Maintenance therapy with Rituxan (rituximab) is superior to standard care with azathioprine for preventing disease relapses in patients…
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Avacopan (CCX168) can effectively improve remission rates, kidney function, and overall quality of life of patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic…
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis can result in inflammation of the appendix — commonly known as appendicitis — without…
Measuring the levels of activin A protein in the urine can help clinicians identify patients who have renal problems…
ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) with childhood onset often affects multiple organs, showing symptoms at diagnosis in the ear, nose, and…
People with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) are much more likely to develop a type of skin cancer called squamous cell…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pfizer‘s Ruxience (rituximab-pvvr), a biosimilar to Rituxan…
Major infections are the main cause of poor long-term outcomes and death in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis,…
People who live in the U.S. and have eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) now can be treated with…
High blood levels of a signaling molecule called interleukin-21, or IL-21, may identify patients with active ANCA-associated vasculitis (AVV),…