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Kidney function at diagnosis linked to outcomes in pediatric AAV

Most children with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) and kidney involvement at diagnosis will exhibit inactive kidney disease after one year, and more than two in five will show evidence of permanent kidney damage, according to data from an international registry study. A glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) — a standard measure…

Risk of infection high with AAV, and it can be severe

More than half of the people living with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) have infections caused by bacteria, fungi, or viruses, often in the respiratory tract, with more than one-third developing severe infections. That’s according to a meta-analysis of published data, which also identified several risk factors for infections in this…

Lower glucocorticoid dosing regimen may be risky, study finds

A reduced glucocorticoid dosing regimen for inducing disease remission in people with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) may be associated with a higher risk of poor disease outcomes in those with severe disease, compared with the standard-dose regimen. That’s according to a real-world study in France and Luxembourg that involved people…

Enrollment open for trial testing NKX019 cell therapy in AAV

Enrollment is now open for a small clinical trial designed to test dose-escalating doses of experimental cell therapy NKX019 in people with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) and other autoimmune disorders. Called Ntrust-2, the study will assess the therapy’s safety and ability to promote long-term disease remissions in an initial group…

EGPA should be considered in patients with severe asthma: Study

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) should be considered in people with uncontrolled severe asthma and high blood levels of immune cells called eosinophils — a hallmark of the autoimmune disease — according to the findings of a study from Singapore. This rare type of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) was…