病棟でエンドキサンパルス後のヘルペスの方がいましたので、調べてみました。以下の論文で
は、19%でした。また、月経不順は半分でした。約2割にヘルペスが出るのであれば、患者さん
に説明した上に、ベネフィットがリスクを上回る時に用いるべきと思われました。
1: Am J Kidney Dis 2001 Aug;38(2):256-64 Related Articles, Links
Treatment of diffuse proliferative lupus glomerulonephritis: a comparison of
two cyclophosphamide-containing regimens.
Mok CC, Ho CT, Siu YP, Chan KW, Kwan TH, Lau CS, Wong RW, Au TC.
Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong,SAR, China.
ccmok@netvigator.com
Cyclophosphamide (CYC) has proven beneficial in preserving renal function in
patients with lupus with diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis (DPGN).
However, the optimal route of CYC administration is unknown because direct
comparative studies are unavailable. In this open study, we compared the renal
outcome of two historical cohorts of patients with diffuse proliferative lupus
nephritis (World Health Organization classes IVa and IVb) treated with either
intravenous (IV) pulse CYC (group A; n = 22) or sequential oral CYC followed by
azathioprine (AZA; group B; n = 21) and followed up prospectively. Both groups
of patients had similar clinical, biochemical, and renal parameters at
baseline. At 24 months posttreatment, significant improvements in proteinuria,
creatinine clearance, serum albumin level, and lupus serological results were
evident in both groups. Compared with patients in group A, patients in group B
had more complete or partial remission (90% versus 73%) and less risk for
treatment failure (5% versus 14%), renal flares (5% versus 14%), and doubling
of creatinine levels (5% versus 9%), but the difference was not statistically
significant. However, patients treated with oral immunosuppression had an
insignificant increase in rates of herpes zoster infection (19% versus 9%) and
menstrual disturbance (50% versus 29%). We conclude that sequential oral
immunosuppression with CYC and AZA tended to have better efficacy than IV pulse
CYC in the treatment of lupus DPGN but was associated with more toxicities.
Additional randomized trials involving a larger cohort of patients with a
longer period of observation are necessary
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