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February 28, 2026Glomerular DiseasesOpen Access

Global Treatment Patterns for IgA Nephropathy in Adults: Results From a Real-World Survey

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STSydney CW TangChinese University of Hong KongDRDario RoccatelloUniversity of TurinCACarolina AldworthNovartis (Switzerland)

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Overview

A cross-sectional survey reports treatment patterns for IgA nephropathy in adults, highlighting areas for improvement.

Key Points

  • To analyze global treatment patterns for IgA nephropathy in adults and identify unmet treatment needs.
  • Retrospective analysis of data from a cross-sectional survey
  • Involvement of nephrologists managing patients with IgAN across multiple countries
  • Data collection from patient record forms and voluntary self-completion forms
  • Mean patient age was 41.6 years, with 57.4% male
  • Median proteinuria at diagnosis was 1.8 g/day
  • 76.3% of patients received renin-angiotensin system inhibitors as treatment
  • 17.5% of nephrologists felt prescribed treatments were inadequate for disease control
  • High proteinuria levels were consistent across regions regardless of treatment line.

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Tang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a286370a974eb0d3c00fc6https://doi.org/10.1159/000551131
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