To what extent can we achieve mineral bone metabolism treatment targets
suggested by KDIGO guidelines among chronic kidney disease stage 3-5
non-dialysis patients?
Abstract
Background Real-life data on the predialysis management of chronic
kidney disease (CKD) is scarce. We aimed to investigate the current
clinical practice and compliance among nephrologists with KDIGO CKD
mineral bone disorders (MBD) guidelines. Methods We performed a
multicenter cross-sectional study. We recruited stage 3-5 non-dialysis
(ND) CKD patients and recorded data related to CKD MBD from two
consecutive outpatient clinical visits apart 3 to 6 months. We
calculated therapeutic inertia for hyperphosphatemia, hypocalcemia,
hyperparathyroidism, and hypovitaminosis D and overtreatment for
hypophosphatemia, hypercalcemia, hypoparathyroidism, and
hypervitaminosis D. Results We examined a total of 302 patients (male:
48.7%, median age: 67 years). The persistence of low 25-OH vitamin D
levels (61.7%) was the most common laboratory abnormality related to
CKD-MBD, followed by hyperparathyroidism (14.8%), hyperphosphatemia
(7.9%), and hypocalcemia (0.0%). According to our results, therapeutic
inertia seems to be a more common problem than overtreatment for all the
CKD-MBD laboratory parameters that we examined. Therapeutic inertia
frequency was highest for hypovitaminosis D (81.1%), followed by
hypocalcemia (75.0%), hyperparathyroidism (59.0%), and
hyperphosphatemia (30.4%), respectively. Conclusion We found that
CKD-MBD is not optimally managed in CKD stage 3-5 ND patients.
Clinicians should have an active attitude regarding the correction of
MBD even at the earlier stages of CKD.