Would you use voclosporin or belimumab as adjunctive therapy for treatment of lupus nephritis?
Especially given the recent FDA approval of voclosporin, how should we think about the use of this medication for LN?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
It is too early to say exactly how the treatment of lupus nephritis will change in practice. The combination of voclosporin-MMF seems to increase the overall response rate significantly from the 20s to the 40s. One of the main advantages of the voclosporinMMF combination regimen is that signifi...
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at Optum Now that voclosporin has been FDA approved for ove...
at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center So far, I have been using Belimumab in combination...
at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) Dr. @Yuliya Afinogenova: Interesting question. I w...
The timing of your question couldn't be more perfect, @Mithu Maheswaranathan! It is the topic of tomorrow's Great Debate at ACR Convergence with pro-belimumab presented by Dr. Michelle Petri and pro-voclosporin presented by Dr. Brad Rovin. There are situations when I would choose one over the other ...
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at theMednet Great point! Stay tuned as theMednet will plan to ...
Now that voclosporin has been FDA approved for ove...
So far, I have been using Belimumab in combination...
Dr. @Yuliya Afinogenova: Interesting question. I w...