Effectiveness and safety of rituximab for remission maintenance therapy in microscopic polyangiitis and granulomatosis with polyangiitis in Japan: A retrospective multicentre cohort study (J-CANVAS)
Our findings suggest that RTX may be an effective option for remission maintenance in Japanese patients with MPA or GPA.
Authors
- Ayako Makiyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3387-2844)
- Yutaka Kawahito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3860-0488)
- Tomoaki Takata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2959-6015)
- Yasuhiro Shimojima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7100-1121)
- Naoya Kondo
- Satoshi Ōmura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9187-2044)
- Kiyoshi Matsui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1146-4172)
- Daiki Nakagomi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1682-9799)
- Yoshia Miyawaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6981-3443)
- Motoki Takeuchi
- S. Hirata
- Ryo Yanai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3118-7675)
- Masahiro Kogami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4565-879X)
- Takuya Yanagida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9052-4841)
- Yoshiyuki Abe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1014-2868)
- Atsushi Nomura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8194-6273)
- Koji Endo
- Mayuko Moriyama
- Masatoshi Kadoya
- Yusuke Matsuo
- Tohru Takeuchi
- Nobuyuki Yajima
- Ken Yamaji
- Ryo Nishioka
- Yuji Kukida
- Takafumi Ito
- Takashi Kida
- Kunihiro Ichinose
- Toshiko Ito-Ihara
- Ryota Okazaki
- Ayuko Takatani
- Takashi Kawaguchi
- Naoto Tamura
Institutions
- Kanazawa University (JP)
- SHOWA Medical University (JP)
- University of Nagasaki (JP)
- Hyogo Medical University (JP)
- Shinshu University (JP)
- Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences (JP)
- Okayama University (JP)
- Shimane University (JP)
- Juntendo University (JP)
- Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine (JP)
- St. Luke's International Hospital (JP)
- Chubu Rosai Hospital (JP)
- Sasebo City General Hospital (JP)
- University of Yamanashi Hospital (JP)
- Kagoshima University Hospital (JP)
- Hiroshima University Hospital (JP)
- Kure Kyosai Hospital (JP)
- Tottori Prefectural Central Hospital (JP)
- Kyoto first Red Cross hospital (JP)
- University Hospital Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine (JP)
- Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center (JP)
- Kyoto Katsura Hospital (JP)
- Japanese Red Cross Society Kyoto Daini Hospital (JP)
- Tosei General Hospital (JP)
- Ōtani University (JP)
- Nagasaki University (JP)
- Tottori University (JP)
- Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Modern Rheumatology
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mr/roag014
- Primary Topic
- Vasculitis and related conditions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00