Ricardo Azêdo de Luca Montes, Molla Huq, Timothy Godfrey, Shereen Oon, Alicia Calderone, Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake, Worawit Louthrenoo, Shue-Fen Luo, Yeong-Jian Jan Wu, Vera Golder, Aisha Lateef, Sandra V Navarra, Leonid Zamora, Laniyati Hamijoyo, Sargunan Sockalingam, Yuan An, Zhanguo Li, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Masayoshi Harigai, Madelynn Chan, Fiona Goldblatt, Sean O'Neill, Chak Sing Lau, Jiacai Cho, Alberta Hoi, Chetan S Karyekar, Eric F Morand, Mandana Nikpour
BACKGROUND: This study examines the association of standard-of-care systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) medications with key outcomes such as low disease activity attainment, flares, damage accrual, and steroid-sparing, for which there is current paucity of data. METHODS: The Asia Pacific Lupus Collaboration (APLC) prospectively collects data across numerous sites regarding demographic and disease characteristics, medication use, and lupus outcomes. Using propensity score methods and panel logistic regression models, we determined the association between lupus medications and outcomes...
May 8, 2024: Advances in Rheumatology