Table 2.

Estimated cumulative glucocorticoid doses in a 24-week period for a 60 kg patient in different induction to remission schemes.

Regimen	Methylprednisolone total cumulative dose (g)	Oral prednisone total cumulative dose (g)	Oral prednisone average dose (mg/day)	Total GC dose (g)
Modified NIH, 2001 (76)	9.00	2.84	16.9	11.8
ELNT, 2002 (77)	2.25	3.12	18.5	5.37
ALMS, 2009 (85)	–	4.27	25.4	4.27
MYLUPUS, 2011 (80)	1.50	2.14	12.7	3.64
RITUXILUP, 2013 (86)	1.00	–	–	1.00
LupusCRUCES, 2014 (48)	1.50-3.00	1.30-1.50	8.0-9.0	2.80–4.50
Chinese multitarget, 2015 (81)	1.5	3.25	16.2	4.75
4+2 Rituximab, 2015 (87)	2.70	2.52	15.0	5.22
AURA-LV, 2019 (84)	1.00	1.33	7.9	2.33
BLISS-LN, 2020 (88)	0.50–3.00*	3.12–4.27	18.5–25.4	3.12–4.27
NOBILITY, 2020 (89)	0.75–3.00*	1.79–1.93	10.6–11.5	1.79–1.93

^*Methylprednisolone pulses elective at discretion of the investigator.