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How should the results of the ADVOCATE trial be applied in AAV patients who receive rituximab induction and maintenance therapy?

In the ADVOCATE trial, patients were not re-dosed with rituximab.
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Once approved, will you recommend avacopan to patients who receive rituximab induction and maintenance therapy for AAV?

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Rheumatology · Director, Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium
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The following answer was jointly drafted by Dr. Peter Merkel and Dr. David Jayne:

The data from ADVOCATE indicate that patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) or microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) treated with avacopan 30 mg twice daily and prednisone placebo were able to achieve remission w...

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