Table 1.

Patient age at diagnosis, therapy prior to RCI, medications concomitant with RCI, and comorbid conditions.  

Case	Age/gender  diagnosis	Prior failed therapies	Concomitant medications	Comorbid conditions
1	70/F  Amyopathic DM	Prednisone (up to 60 mg/day)  MMF (1000 mg bid)  AZA (100 mg qd)  CYC (100 mg bid)  Etanercept (50 mg)  Infliximab (5 mg/kg)  IVIg (2 g/kg)  Adalimumab (40 mg)  Thalidomide (100 mg qd)  MTX (15 mg)  Hydroxychloroquine (200 mg bid) Quinacrine (100 mg)  Ustekinumab (45 mg)	Rituximab (1000 mg)  Prednisone (5 mg/day with tapering off)
2	50/M  DM	Prednisone (up to 60 mg/day)  AZA (50 mg bid)	Prednisone (30 mg/day with tapering)  AZA (200 mg/day)  IVIg (2 g/kg)  MTX (20 mg)
3	52/F  PM	Prednisone (up to 20 mg/day)  MMF (1000 mg bid)	Prednisone (20 mg/day with tapering to 5 mg)  MMF (2000 mg bid)	ILD  Sjögren's syndrome  Primary biliary cirrhosis  Diabetes
4	57/M  PM  Anti-SRP antibody positive	IV steroids (1 g/day for 3 days)  Prednisone (up to 60 mg/day)  IVIg (2 g/kg)  AZA (50 mg bid)  Rituximab (1000 mg)	Prednisone (10 mg/day with tapering off)	Hepatitis C  Hypertension Hyperlipidemia

MMF: mycophenolate mofetil; AZA: azathioprine; CYC: cyclosporine; MTX: methotrexate; ILD: interstitial lung disease.