KDIGO 2024 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF LUPUS NEPHRITIS

The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Lupus Nephritis represents a focused update of the Lupus nephritis chapter from the KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Glomerular Diseases. The aim is to assist clinicians caring for individuals with lupus nephritis. The update takes into consideration evidence from randomized controlled trials published since February 2022. As in 2021, the chapter follows the same template, providing guidance related to diagnosis, treatment, and special situations. Based on the evidence, this update is focused on guidance related to treatment of lupus nephritis. This guideline update followed an explicit process of evidence review and appraisal. Treatment approaches and guideline recommendations are based on systematic reviews of relevant studies, and appraisal of the strength of recommendations and certainty of the evidence following the "Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation" (GRADE) approach. Limitations of the evidence are discussed and areas of future research are presented.