A Dose Escalation Study of Long-acting ACTH Gel in Membranous Nephropathy

There will be two arms to the study: one arm receive 40 units and the second arm 80 units of the ACTH gel subcutaneously both given in a dose escalating frequency beginning at once every two weeks escalating to a maximum of twice per week over a total of three months exposed.An ammendment(approved by Health Canada and the UHN IRB allows an additional 1 month of the perscribed therapy of ACTH )if there is an improvement in proteinuria at the end of the 3 month exposure.