O40 Impact of glucocorticoid dose on complete response, serious infections, and mortality during the initial therapy of lupus nephritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the standard of care arms of randomized controlled trials

• Farah Tamirou,
• Frederic Houssiau,
• Ali Duarte-García,
• Maria Dall’Era,
• Brad H Rovin,
• Larry J Prokop,
• Gabriel Figueroa-Parra,
• Cynthia S Crowson,
• Michael S Putman,
• Fernando C Fervenza,
• Alain Sanchez-Rodriguez,
• María C Cuéllar-Gutiérrez,
• Mariana González-Treviño,
• Jaime Flores-Gouyonnet,
• José A Meade-Aguilar,
• M Hassan Murad

Affiliations

Farah Tamirou

Rheumatology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium

Frederic Houssiau

Rheumatology Department, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Universite catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Ali Duarte-García

Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Maria Dall’Era

University of California, San Francisco, USA

Brad H Rovin

4 Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Larry J Prokop

Mayo Clinic Libraries, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Gabriel Figueroa-Parra

*Co-primary authors, equal contribution

Cynthia S Crowson

Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Michael S Putman

Division of Rheumatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Fernando C Fervenza

8 Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Alain Sanchez-Rodriguez

1 Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

María C Cuéllar-Gutiérrez

*Co-primary authors, equal contribution

Mariana González-Treviño

*Co-primary authors, equal contribution

Jaime Flores-Gouyonnet

*Co-primary authors, equal contribution

José A Meade-Aguilar

*Co-primary authors, equal contribution

M Hassan Murad

4Mayo Clinic Libraries, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA