Weaning of Immunosuppression in Nephritis of Lupus

Summary

The investigators wish to evaluate the discontinuation of maintenance immunosuppressive treatment after 2 years in patients with stable remission after a proliferative lupus nephritis. The patients will be continuing their treatment with hydroxychloroquine, possibly associated with low dose corticosteroids.

Timeline

Start

2011-02-16

Primary completion

2016-02-06

Completion

2018-12-31

Publications

• Background Himbert M, Jourde-Chiche N, Chapart L, Charles N, Baumstarck K, Daugas E. Anti-dsDNA IgE: a potential non-invasive test for prediction of lupus nephritis relapse. RMD Open. 2024 Jun 28;10(2):e004255. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2024-004255.
• Background Jourde-Chiche N, Bobot M, Burtey S, Chiche L, Daugas E. Weaning Maintenance Therapy in Lupus Nephritis: For Whom, When, and How? Kidney Int Rep. 2023 May 22;8(8):1481-1488. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2023.05.012. eCollection 2023 Aug.
• Background Jourde-Chiche N, Chiche L. An era of immunosuppressant withdrawal in systemic lupus erythematosus: winning through weaning. Lancet Rheumatol. 2024 Mar;6(3):e133-e134. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00001-8. Epub 2024 Jan 29. No abstract available.
• Background Chiche L, Jousse-Joulin S, Jourde-Chiche N. [From "Treat to Target" to "Think to Untreat": Therapeutic de-implementation as a new paradigm in systemic lupus erythematosus]. Rev Med Interne. 2023 Mar;44(3):101-104. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2022.12.001. Epub 2022 Dec 22. No abstract available. French.
• Results Jourde-Chiche N, Costedoat-Chalumeau N, Baumstarck K, Loundou A, Bouillet L, Burtey S, Caudwell V, Chiche L, Couzi L, Daniel L, Deligny C, Dussol B, Faguer S, Gobert P, Gondran G, Huart A, Hummel A, Kalbacher E, Karras A, Lambert M, Le Guern V, Lebourg L, Loubiere S, Maillard-Lefebvre H, Maurier F, Pha M, Queyrel V, Remy P, Sarrot-Reynauld F, Verhelst D, Hachulla E, Amoura Z, Daugas E; WIN-Lupus study group. Weaning of maintenance immunosuppressive therapy in lupus nephritis (WIN-Lupus): results of a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Ann Rheum Dis. 2022 Oct;81(10):1420-1427. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-222435. Epub 2022 Jun 20.

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