Large-vessel vasculitis

D Pugh, M Karabayas, N Basu, MC Cid… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Large-vessel vasculitis (LVV) manifests as inflammation of the aorta and its major branches
and is the most common primary vasculitis in adults. LVV comprises two distinct conditions …

A general introduction to glucocorticoid biology

S Timmermans, J Souffriau, C Libert - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are steroid hormones widely used for the treatment of inflammation,
autoimmune diseases, and cancer. To exert their broad physiological and therapeutic …

Benralizumab versus mepolizumab for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis

ME Wechsler, P Nair, B Terrier, B Walz… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a vasculitis
characterized by eosinophilic inflammation. Benralizumab, a monoclonal antibody against …

EULAR definition of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis

G Nagy, NMT Roodenrijs, PMJ Welsing… - Annals of the …, 2021 - ard.bmj.com
Background Despite treatment according to the current management recommendations, a
significant proportion of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remain symptomatic. These …

2018 Update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis

B Hellmich, A Agueda, S Monti, F Buttgereit… - Annals of the …, 2020 - ard.bmj.com
Background Since the publication of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)
recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis (LVV) in 2009, several …

[HTML][HTML] Trial of tocilizumab in giant-cell arteritis

JH Stone, K Tuckwell, S Dimonaco… - … England Journal of …, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Giant-cell arteritis commonly relapses when glucocorticoids are tapered, and
the prolonged use of glucocorticoids is associated with side effects. The effect of the …

EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: 2016 update

JS Smolen, R Landewé, J Bijlsma… - Annals of the …, 2017 - ard.bmj.com
Recent insights in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) necessitated updating the European League
Against Rheumatism (EULAR) RA management recommendations. A large international …

Low dose, add-on prednisolone in patients with rheumatoid arthritis aged 65+: the pragmatic randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled GLORIA trial

M Boers, L Hartman, D Opris-Belinski, R Bos… - Annals of the rheumatic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Low-dose glucocorticoid (GC) therapy is widely used in rheumatoid arthritis
(RA) but the balance of benefit and harm is still unclear. Methods The GLORIA …

Mepolizumab or placebo for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis

ME Wechsler, P Akuthota, D Jayne… - … England Journal of …, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis is an eosinophilic vasculitis.
Mepolizumab, an anti–interleukin-5 monoclonal antibody, reduces blood eosinophil counts …

British Society for Rheumatology guideline on diagnosis and treatment of giant cell arteritis

SL Mackie, C Dejaco, S Appenzeller… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background GCA is a large vessel vasculitis affecting older people, with the highest
incidence among persons 70–79 years of age [1]. Due to forecasted demographic changes …