ArticleWorld journal of clinical cases2019
Rituximab-induced IgG hypogammaglobulinemia in children with nephrotic syndrome and normal pre-treatment IgG values.
Article in World journal of clinical cases, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Hypogammaglobulinemia and B cell repopulation after rituximab in childhood nephrotic syndrome.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Article
- Quality and Safety Intervention: Improving Care of Patients Undergoing B Cell-Targeted Therapies.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2026Article
- Clinical practice guidelines for rituximab treatment in children with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2025Review
- Prolonged impairment of immunological memory after anti-CD20 treatment in pediatric idiopathic nephrotic syndrome: an extended follow-up.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Persistent Hypogammaglobulinemia after Receiving Rituximab Post-HSCT Is Not Caused by an Intrinsic B Cell Defect.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Rituximab-associated hypogammaglobulinemia in children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome: results of an ESPN survey.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2023Article
- Hypogammaglobulinemia, late-onset neutropenia, and infections following rituximab.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2023Review
- Incidence and risk factors of rituximab-associated hypogammaglobulinemia in patients with complicated nephrotic syndrome.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2022Observational
- Profound effect of post-rituximab mycophenolate mofetil administration for persistent hypogammaglobulinemia in young children with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome.Clinical and experimental nephrology · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundIn paediatric patients with complicated nephrotic syndrome (NS), rituximab (RTX) administration can induce persistent IgG hypogammaglobulinemia among subjects showing low basal immunoglobulin G (IgG) levels.
aimTo evaluate the effect of RTX on IgG levels and infections in patients with complicated NS and normal basal IgG levels.
methodsWe consecutively enrolled all patients with complicated NS and normal basal IgG levels undergoing the first RTX infusion from January 2008 to January 2016. Basal IgG levels were dosed after 6 wk of absent proteinuria and with a maximal interval of 3 mo before RTX infusion. The primary outcome was the onset of IgG hypogammaglobulinemia during the follow-up according to the IgG normal values for age [mean ± standard deviation (SD)].
resultsWe enrolled 20 patients with mean age at NS diagnosis of 4.2 ± 3.3 years. The mean age at the first RTX infusion was 10.9 ± 3.5 years. Eleven out of twenty patients (55%) developed IgG hypogammaglobulinemia. None of these patients showed severe or recurrent infections. Only one patient suffered from recurrent acute otitis media and underwent substitutive IgG infusion. Three patients undergoing only the two "starting doses" experienced normalization of IgG levels. Using Kaplan-Meier analysis, the cumulative proportion of patients free of IgG hypogammaglobulinemia was 57.8% after the first RTX dose, 51.5% after the third dose, 44.1% after the fourth dose, and 35.5% after the fifth dose.
conclusionRTX can induce IgG hypogammaglobulinemia in patients with pre-RTX IgG normal values. None of the treated patients showed severe infections.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.