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A single-center study to evaluate the efficacy of a fetal urine peptide signature predicting postnatal renal outcome in fetuses with posterior urethral valves
Abstract : BACKGROUND:
Posterior urethral valves (PUVs) account for 17% of pediatric renal failure. The management of pregnancies involving fetuses with PUV is hampered by the fact that current clinical parameters obtained from fetal ultrasound and/or fetal urine biochemistry are insufficient to predict postnatal renal function. We previously have developed a fetal urine peptide signature (12PUV) that predicted with high precision postnatal renal failure at 2 years of age in fetuses with PUV. Here, we evaluated the accuracy of this signature to predict postnatal renal outcome in fetuses with PUV in an independent single-center study.
METHODS:
Thirty-three women carrying fetuses with suspected PUV were included. Twenty-five fetuses received vesicoamniotic shunts during pregnancy. PUV was confirmed postnatally in 23 patients. Of those 23 fetuses, 2 were lost in follow-up. Four and 3 patients died in the pre- and perinatal periods, respectively. Follow-up renal function at 6 months of age was obtained for the remaining 14 patients. The primary outcome was early renal failure, defined by an eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 before 6 months of age or pre- or perinatal death.
RESULTS:
The peptide signature predicted postnatal renal outcome in postnatally confirmed PUV fetuses with an AUC of 0.94 (95%CI 0.74-1.0) and an accuracy of 90% (95%CI 78-100). The signature predicted postnatal renal outcome for the suspected PUV cases with an AUC of 0.89 (95%CI 0.72-0.97) and an accuracy of 84% (95%CI 71-97).
CONCLUSIONS:
This single-center study confirms the predictive power of the previously identified 12PUV fetal urinary peptide signature.
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https://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-02481274
Contributor : Joost Schanstra <>
Submitted on : Monday, February 17, 2020 - 1:27:46 PM
Last modification on : Tuesday, February 18, 2020 - 1:01:19 AM
Contributor : Joost Schanstra <>
Submitted on : Monday, February 17, 2020 - 1:27:46 PM
Last modification on : Tuesday, February 18, 2020 - 1:01:19 AM
