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Filter by:A prospective, randomized, multicenter, open-label, parallel-arm Study to compare effectiveness of mycophenolate mofetil versus cyclophosphamide in the Induction Therapy of pediatric patients with Active Proliferative Lupus Nephritis in Chinese population
The aim of this research project is to better understand the origin and clinical significance of two lupus-specific "genetic signatures" (IFN signature and plasma cell signature) in patient subgroups with well-defined clinical characteristics. Our aim is to correlate these genetic signatures with cell activation profiles and the production of specific cytokines in different populations from whole blood and in short-term cultures of these circulating cells.
Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus have substantial unmet medical need. Baricitinib is an oral selective Janus kinase (JAK)1 and JAK2 inhibitor that we hypothesised might have therapeutic benefit in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and had a diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus, and had active renal disease as defined by Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index-2000 (SLEDAI-2K). Efficacy and safety analyses included all patients who received at least one dose of study drug.
The aim of the present work is to determine the role of uric acid as a predictor and prognostic factor in the development of lupus nephritis.
Lupus nephritis (LN) may affect approximately half of patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). LN is a major cause of morbidity and the most important predictor of mortality in patients with SLE. Some 5-20% of patients with LN may develop end-stage renal disease within 10 years of follow-up from the time of diagnosis. Other studies have described progression to end-stage renal disease in 10-30% of patients with LN. The European League Against Rheumatism, the European Renal Association and the European Dialysis and Transplant Association have recently updated their recommendations for the management of LN. These recommend the use of intravenous (IV) methylprednisolone boluses followed by lower doses of oral glucocorticoids (GC) and place mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and the European regimen of cyclophosphamide (CYC) as the immunosuppressive drugs of first choice, with the IV CYC regimen for certain more aggressive cases. They also consider the use of "multitarget therapy" based on the combination of tacrolimus (TAC) and MMF and GC in patients with proteinuria in the nephrotic range who have not responded to the first line of treatment. For refractory active renal disease, they recommend as an alternative the use of rituximab (RTX) 1000 mg IV repeated after 15 days. Belimumab has been shown to be significantly more effective than placebo in the treatment of patients with active LN. This finding will lead to positioning belimumab in the therapeutic algorithm for LN. However, in clinical practice these immunosuppressive drugs are not always effective in the treatment of LN, and even one in 3 patients with an initial favorable response may experience renal recurrence. The choice of the appropriate treatment for LN and its early initiation are key to improve the prognosis of these patients and to avoid progression to chronic renal failure. The identification of biomarkers capable of predicting the response (or lack thereof) to one or another therapy at the time of LN diagnosis would allow to implement precision medicine, thus constituting a revolution in the treatment of patients with LN. Allows more targeted treatments with greater specificity to be established. The objective of this project is to analyze histopathological biomarkers in the renal biopsy to predict the renal response to the different drugs used in the treatment of LN. This would contribute to a more specific and cost-effective therapeutic strategy.
This registry is an observational study designed to assess the utilization and effectiveness of LUPKYNIS in adult patients with lupus nephritis (LN) in the United States (US).
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of voclosporin compared to placebo in achieving renal response following 24 weeks of therapy in adolescents with active lupus nephritis (LN).
The overall purpose of this two-part study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of iptacopan (LNP023) in addition to standard of care treatment.
The purpose is to provide treatment with secukinumab delivered subcutaneously (s.c.) via pre-filled syringe (PFS) for participants who complete study treatment until the Week 104 of the core study CAIN457Q12301 and to obtain long term efficacy, safety and tolerability data
The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of a therapeutic regimen which decreases glucocorticoid exposure compared with standard therapy in patients with proliferative lupus nephritis during remission induction by evaluating the histological and clinical remission.