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ReviewWorld journal of pediatrics : WJP2025

Clinical practice guidelines for rituximab treatment in children with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome.

Qian Shen, Zheng-Kun Xia, Jia-Lu Liu, Lei-Lin Shao, Qiu-Xia Chen, Hui-Shan Wang, Ying Shen, Jian-Hua Mao, Xiao-Yun Jiang, Cui-Hua Liu and 7 more

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Review in World journal of pediatrics : WJP, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Qian ShenDepartment of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, 201102, China.
Zheng-Kun XiaDepartment of Nephrology, General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, Nanjing, China.
Jia-Lu LiuDepartment of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, 201102, China.
Lei-Lin ShaoDepartment of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, 201102, China.
Qiu-Xia ChenDepartment of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210008, China.
Hui-Shan WangFudan University GRADE Center, Shanghai, 201102, China.
Ying ShenDepartment of Nephrology, Beijing Children's Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Jian-Hua MaoDepartment of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Xiao-Yun JiangDepartment of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Cui-Hua LiuDepartment of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China.
Xiao-Shan ShaoDepartment of Nephrology, Guiyang Children's Hospital, Guizhou, China.
Xiao-Wen WangDepartment of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Wuhan Children's Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Xia GaoDepartment of Nephrology, Guangzhou Women's and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou, China.
Chong-Fan ZhangFudan University GRADE Center, Shanghai, 201102, China. chongfan_zhang@fudan.edu.cn.
Ai-Hua ZhangDepartment of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210008, China. zhaihua@njmu.edu.cn.
Hong XuDepartment of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, 201102, China. hxu@shmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-7617-0872
Working Group on Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Rituximab Treatment in Children with Steroid-sensitive Nephrotic Syndrome

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSteroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome is a prevalent glomerular disease in children. The 2021 guidelines for glomerular disease management by Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes and the 2023 recommendations for steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome management by International Pediatric Nephrology Association recommend rituximab for frequently relapsing nephrotic syndrome and steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome in children. However, there is considerable variation in rituximab application, including administration timing, dose, frequency, concomitant medications, and follow-up schedules. In addition, rituximab use for nephrotic syndrome remains off-label in most countries. DATA SOURCES: The "Pediatric Nephrology Committee of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association", the "Pediatric Nephrology Society of the Chinese Medical Association", and the "Fudan University GRADE Center" collaborated to develop a clinical practice guideline for rituximab in pediatric steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome. Databases and starting/ending time for retrieval were as follows. Databases in English: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, and Scopus; database in Chinese: Chinese Biomedical Literature Service provided by SinoMed. The publication dates were limited to those from 2004 to June 26, 2022.

resultsThrough systematic reviews and meta-analyses covering nine clinically relevant patient or population covered, intervention, comparator, and outcome questions, seven recommendations were formulated and formally graded according to these guidelines.

conclusionsThis guideline aspires to serve as a pivotal resource for healthcare providers, offering guidance on administration timing, dosage, frequency, concomitant medications, and follow-up protocols.

Indexed as

Immunologic FactorsNephrotic SyndromeRituximabChildHumansPractice Guidelines as TopicImmunologic FactorsRituximabGuidelinesPediatricsRituximabSteroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome

Identifiers

PMID40802032
PMCPMC12380898

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