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Jayne D, Walsh M, Merkel PA, et al. Plasma exchange and glucocorticoids to delay death or end-stage renal disease in anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody-associated vasculitis: PEXIVAS non-inferiority factorial RCT. Southampton (UK): National Institute for Health and Care Research; 2022 Sep. (Health Technology Assessment, No. 26.38.)

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Plasma exchange and glucocorticoids to delay death or end-stage renal disease in anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody-associated vasculitis: PEXIVAS non-inferiority factorial RCT.

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List of abbreviations

AAV

anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody-associated vasculitis

ANCA

anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody

BCTU

Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit

BVAS/WG

Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score/Wegener’s Granulomatosis version

CDA

Combined Damage Assessment Index

CI

confidence interval

CONSORT

Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials

CYC

cyclophosphamide

DMC

Data Monitoring Committee

eGFR

estimated glomerular filtration rate

EQ-5D

EuroQoL-5 Dimensions

ESRD

end-stage renal disease

EUVAS

European Vasculitis Study Group

GC

glucocorticoid

GFR

glomerular filtration rate

GPA

granulomatosis with polyangiitis

HR

hazard ratio

IgG

immunoglobulin G

IgM

immunoglobulin M

IRR

incidence rate ratio

ITT

intention to treat

i.v.

intravenous

MEPEX

Methylprednisolone versus Plasma Exchange

MPA

microscopic polyangiitis

MPO

myeloperoxidase

PEXIVAS

Plasma Exchange In VASculitis

PLEX

plasma exchange

PR3

proteinase 3

RR

relative risk

SAE

serious adverse event

SF-36

Short Form questionnaire-36 items

TRALI

transfusion-associated acute lung injury

VCRC

Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium

Copyright © 2022 Jayne et al. This work was produced by Jayne et al. under the terms of a commissioning contract issued by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. This is an Open Access publication distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 4.0 licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaption in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. For attribution the title, original author(s), the publication source – NIHR Journals Library, and the DOI of the publication must be cited.
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