Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids in Severe ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

Among patients with severe antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis, plasma exchange did not reduce the incidence of death or end-stage kidney disease. A reduced-dose regimen of oral glucocorticoids was noninferior to a standard-dose regimen with respect to death or ESKD.

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2020-02, Vol.382 (7), p.622-631
Hauptverfasser: Walsh, Michael, Merkel, Peter A, Peh, Chen-Au, Szpirt, Wladimir M, Puéchal, Xavier, Fujimoto, Shouichi, Hawley, Carmel M, Khalidi, Nader, Floßmann, Oliver, Wald, Ron, Girard, Louis P, Levin, Adeera, Gregorini, Gina, Harper, Lorraine, Clark, William F, Pagnoux, Christian, Specks, Ulrich, Smyth, Lucy, Tesar, Vladimir, Ito-Ihara, Toshiko, de Zoysa, Janak Rashme, Szczeklik, Wojciech, Flores-Suárez, Luis Felipe, Carette, Simon, Guillevin, Loïc, Pusey, Charles D, Casian, Alina L, Brezina, Biljana, Mazzetti, Andrea, McAlear, Carol A, Broadhurst, Elizabeth, Reidlinger, Donna, Mehta, Samir, Ives, Natalie, Jayne, David R.W
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Zusammenfassung:Among patients with severe antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis, plasma exchange did not reduce the incidence of death or end-stage kidney disease. A reduced-dose regimen of oral glucocorticoids was noninferior to a standard-dose regimen with respect to death or ESKD.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa1803537