Cyclophosphamide

Tacrolimus appears to have “synergistic” interactions with mycophenolate mofetil and cyclophosphamide for the treatment of renal involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus, according to observational data published in BMC Rheumatology.

SAN DIEGO — Paolo Caimi, MD, spoke with Healio about the latest results from the POLARIX trial presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Patients with severe Behçet’s syndrome who received infliximab demonstrated better odds of achieving complete response at 22 weeks compared with those who used cyclophosphamide, according to head-to-head data published in NEJM Evidence.

In this video, Tycel Phillips, MD, discusses challenges in diagnosing DLBCL.

Patients with new or relapsing granulomatosis with polyangiitis or microscopic polyangiitis should receive rituximab over cyclophosphamide, according to new recommendations from the Pan American League of Associations for Rheumatology.

A woman diagnosed with schizophrenia and psychosis who was nonverbal and nonresponsive for 2 decades recently “woke” after treatment with pulse steroids and cyclophosphamide.

Pediatric-inspired protocols and hyper-CVAD conferred comparable survival for adolescents and young adults with Philadelphia chromosome-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia, according to study results.

Remission induction strategies based on rituximab and cyclophosphamide each demonstrate similar risks for kidney failure and death in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

NEW ORLEANS — Health-related quality of life in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma improved in a comparison of two therapy regimens.