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Showing 35 results for “lupus” published 2023.

June 2023

Remission of Lupus Nephritis: The Trajectory of Histological Response in Successfully Treated Patients

Lupus Sci Med. 2023;10(1):e000932 doi: 10.1136/lupus-2023-000932

LN histological activity takes months to years to resolve, providing a rationale for the need of long-term, well-tolerated maintenance immunosuppression.

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May 2023

Belimumab Versus Anifrolumab in Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Indirect Comparison of Clinical Response at 52 Weeks

Lupus Sci. Med 2023;10:e000907 doi 10.1136/lupus-2023-000907

This retrospective study by Neupane, et al. compared belimumab and anifrolumab efficacy at 52 weeks in SLE patients. It concluded that belimumab and anifrolumab have equal efficacy, but further studies would be needed for specific patient demographics.

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Litifilimab (BIIB059), a Promising Investigational Drug for Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus

Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2023;15:1-9 doi 10.1080/13543784.2023.2212154

Cho, et al. discuss the current challenges in the approval of CLE drugs and suggest outcome measures that could streamline the process. They also discuss the pharmacodynamics of litifilimab and the current status of clinical trials.

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April 2023

Does Remission in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus According to the 2021 DORIS Definition Match the Treating Rheumatologist’s Judgment?

Rheumatology (Oxford) 2023;63(1):72–8 doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead159

Assessment on agreement between the 2021 DORIS and physician-judged lupus activity finds the 2021 DORIS remission to be an achievable target in clinical practice, with substantial agreement between the DORIS definition and physician-judged remission.

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Rapid Efficacy of Anifrolumab Across Multiple Subtypes of Recalcitrant Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Parallels Changes in Discrete Subsets of Blood Transcriptomic and Cellular Biomarkers

Br J Dermatol. 2023 doi: 10.1093/bjd/ljad089

Prospective single-centre study of anifrolumab in refractory mucocutaneous SLE, indicates rapid efficacy of anifrolumab in discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) and rituximab-resistant CLE.

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Evaluation of the LFA-REAL Clinician-reported Outcome (ClinRO) and Patient-reported Outcome (PRO): Prespecified Analysis of the Phase III Ustekinumab Trial in Patients with SLE

Lupus Sci Med. 2023 doi:10.1136/lupus-2022-000875

The Lupus Foundation of America Rapid Evaluation of Activity in Lupus (LFA-REAL) clinician-reported outcome (ClinRO) and patient-reported outcome (PRO) systems show potential as a flexible resource in the evaluation of lupus disease activity and a simple, user-friendly outcome measure for SLE studies.

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March 2023