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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to learn about the impact of vasculitis on employment and income in patients with different systemic vasculitides. All patients enrolled in the Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC) Patient Contact Registry, living in USA or Canada, and followed for more than 1 year since the vasculitis diagnosis will be invited via email to participate in this study, based on an online survey.
A cross-sectional study design and online questionnaire was used to assess the informational needs of patients with several different types of systemic vasculitis. Patients were recruited from within the Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC) online Patient Contact Registry1. Survey responses from participants in the VCRC Patient Contact Registry were compared to responses from a similar survey recently administered to patients within a United Kingdom (UK) based vasculitis support group (Vasculitis UK).
The purpose of this study is to learn about how patients with vasculitis think about their illness and to assess to what extent patient perceptions of illness are associated with physical, mental, and social functioning
The purpose of this study is to learn about reproductive health, including fertility and pregnancies, in people with vasculitis.
The purpose of this pilot study is to test whether an 8-week course of glucocorticoids, combined with rituximab, is effective in treating ANCA-associated vasculitis.
This study is a cross sectional comparison of the Color Doppler Ultrasonography (CDUS) and Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) in patients diagnosed with sLVV. The supraaortic large vessels (aorta, carotid, subclavian, vertebral, and axillary arteries) and the temporal arteries of fifty patients suffering of sLVV will be examined by CDUS and MRA. The images will be evaluated by 2 blinded experts (one for CDUS and one for MRA). In addition, the intima media complex (IMC) thickness of the large vessels and temporal arteries will be measured by CDUS in 100 sex and age matched controls to the sLVV patients. Blood samples from patients and controls will be collected in order to perform genetic and cytokine analyses.
The purpose of this randomized, double-blind study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of mepolizumab (300 milligram [mg] administered subcutaneously [SC] every 4 weeks) compared with placebo over a 52-week study treatment period in subjects with relapsing or refractory Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA) receiving standard of care therapy including background corticosteroid therapy with or without immunosuppressive therapy. During the treatment period, in accordance with standard of care, corticosteroid dose will be tapered. The key outcomes in the study focus on evaluation of clinical remission, defined as Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (BVAS)=0 with a corticosteroid dose of <=4 mg/day prednisolone/prednisone, reduction in disease relapse and reduction in corticosteroid requirement.
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis are rare diseases characterized by inflammation of blood vessels. Among the numerous cell types that play a role in vasculitis, one of the key actors is the neutrophil. Neutrophils are equipped with very powerful molecules that they use to destroy the invading microbes. Therefore, the mechanisms controlling neutrophil activation should be tightly controlled. If that is not the case, neutrophils may destroy the tissues of the host. This is what happens during chronic inflammation in vasculitis. Autoantibodies directed against neutrophils, ANCA, produced thus demonstrating that neutrophils are also targets of the immune system in these diseases. In addition, molecular studies provided evidence that genes normally silenced in mature neutrophils under normal conditions can be re-expressed in neutrophils from patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis thus strongly suggesting a profound deregulation of neutrophil functions in these conditions. Notably, the investigators have preliminary data showing that neutrophils from patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA, formerly Wegener's granulomatosis), an ANCA-associated vasculitis, interfere with the normal phase of resolution of inflammation. The objective of the investigators' study is to understand the mechanisms underlying this increased activation state and determine if neutrophils could be used to define prognostic markers by clinicians to optimize patients' care. Therefore, the investigators plan to study the expression of proteins implicated in GPA pathophysiology at the membrane of neutrophils when they undergo apoptosis. The investigators will also study the deregulation of protein expression in neutrophils. This point will be the molecular translation of neutrophil deregulation. This technique is powerful and well adapted to identify by mass spectrometry the proteins that will be differentially expressed between the control and the disease state. After identification of proteins differentially expressed in patients with GPA, the investigators will further investigate whether their expression is modulated during the disease course and/or modified by the treatment. The investigators believe that understanding these neutrophil perturbations can lead to better monitoring of disease activity. Ultimately, the investigators may propose more targeted anti-inflammatory therapies which would be better tolerated by patients. the investigators also can identify new markers for disease activity which allow clinicians to define a better therapeutic strategy.
This Phase IIa international multicenter, open-label, uncontrolled study will evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics of rituximab (MabThera/Rituxan) in pediatric participants with severe granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) or microscopic polyangiitis (MPA). Participants will receive rituximab 375 milligrams per square meter (mg/m^2) intravenously (IV) on Days 1, 8, 15 and 22.
The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of a rituximab regimen based on rate of ANCA and CD19 lymphocytes for maintenance treatment in systemic ANCA-associated vasculitis: prospective, multicenter, controlled, randomized comparative study of two rituximab regimens: one based on ANCA and CD19 lymphocytes versus systematic infusions.