METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF RENAL INJURY AND RENAL FAILURE

1 . A method for evaluating renal status in a subject, comprising:

obtaining a urine sample from a subject selected for evaluation based on a determination that the subject is at risk of a future or current acute renal injury;

performing an assay method configured to detect Trefoil factor 3 by introducing the urine sample obtained from the subject to into an assay instrument that (i) contacts all or a portion of the urine sample with a binding reagent which specifically binds for detection Trefoil factor 3, (ii) generates an assay result indicative of binding of Trefoil factor 3 to the binding reagent; and

correlating the assay result to the renal status of the subject by using the assay result to assign the patient to a predetermined subpopulation of individuals having a known predisposition of a future acute renal injury.

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4 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein said future acute renal injury is future acute renal failure (ARF).

5 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein said assay result comprises a measured concentration of Trefoil factor 3.

6 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein said correlating step comprises combining a plurality of assay results using a function that converts the plurality of assay results into a single composite result.

7 . A method according to claim 1 , further comprising correlating the assay result to a predisposition of a future clinical outcome related to a renal injury suffered by the subject.

8 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein the predisposition of a future acute renal injury is a probability that the future acute renal injury is more or less likely to occur within 30 days of the time at which the body fluid sample is obtained from the subject.

9 . A method according to claim 8 , wherein the predisposition of a future acute renal injury is a probability that the future acute renal injury is more or less likely to occur within a period selected from the group consisting of 21 days, 14 days, 7 days, 5 days, 96 hours, 72 hours, 48 hours, 36 hours, 24 hours, and 12 hours.

10 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein the subject is selected for evaluation of renal status based on the pre-existence in the subject of one or more known risk factors for prerenal, intrinsic renal, or postrenal ARF.

11 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein the subject is selected for evaluation of renal status based on an existing diagnosis of one or more of congestive heart failure, preeclampsia, eclampsia, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, coronary artery disease, proteinuria, renal insufficiency, glomerular filtration below the normal range, cirrhosis, serum creatinine above the normal range, sepsis, injury to renal function, reduced renal function, or ARF, or based on undergoing or having undergone major vascular surgery, coronary artery bypass, or other cardiac surgery, or based on exposure to NSAIDs, cyclosporines, tacrolimus, aminoglycosides, foscarnet, ethylene glycol, hemoglobin, myoglobin, ifosfamide, heavy metals, methotrexate, radiopaque contrast agents, or streptozotocin.

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27 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein the subject is in RIFLE stage 0 or R.

28 . A method according to claim 27 , wherein the subject is in RIFLE stage 0, and said correlating step comprises assigning a likelihood that the subject will reach RIFLE stage R, I or F within 72 hours.

29 . A method according to claim 28 , wherein the subject is in RIFLE stage 0, and said correlating step comprises assigning a likelihood that the subject will reach RIFLE stage I or F within 72 hours.

30 . A method according to claim 28 , wherein the subject is in RIFLE stage 0, and said correlating step comprises assigning a likelihood that the subject will reach RIFLE stage F within 72 hours.

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33 . A method according to claim 27 , wherein the subject is in RIFLE stage R, and said correlating step comprises assigning a likelihood that the subject will reach RIFLE stage I or F within 72 hours.

34 . A method according to claim 33 , wherein the subject is in RIFLE stage R, and said correlating step comprises assigning a likelihood that the subject will reach RIFLE stage F within 72 hours.

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38 . A method according to claim 29 , wherein said correlating step comprises assigning a likelihood that the subject will reach RIFLE stage I or F within 48 hours.

39 . A method according to claim 30 , wherein said correlating step comprises assigning a likelihood that the subject will reach RIFLE stage F within 48 hours.

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47 . A method according to claim 29 , wherein said correlating step comprises assigning a likelihood that the subject will reach RIFLE stage I or F within 24 hours.

48 . A method according to claim 30 , wherein said correlating step comprises assigning a likelihood that the subject will reach RIFLE stage F within 24 hours.

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55 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein the subject is not in acute renal failure.

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103 . A method according to claim 1 , further comprising treating the patient based on the predetermined subpopulation of individuals to which the patient is assigned, wherein the treatment comprises one or more of initiating renal replacement therapy, withdrawing delivery of compounds that are known to be damaging to the kidney, delaying or avoiding procedures that are known to be damaging to the kidney, and modifying diuretic administration.