Abstracts tagged "prednisone and vasculitis"

Abstract Number: 896 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Steroid Tapering in ANCA Vasculitis Evaluation Study (STAVE) 2: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Jennifer Rodrigues¹, David Collister¹, Amy Archer², Kim Cheema³, Paul Alexander⁴, Christian Pagnoux⁵, Lehana Thabane⁴, Peter A. Merkel⁶, David Jayne⁷ and Michael Walsh¹, ¹Nephrology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Nephrology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Relapses of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) are associated with death, decreased renal function, and end-stage renal disease. Whether longer-term treatment with glucocorticoids (GC) reduces the…
Abstract Number: 2734 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Comparison of Current Practice to New Vasculitis Treatment Guidelines
Ishrat Gill¹, Norman Madsen², Imran Hassan³ and Elaine Yacyshyn⁴, ¹Medicine, University of Alberta, Sherwood Park, AB, Canada, ²Medicine, Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³EPICORE Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Appropriate treatment for Anti-Neutrophilic Cytoplasm Antibodies (ANCA) Associated Vasculitis (AAV) requires induction and maintenance of remission, while balancing side effects from treatment. The CanVasc…

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