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Systematic literature review informing the 2022 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV): Part 2 - Treatment of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis and diagnosis and general management of AAV.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Anti-IL5/IL-5 receptor therapies for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis: an updated Systematic Review.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Benralizumab as a steroid-sparing rescue therapy in ANCA-negative eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis: real-world experience from three cases and review of the literature.Rheumatology international · 2026Review
- Trends of T2 and Non-T2 Cytokines During Mepolizumab Treatment in Different Asthma Patient Subgroups.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Glucocorticoid discontinuation in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis treated with mepolizumab: associations with tapering patterns and initiation timing.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Challenges in the diagnosis, classification and prognosis of ANCA-associated vasculitis.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2025Review
- Anti-nuclear cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis and kidney cancer: A mini review.World journal of nephrology · 2025Review
- Solo Addition of Mepolizumab Turned Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Negative and Achieved Glucocorticoid Discontinuation in a Patient with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2025Article
- Case Report: Triple autoimmune overlap: rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and hypereosinophilic asthma with systemic manifestations.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- The Evaluation of Changing the Eponym Churg-Strauss Syndrome Due to the 2012 Revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature of Vasculitides.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Review
- [Should patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis undergoing maintenance therapy with rituximab receive cotrimoxazole prophylaxis?]Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2024Article
- Prospective study of complications and sequelae of glucocorticoid therapy in ANCA-associated vasculitis.RMD open · 2024Article
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7 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo summarise and update evidence to inform the 2022 update of the European Alliance of Associations of Rheumatology (EULAR) recommendations for the management of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV).
methodsThree systematic literature reviews (SLR) were performed. PubMed, EMBASE and the Cochrane library were searched from 1 February 2015 to 25 February 2022. The evidence presented herein covers the treatment of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) as well as diagnostic testing and general management of all AAV syndromes.
resultsFor the treatment of EGPA, diagnostic procedures and general management 3517, 4137 and 4215 articles were screened and 26, 110 and 63 articles were included in the final evidence syntheses, respectively. For EGPA patients with newly diagnosed disease without unfavourable prognostic factors, azathioprine (AZA) combined with glucocorticoids (GC) is not superior to GC monotherapy to induce remission (LoE 2b). In patients with active EGPA and unfavourable prognostic factors, cyclophosphamide or rituximab can be used for remission induction (LoE 2b). Treatment with Mepolizumab added to standard treatment results in higher rates of sustained remission in patients with relapsing or refractory EGPA without active organ-threatening or life-threatening manifestations (LoE 1b) and reduces GC use. Kidney biopsies have prognostic value in AAV patients with renal involvement (LoE 2a). In the context of suspected AAV, immunoassays for proteinase 3 and myeloperoxidase-ANCA have higher diagnostic accuracy compared with indirect immunofluorescent testing (LoE 1a).
conclusionThis SLR provides current evidence to inform the 2022 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of AAV.
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