PRISE EN CHARGE DE LA NÉPHRITE LUPIQUE ET DE LA POLYARTHRITE RHUMATOÏDE : QUELLES NOUVEAUTÉS EN 2021 ?

  • Tamirou, Farah
  • Baert, Charlotte
  • Montigny, Pauline
  • Houssiau, Frédéric
  • Sapart, Emilie
  • Avramovska, Aleksandra
  • Meric de Bellefon, Laurent
  • De Montjoye, Stéphanie
  • Dierckx, Stéphanie
  • Nzeusseu Toukap, Adrien
  • Pirson, Valérie
  • Sokolova, Tatiana
  • Stoenoiu, Maria
  • Durez, Patrick
Publication date
January 2022
Publisher
Louvain Médical

Abstract

The current standard of care for lupus nephritis has so far been based on sequential immunosuppressive therapy aimed to induce a response, called induction therapy, and to prevent relapse, called maintenance therapy. The results of this approach are deemed unsatisfactory, with only 20-30% of complete renal responses observed at 6-12 months, with at least 20% of patients suffering from chronic kidney failure and 5-20% from end-stage kidney disease at 10 years post-diagnosis. Herein, we have briefly discussed two new treatments, consisting of belimumab and voclosporin, recently registered by drug agencies in the aftermath of controlled trials that demonstrated their superiority given in addition to standard immunosuppressive therapy. Further ...

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