Objective: In the phase 3 head-to-head MANDARA study (NCT04157348), benralizumab demonstrated noninferiority to mepolizumab in inducing remission (defined as Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score [BVAS] of 0 and oral glucocorticoid [OGC] dosage ≤4 mg/day at weeks 36 and 48) in patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). This analysis investigated a more stringent definition of remission that included discontinuation of OGCs and being relapse-free.
Methods: Patients aged ≥18 years with documented relapsing or refractory EGPA receiving OGCs at ≥7.
Introduction: Kidney disease impacts long-term outcomes of patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA). This analysis evaluated the effect of avacopan in a subgroup of patients with GPA or MPA and kidney involvement at baseline from the ADVOCATE trial.
Methods: The analysis included a study population of 268 patients (of 330 patients, 81.
Objectives: To summarise the efficacy and safety of 2 years of anti-interleukin-5/receptor (anti-IL-5/R) therapy in patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA).
Methods: Patients were randomised 1:1 to receive benralizumab or mepolizumab every 4 weeks during the 52-week double-blind period of the MANDARA trial. Patients entered an open-label extension (OLE) in which they continued benralizumab (benralizumab/benralizumab) or switched from mepolizumab to benralizumab (mepolizumab/benralizumab).
Background: Data are mixed on whether indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence angiography can reduce the high rate of anastomotic leaks in patients undergoing surgery for rectal cancer. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy of ICG fluorescence angiography in reducing the rate of clinical anastomotic leaks in these patients.
Methods: IntAct was an unblinded randomised controlled trial conducted at 28 specialist rectal cancer centres across eight European countries.