Abstract

Studies reporting on biomarkers aiming to predict adverse renal outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease (DKD) conventionally define a surrogate endpoint either as a percentage of decrease of eGFR (e.g. ≥ 30%) or an absolute decline (e.g. ≥ 5 ml/min/year). The application of those study results in clinical practise however relies on the assumption of a linear and intra-individually stable progression of DKD. We studied 860 patients of the PROVALID study and 178 of an independent population with a relatively preserved eGFR at baseline and at least 5 years of follow up. Individuals with a detrimental prognosis were identified using various thresholds of a percentage or absolute decline of eGFR after each year of follow up. Next, we determined how many of the patients met the same criteria at other points in time. Interindividual eGFR decline was highly variable but in addition intra-individual eGFR trajectories also were frequently non-linear. For example, of all subjects reaching an endpoint defined as a decrease of eGFR by ≥ 30% between baseline and 3 years of follow up, only 60.3 and 45.2% lost at least the same amount between baseline and year 4 or 5. The results were similar when only patients on stable medication or subpopulations based on baseline eGFR or albuminuria status were analyzed or an eGFR decline of ≥ 5 ml/min/1.73m2/year was used. Identification of reliable biomarkers predicting adverse prognosis is a strong clinical need given the large interindividual variability of DKD progression. However, it is conceptually challenging in early DKD because of non-linear intra-individual eGFR trajectories. As a result, the performance of a prognostic biomarker may be accurate after a specific time of follow-up in a single population only.

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Title
Intra-individual variability of eGFR trajectories in early diabetic kidney disease and lack of performance of prognostic biomarkers
Author
Kerschbaum, Julia 1 ; Rudnicki, Michael 1 ; Dzien Alexander 2 ; Dzien-Bischinger Christine 2 ; Winner Hannes 3 ; Heerspink Hiddo Lambers 4 ; Rosivall László 5 ; Wiecek Andrzej 6 ; Mark, Patrick B 7 ; Eder, Susanne 1 ; Denicolò Sara 1 ; Mayer, Gert 1 

 Medical University Innsbruck, Department of Internal Medicine IV (Nephrology and Hypertension), Innsbruck, Austria (GRID:grid.5361.1) (ISNI:0000 0000 8853 2677) 
 Medical Center Hentschelhof, Innsbruck, Austria (GRID:grid.5361.1) 
 Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg, Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Salzburg, Austria (GRID:grid.7039.d) (ISNI:0000000110156330) 
 University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Groningen, The Netherlands (GRID:grid.4494.d) (ISNI:0000 0000 9558 4598) 
 Semmelweis University, International Nephrology Research and Training Centre, Institute of Translational Medicine, Budapest, Hungary (GRID:grid.11804.3c) (ISNI:0000 0001 0942 9821) 
 Medical University of Silesia, Department of Nephrology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine, Katowice, Poland (GRID:grid.411728.9) (ISNI:0000 0001 2198 0923) 
 University of Glasgow, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, Glasgow, UK (GRID:grid.8756.c) (ISNI:0000 0001 2193 314X) 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2471561270
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.