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. 2016 Apr 19;55(8):1437–1442. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kew199

Table 1.

Clinical features and treatment regimens for individual patients receiving ofatumumab

Characteristics Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 Case 5 Case 6 Case 7 Case 8
Age, years 25 69 53 51 77 78 21 43
Gender F M F F M M M M
Ethnicity Caucasian Caucasian North African Caucasian South Asian Caucasian South Asian Caucasian
Clinical diagnosis GPA MPA EGPA EGPA MPA GPA GPA MPA
ANCA IIF cANCA ++ pANCA+ Negative cANCA ++ Negative cANCA ++ cANCA ++ pANCA ++
ANCA ELISA specificity PR3 Negative Negative PR3 Negative PR3 PR3 MPO
ANCA ELISA titre (NR <25) 252 Negative Negative 139 Negative 573 962 215
Treatment indication Relapse Relapse Relapse Remission maintenance New disease New disease New disease New disease
For relapsing/remission maintenance patients
Duration of AAV, years 10 47 5 15
    Previous relapses 3 1 5 3
        Major 2 0 0 2
        Minor 1 1 5 1
    Previous cumulative CYC, g 3 0 0 10
    Previous cumulative RTX, g 2 0 0 2
 Other previous treatments CS CS only
AZA CS CS
MMF AZA AZA
MTX MMF
HCQ
    Time since last RTX (BCC at this presentation, cells/µl) 62 months (175) 15 months (38)
 Organ Involvement at this Presentation Renal Eosinophilia, rising ANCA titre Renal Renal Renal
ENT Renal ENT Lung ENT ENT Renal
Skin Skin Lung Neuro Lung Lung ENT
MSK MSK Neuro GI Hepatic MSK
    BVAS at this presentation 19 16 10 0 26 24 23 18
Treatment
    Ofatumumab dose (i.v.), mg 2 × 700 2 × 700 2 × 700 2 × 700 2 × 700 2 × 700 2 × 700 2 × 700
    CYC dose (i.v.), g 3.0 3.2 1.0 3.1 3.2 3.6
    Methylprednisolone dose (i.v.), mg 1000 500
    Initial prednisolone, dose (p.o.), mg 40 60 30 5 60 60 60 60
    PEX, n 7 7
    Maintenance MMF MMF AZA MMF MMF AZA AZA AZA

AAV: ANCA-associated vasculitis; ANCA: antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody; BCC: B cell count; BVAS: Birmingham vasculitis activity score; EGPA: eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis; ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; GI: gastrointestinal; GPA: granulomatosis with polyangiitis; IIF: indirect immunofluorescence; MPA: microscopic polyangiitis; MSK: musculoskeletal; NR: normal range; PEX: plasma exchange; RTX: rituximab.