RESEARCH - Orencia (abatacept) found ineffective in treatment of non-life threatening lupus

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Abatacept Found Ineffective In Treatment Of Non-Life Threatening Lupus

MedicalNewsToday.com

Article Date: 29 Sep 2010 - 3:00 PDT

Results from a 12-month multi-center clinical trial did not show

therapeutic benefit of abatacept over placebo in patients with

non-life threatening systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Abatacept

failed to prevent new disease flares in SLE patients tapered from

corticosteroids in an analysis where mild, moderate and severe disease

flares were evaluated together. Full details of the phase IIb clinical

trial are published in the October issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, a

journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR).

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