1. Short-term safety and efficacy of escalating doses of atorvastatin for dyslipidemia in children with predialysis chronic kidney disease stage 2-5.
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Ramesh PL, Khandelwal P, Lakshmy R, Sinha A, Bagga A, and Hari P
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- Humans, Child, Atorvastatin adverse effects, Cholesterol, LDL, Pyrroles adverse effects, Cholesterol, Treatment Outcome, Anticholesteremic Agents, Heptanoic Acids adverse effects, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors adverse effects, Dyslipidemias complications, Dyslipidemias diagnosis, Dyslipidemias drug therapy, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic complications, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic chemically induced
- Abstract
Background: Dyslipidemia is a potentially modifiable risk factor in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Information on the safety and efficacy of statins in pediatric CKD is limited., Methods: Patients with CKD stage 2-5 and aged 5-18 years with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) > 130 mg/dL and/or non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) > 145 mg/dL were enrolled from September 2019 to February 2021. All patients were administered atorvastatin 10 mg/day, which was escalated to 20 mg/day if LDL-C remained > 100 mg/dL and/or non-HDL-C > 120 mg/dL at 12 weeks. Proportion of patients achieving target lipid levels (LDL-C ≤ 100 mg/dL and non-HDL-C ≤ 120 mg/dL) and adverse events were assessed at 24 weeks., Results: Of 31 patients enrolled, target lipid levels were achieved in 45.2% (95% CI 27.8-63.7%) at 24 weeks; 22 patients required dose escalation to 20 mg at 12 weeks. There was no difference in median lipid level reduction with 10 (n = 9) versus 20 mg/day (n = 22, P = 0.3). Higher baseline LDL-C (OR 1.06, 95% CI 1.00-1.11) and older age (OR 36.5, 95% CI 2.57-519.14) were independent predictors of failure to achieve target lipid levels with 10 mg/day atorvastatin. None had persistent rise in AST/ALT > 3 times upper normal limit (UNL) or CPK > 10 times UNL. No differences were noted in adverse events due to atorvastatin 10 or 20 mg/day., Conclusion: Atorvastatin (10-20 mg/day) administered for 24 weeks was safe and effectively reduced LDL-C and non-HDL-C in children with CKD stages 2-5. Patients with higher baseline LDL-C required higher doses to achieve the target. A higher resolution version of the Graphical abstract is available as Supplementary information., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to International Pediatric Nephrology Association.)
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- 2023
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