Should Rituximab Be Used to Prevent Relapse in Patients with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis?
Author(s) -
Stephen P. McAdoo,
Charles D. Pusey
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.01270214
Subject(s) - rituximab , medicine , maintenance therapy , anca associated vasculitis , cyclophosphamide , vasculitis , disease , randomized controlled trial , intensive care medicine , oncology , pediatrics , surgery , chemotherapy , lymphoma
Rituximab is now licensed, both in the United States and Europe, for use as a remission-induction agent in the treatment of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Although the two randomized controlled trials on which this licensure is based did not demonstrate, at least in patients presenting with new
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