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ArticleVeterinary sciences2025

Chlorambucil Monotherapy in Dogs with Protein-Losing Nephropathy of Probable Immune Origin: A Preliminary Study.

Felipe Díaz-Soler, María José Bernal, Franco Gonzalez, Ismael Pereira, Francisco Abusleme, Daniela Siel

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Article in Veterinary sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Felipe Díaz-SolerEscuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Mayor, Santiago 8580745, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-4573-9944
María José BernalEscuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Facultad de ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago 8370251, Chile.
Franco GonzalezEscuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Mayor, Santiago 8580745, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-4951-9669
Ismael PereiraEscuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Mayor, Santiago 8580745, Chile.
Francisco AbuslemeEscuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Mayor, Santiago 8580745, Chile.
Daniela SielEscuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Mayor, Santiago 8580745, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-7735-1218

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Abstract

Protein-losing nephropathy (PLN) involves a heterogeneous group of pathologies leading to selective glomerular damage and development of renal disease. ICGN, the main cause of PLN, requires immunosuppressive treatment. However, the scientific evidence in veterinary medicine on immunosuppressive therapeutic schemes in this condition is limited. The aim of this study is to describe the clinical and paraclinical evolution of five dogs with PLN, presumably associated with ICGN, treated with chlorambucil as immunosuppressive monotherapy. Suspected IGCN was established by the presence of a urine protein-creatinine ratio (UPC) ≥ 3 without response to standard therapy, hypoalbuminemia < 2, or progressive azotemia. Patients were treated with a dosage range of chlorambucil from 0.16 to 0.4 mg/kg (mean 0.25 mg/kg) every 24 h as the sole immunosuppressant. In the end, 4/5 patients showed significant clinical improvement, 3/3 had resolution of the nephrotic syndrome, 5/5 had a sustained decrease in UPC values during follow-up and no relevant adverse effects were observed. In this report, chlorambucil proved to be a well-tolerated and potentially effective monotherapy for immune-mediated PLN in dogs.

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chlorambucildogsimmune complex-mediated glomerulonephritiskidney diseaseprotein-losing nephropathy

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