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ArticleJournal of investigative medicine high impact case reports

Granulomatous Polyangiitis Refractory to Induction With Rituximab in 3 Patients.

Nouran Eshak, Grace Ehikhueme, Malvika Ramesh, John Pixley

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Article in Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nouran EshakTexas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, USA.
Grace EhikhuemeTexas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, USA.
Malvika RameshTexas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, USA.
John PixleyTexas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, USA.
Texas Tech University · USTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides are a group of immune-mediated diseases characterized by inflammation of small vessels, leading to endothelial injury with subsequent tissue damage. Current guidelines recommend induction therapy with rituximab over cyclophosphamide for severe disease activity. In this case series-based review, the authors discuss 3 cases of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) with proteinase-3 (PR3) disease that deteriorated following induction therapy with rituximab combined with mycophenolate mofetil and high-dose steroids. All 3 patients subsequently required salvage therapy with cyclophosphamide. Our experience suggests there is a temporal window where induction with rituximab is not fully effective, and deterioration or death can ensue. Expert recommendations do not offer a preferential protocol for induction with either rituximab or cyclophosphamide, with some even using a combination of both.

Indexed as

Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated VasculitisAntibodies, Antineutrophil CytoplasmicCyclophosphamideHumansInflammationRituximabAntibodies, Antineutrophil CytoplasmicCyclophosphamideRituximabANCA associated vasculitisRheumatology

Identifiers

PMID38197368
PMCPMC10785719
OpenAlexW4390696104

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