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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 7.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2016 Jul;68(7):1700–1710. doi: 10.1002/art.39637

Table 3.

PR3-ANCA rises and relapses by subgroup

Capture ELISA Direct ELISA

Rise 10 CYC, RTX
(3, 7)
No rise 5 CYC, RTX
(3, 2)
Rise 11 CYC, RTX
(5, 6)
No rise 4 CYC, RTX
(1, 3)




Granulomatous Only
(N = 15)
Relapse 8 (3, 5) Relapse 5 (3, 2) Relapse 9 (5, 4) Relapse 4 (1, 3)
 Concurrent 1 (0, 1)  Concurrent 1 (1, 0)
 ≤ 1 year 4 (1, 3)  ≤ 1 year 5 (2, 3)
 > 1 year 3 (2, 1)  > 1 year 3 (2, 1)
No relapse 2 (0, 2) No relapse 0 (0, 0) No relapse 2 (0, 2) No relapse 0 (0, 0)

Renal Involvement
(N = 60)
Rise 33 CYC, RTX
(15, 18)
No rise 27 CYC, RTX
(14, 13)
Rise 36 CYC, RTX
(16, 20)
No rise 24 CYC, RTX
(13, 11)




Relapse 14 (4, 10) Relapse   14 (7, 7) Relapse 19 (6, 13) Relapse   9 (5, 4)
 Concurrent   2   (1, 1)  Concurrent   5   (0, 5)
 ≤ 1 year 10   (3, 7)  ≤ 1 year 13   (6, 7)
 > 1 year   2   (0, 2)  > 1 year   1   (0, 1)
No relapse 19 (11, 8) No relapse 13†† (7, 6) No relapse 17* (10, 7) No relapse 15** (8, 7)

Alveolar Hemorrhage
(N = 24)
Rise 14 CYC, RTX
(2, 12)
No rise 10 CYC, RTX
(6, 4)
Rise 18 CYC, RTX
(5, 13)
No rise 6 CYC, RTX
(3, 3)




Relapse 8 (0, 8) Relapse 6 (4, 2) Relapse 14 (4, 10) Relapse 0 (0, 0)
 Concurrent 1 (0, 1)  Concurrent   3   (0, 3)
 ≤ 1 year 6 (0, 6)  ≤ 1 year 10   (4, 6)
 > 1 year 1 (0, 1)  > 1 year 1   (0, 1)
No relapse 6 (2, 4) No relapse 4 (2, 2) No relapse 4*   (1, 3) No relapse 6 (3, 3)

Rituximab
(N = 50)
Rise 35 No rise 15 Rise 32 No rise 18




Relapse 22 Relapse   9 Relapse 23 Relapse   8
 Concurrent   3  Concurrent   5
 ≤ 1 year 14  ≤ 1 year 14
 > 1 year   5  > 1 year   4
No relapse 13 No relapse 6†† No relapse 9* No relapse 10**

Cyclophosphamide
(N = 43)
Rise 24 No rise 19 Rise 26 No rise 17




Relapse 12 Relapse 12 Relapse 16 Relapse   8
 Concurrent   2  Concurrent   1
 ≤ 1 year   7  ≤ 1 year 11
 > 1 year   3  > 1 year   4
No relapse 12 No relapse   7 No relapse 10* No relapse 9**

5 (2, 3) of the 19 had < 1 year of follow-up after PR3-ANCA rise

††

1 (0,1) of the 13 had < 1 year of follow-up after complete remission

*

4 (1, 3) of the 17 had < 1 year of follow-up after PR3-ANCA rise

**

2 (1, 1) of the 15 had < 1 year of follow-up after complete remission

1 (0, 1) of the 6 had < 1 year of follow-up after PR3-ANCA rise

*

1 (0, 1) of the 4 had < 1 year of follow-up after PR3-ANCA rise

4 of the 13 had < 1 year of follow-up after PR3-ANCA rise

††

1 of the 6 had < 1 year of follow-up after complete remission

*

3 of the 9 had < 1 year of follow-up after PR3-ANCA rise

**

1 of the 10 had < 1 year of follow-up after complete remission

2 of the 12 had < 1 year of follow-up after PR3-ANCA rise

*

1 of the 10 had < 1 year of follow-up after PR3-ANCA rise

**

1 of the 9 had < 1 year of follow-up after complete remission