title: Cytostatic treatment of glomerular diseases. III. A double-blind cross-over study of the effect of cyclophosphamide report from a copenhagen study group of renal diseases.
abstract: Fifty patients with renal glomerular diseases entered a double-blind cross-over study on the effect of cyclophosphamide; 38 had received neither corticosteroids nor cytostatic drugs before joining the study. Cyclophosphamide was given for 4 months in doses decreasing from 3 to 1.5 mg/kg b.wt. Cyclophosphamide caused a 46% decrease in the 24-hour excretion of urinary protein and a decrease in serum  creatinine within the normal range. Albumin, transferrin and IgA in urine, as well as albumin clearance and the sieving coefficient of albumin, changed parallel to the total urinary protein. The initial values of proteinuria and serum complement were of prognostic significance for the effect of cyclophosphamide in serum creatinine. We were unable to demonstrate a prognostic significance for the variables: clinical diagnosis, renal histology, arterial BP, initial values of serum creatinine and IgG, IgA and IgM in serum and urine. ESR appeared to be the most reliable acute phase reactant. No differences were found between the changes in renal histology during cyclophosphamide or placebo.
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000418:Albumins / Q000378:metabolism; D000419:Albuminuria; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000652:urine; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011507:Proteinuria; D013997:Time Factors; D014168:Transferrin / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D014168:Transferrin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D003404:Creatinine