Abstract:Objective To investigate the efficacy and adverse reactions of glucocorticoid combined with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil in the multi-target treatment of refractory membranous nephropathy (MN).Methods Ninety-four patients with refractory MN admitted to Jiangsu Province Hospital from January 2020 to December 2020 were selected and divided into control group and study group via random number table method, with 47 cases in each group. The control group was given prednisone acetate tablets and tacrolimus capsules, and the study group was additionally given mycophenolate mofetil. The therapeutic effect was observed after 6 months of continuous treatment in both groups. The clinical efficacy, renal function, renal podocyte injury, oxidative stress, liver function and the occurrence of adverse drug reactions were compared between the two groups. The patients in the two groups were followed up for 2 years since the initiation of treatment, and recurrence of the disease was analyzed and compared between the two groups.Results Three cases were lost to follow-up during the treatment. The overall effective rate of the study group was higher than that of the control group (P < 0.05). The differences of levels of albumin (Alb), total protein (TP), serum creatinine (Scr), 24-hour urine protein (24 hUpro), podocalyxin and nephrin, advanced protein oxidation products (AOPP), reactive oxygen species (ROS) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) before and after the treatment in the study group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). The differences of levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and total bilirubin (TBIL) before and after treatment were not different between the two groups (P > 0.05). There was no significant difference in the overall incidence of adverse drug reactions between the two groups (P > 0.05). The recurrence rate in the study group was lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05).Conclusions Glucocorticoid combined with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil as the multi-target immunosuppressive treatment of refractory MN may enhance short-term and long-term therapeutic efficacy, improve renal function and renal podocyte injury, and inhibit oxidative stress injury with good safety.