Journal
PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 3, Pages 435-442Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-018-4109-x
Keywords
Kidney stones; Nephrolithiasis; Chronic kidney disease; Kidney failure; Crystal nephropathy; Kidney transplantation; Allopurinol; Children
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- Rare Kidney Stone Consortium, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN) [2U54DK083908]
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- NCATS
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BackgroundAdenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) deficiency is a hereditary purine metabolism disorder that causes kidney stones and chronic kidney disease (CKD). The purpose of this study was to examine the course of APRT deficiency in patients who presented in childhood.MethodsThe disease course of 21 (35%) patients in the APRT Deficiency Registry of the Rare Kidney Stone Consortium, who presented with manifestations of APRT deficiency and/or were diagnosed with the disorder before the age of 18years, was studied. The effect of pharmacotherapy on renal manifestations and outcomes was thoroughly assessed.ResultsFourteen children were placed on allopurinol, 100 (25-200) mg/day, at the age of 2.6 (0.6-16.5) years. Six of these patients had experienced kidney stone events and three had developed acute kidney injury (AKI) prior to allopurinol treatment. During 18.9 (1.7-31.5) years of pharmacotherapy, stones occurred in two patients and AKI in three. Six adult patients started allopurinol treatment, 200 (100-300) mg/day, at age 29.8 (20.5-42.4) years. Five of these patients had experienced 28 stone episodes and AKI had occurred in two. Stone recurrence occurred in four patients and AKI in two during 11.2 (4.2-19.6) years of allopurinol therapy. Lack of adherence and insufficient dosing contributed to stone recurrence and AKI during pharmacotherapy. At latest follow-up, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was 114 (70-163) and 62 (10-103) mL/min/1.73m(2) in those who initiated treatment as children and adults, respectively. All three patients with CKD stages 3-5 at the last follow-up were adults when pharmacotherapy was initiated.ConclusionTimely diagnosis and treatment of APRT deficiency decreases renal complications and preserves kidney function.
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