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. 2020 Jan 13;2020(1):CD003232. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003232.pub4

Tuin 2019.

Trial name or title Comparative study of the efficacy of induction therapy with cyclophosphamide or mycophenolate mofetil for non‐life‐threatening relapses of PR3‐ or MPO‐ANCA associated vasculitis
Methods Open RCT, safety and efficacy study
Participants Males and females ≥ 18 years
Interventions When relapses occur, patients will be randomised for either the standard therapy with CPA or for MMF
Outcomes Primary outcome measures
  • Remission induction rate

  • Disease‐free survival after 2 and 4 years


Secondary outcome measures
  • Time to remission

  • Cumulative organ damage

  • Side‐effects

  • ANCA titres over time

Starting date December 2004
Contact information Patricia M. Stassen, M.D.
 +31503611295
 p.m.stassen@int.umcg.nl
Notes  

ANCA ‐ anti‐neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody; AZA ‐ azathioprine; BVAS ‐ Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score; CPA ‐ cyclophosphamide; eGFR ‐ estimated glomerular filtration rate; IVIg ‐ intravenous immunoglobulin; MMF ‐ mycophenolate mofetil; MPO ‐ myeloperoxidase; MTX ‐ methotrexate; PR3 ‐ proteinase‐3; RCT ‐ randomised controlled trial; rituximab ‐ RTX; WG ‐ Wegener's granulomatosis