ArticleClinics and practice2023
The Efficacy, the Treatment Response and the Aquaretic Effects of a Three-Year Tolvaptan Regimen in Polycystic Kidney Disease Patients.
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Abstract
Tolvaptan, a selective vasopressin V2 receptor antagonist, is the first and only approved specific treatment for Autosomal-Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD), and is used in current clinical practice. Real clinical data are missing. In this retrospective study, 41 ADPKD patients received tolvaptan for 3 years, from 2018 to 2021. Total kidney volume (TKV) was measured using Magnetic Resonance Imaging, at initiation and at the end of the treatment period. A complete biochemistry/hematology profile and a 24 h urine volume collection were performed monthly for the first 18 months and every 3 months thereafter. At the end of the treatment period, the median (IQR) estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (e-GFR) was 5.3 (-1.3, 8.7) mL/min higher than the expected e-GFR decline without treatment, while the prediction for End Stage Chronic Kidney Disease (ESKD) had been prolonged by 1 (0, 2) year. Total Kidney Volume did not change significantly (2250 (1357) mL at 3 years of treatment vs. 2180 (1091) mL expected without treatment,
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