The STARMEN trial indicates that alternating treatment with corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide is superior to sequential treatment with tacrolimus and rituximab in primary membranous nephropathy.
Fernández-Juárez G, Rojas-Rivera J, Logt AV, Justino J, Sevillano A, Caravaca-Fontán F, Ávila A, Rabasco C, Cabello V, Varela A, Díez M, Martín-Reyes G, Diezhandino MG, Quintana LF, Agraz I, Gómez-Martino JR, Cao M, Rodríguez-Moreno A, Rivas B, Galeano C, Bonet J, Romera A, Shabaka A, Plaisier E, Espinosa M, Egido J, Segarra A, Lambeau G, Ronco P, Wetzels J, Praga M; STARMEN Investigators.
Fernández-Juárez G, et al.
Kidney Int. 2021 Apr;99(4):986-998. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.10.014. Epub 2020 Nov 7.
Kidney Int. 2021.
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A cyclical corticosteroid-cyclophosphamide regimen is recommended for patients with primary membranous nephropathy at high risk of progression. We hypothesized that sequential therapy with tacrolimus and rituximab is superior to cyclical alternating treatment with corticos …
A cyclical corticosteroid-cyclophosphamide regimen is recommended for patients with primary membranous nephropathy at high risk of pr …