Abstracts tagged "meta-analysis and prognostic factors"

Abstract Number: 787 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Prevalence of Relapses of Giant Cell Arteritis in Patients Treated with Corticosteroids: A Meta-Analysis
Alexandra Addario¹, Quitterie Reynaud^2,3, Maxime Samson⁴, Mathilde Francois³, Stéphane Durupt³, Francois Gueyffier¹, Michel Cucherat¹, Isabelle Durieu^2,5 and Jean-Christophe Lega^3,6, ¹Equipe Evaluation et Modélisation des Effets thérapeutiques, Lyon 1 University, Lyon, France, ²HESPER group, Lyon 1 University, Lyon, France, ³Department of Internal and Vascular Medicine, Lyon Sud Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunolgy, Hôpital François Mitterrand, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France, ⁵Department of Internal and Vascular, Lyon Sud Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, ⁶Equipe Evaluation et Modélisation des Effets thérapeutiques, UMR CNR 5558, Lyon 1 University, Lyon, France
Background/Purpose: The relapse rate of giant cell arteritis (GCA) in the patients treated by corticosteroids (CS) varied widely in observational series and randomized trials. The…