y

13/1.7

CR

1.5/2.5

2.4

↑serum Cr

 → 

 → 

 → 

8

Len-Dex, HM/AHSCT, Len-Dex, Bor-Dex

0 y

9.7/1.3

VGPR

18/1.2

5.2

↑proteinuria

 → 

 → 

 → 

 → 

Torui et al.[19]

2020

1

VAD + HM + AHSCT

4 y

4.89/0.9

CR

0.03/0.9

3

To determine the need of further therapy

NR

NR

Present case

2021

1

CyBorD

1 m

11.24/0.89

CR

9.5/1.0

0.75

Persistent high proteinuria

 → /↑

↑↑

  1. Abbreviations: AHSCT autologous hemopoietic stem cell transplantation, AKI acute kidney injury, Bor-Dex bortezomib-dexamethasone, Cr creatinine, CR complete regression, CyBorD cyclosporin, bortezomib, dexamethasone, F/U follow up, HM high dose melphalan, IFTA interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy, Len-dex lenalidomide-dexamethasone, m month(s), MP melphalan and prednisone, NR not reported, VAD vincristine, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone, VGPR very good partial regression, y year
  2. * ↑indicates increase, ↓ indicates decrease, → indicates virtually the same;**considered as hypertensive arteriosclerosis by original publication; # For studies before 2012 when hematologic response was clearly defined, + is used to indicate hematologic improvement, including but not limited to decrease/disappearance of serum/urine M proteins, decrease of serum/urine free light chains, and disappearance of plasma cell dycrasia on bone marrow smear. For studies after 2012, hematologic responses are defined based on criteria proposed by[20] et al. and Muchtar et al.[15]