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Background Standard of care for interstitial lung disease (ILD) with a nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) pattern proposes mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) as one of the first-step therapies while rituximab is used as rescue therapy.
J. Mankikian +32 more
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RITUXIMAB-INDUCED SEVERE ACUTE THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN A PATIENT WITH SPLENIC MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA
Objective: Rituximab, which is widely used in the treatment of B-cell lymphoma, is a chimeric monoclonal antibody directed against the CD20 antigen. Rituximab has many side effects, mainly allergic and neurological.
Taha Ulutan Kars +3 more
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Shanafelt et al report on the long-term outcome of the pivotal ECOG-ACRIN E1912 study, detailing the continued superiority of ibrutinib plus rituximab (IR) compared to the prior standard treatment—fludarabine, cyclophosphamide and rituximab (FCR)—for ...
T. Shanafelt +21 more
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Neutralizing Anti-Rituximab Antibodies and Relapse in Membranous Nephropathy Treated With Rituximab
Membranous Nephropathy (MN) is an autoimmune disease associated with antibodies against podocyte proteins: M-type phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R1) or thrombospondin type-1 domain-containing 7A (THSD7A) in 70 and 3% of patients, respectively.
Sonia Boyer-Suavet +13 more
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Rituximab has become a ubiquitous component of treatment regimens for follicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Despite widespread clinical use, the mechanisms by which tumor cells resist rituximab-mediated destruction remain unclear. Rituximab relies in part on immune effector mechanisms for its antitumor effect, and thus resistance may be mediated not only by
Andrew R, Rezvani, David G, Maloney
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Rituximab is a monoclonal antibody that was first approved by the FDA as an antineoplastic agent designed to treat B-cell malignancies. This article will review the mechanism of action and clinical role of this anti-B-cell agent.
David T, Selewski +4 more
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Importance Although highly effective disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS) have been associated with an increased risk of infections vs injectable therapies interferon beta and glatiramer acetate (GA), the magnitude of potential risk ...
G. Luna +15 more
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Efficacy and Safety of Rituximab for New-Onset Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
This randomized clinical trial investigates the efficacy and safety of rituximab compared vs placebo as an add-on with standard of care for myasthenia gravis.
F. Piehl +20 more
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A randomized, phase II study of sequential belimumab and rituximab in primary Sjögren’s syndrome
BACKGROUND Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is characterized by B cell hyperactivity and elevated B-lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS). Anti-BLyS treatment (e.g., belimumab) increases peripheral memory B cells; decreases naive, activated, and plasma B cell ...
X. Mariette +18 more
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Is it the time to offer rituximab as a cost-benefit treatment for immunoglobulin A nephropathy? A short-review to current concepts [PDF]
Context: IgA nephropathy (IgAN) as an autoimmune disease is the most common cause of glomerulonephritis worldwide. Rituximab effectively depletes B cells and reduces serum levels of IgA1 antibodies.
Mohammad-Reza Tamadon +2 more
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