Abstract
Objective. To evaluate epratuzumab treatment in patients with moderately-to-severely active SLE in two international, randomized, controlled trials (ALLEVIATE-1 and -2) and an open-label extension study (SL0006). Methods. Ninety ALLEVIATE patients (43% BILAG A, median BILAG score 12.0) received standard of care plus 10 total doses of placebo (n = 37) or 360 mg/m(2) (n = 42) or 720 mg/m(2) (n = 11) epratuzumab, administered across 12-week cycles for up to 48 weeks, with BILAG assessments every 4 weeks. Patients were followed for ≥6 months and their data combined for analysis. The primary endpoint was BILAG response at week 12 (all BILAG A scores reduced to B/C/D and B scores to C/D, no new A and
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1313-22 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Rheumatology (Oxford) |
Volume | 52 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2013 |