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Table 1 Demographic information, previous medications, and major outcomes for all patients

From: Iguratimod as an alternative induction therapy for refractory lupus nephritis: a preliminary investigational study

Patient

Age

Sex

Duration of LN (years)

LN class

Previous medications and outcome

Baseline TPU (g/24 h)

Baseline prednisone (mg/d)

Baseline creatine (μmol/L)

Outcome of iguratimod treatment

Follow-up time (weeks)

Follow-up

1

30

F

13

IV → III§

Cyc → Cs* (CR → F)

5.17

15

43

PR

36

Discontinue (relapse)

    

Cyc → LEF* (CR → F)

      
    

RTX (NR)

      

2

45

F

12

III

Pulse steroids (CR → F)

1.34

5

39

CR

84

Follow-up

    

Cyc (PR → F)

      
    

MMF (NR)

      
    

TAC (NR)

      

3

18

F

6

III + V

MMF (PR → F)

2.33

10

75.5

PR

132

Follow-up

    

TAC (PR → F)

      

4

49

F

7

III + V

Cyc → MMF* (CR → F)

4.92

0

63

PR

12

Discontinue (SAE)

    

TAC (NR)

      

5

55

F

18

III + V

CYC (CR → AE)

3.33

10

77

CR

132

Follow-up

    

LEF (NR)

      
    

Cyc (NR)

      
    

MMF (PR → F)

      
    

TAC (PR → F)

      

6

29

F

6

IV + V

TAC (NR)

3.48

0

35

CR

118

Follow-up

    

MMF (PR → F)

      

7

30

F

23

IV

Cyc (CR → F)

6.01

15

72

PR

24

Discontinue (relapse)

    

MMF (PR → F)

      
    

Cs (NR)

      
    

LEF (NR)

      

8

31

F

5

III + VI → IV + V§

Cyc → MMF* (PR → F)

1.96

10

52

NR

28

NR

    

TAC (NR)

      

9

32

F

5

III + V

Cyc (NR)

6.01

35

155

CR

36

Discontinue (extra-renal relapse)

    

MMF (NR)

      
    

Sirolimius (NR)

      

10

26

F

4

III → V§

Cyc (NR)

13.79

0

105

Lost

4

Lost to follow-up

    

Cs (NR)

      
    

TAC (NR)

      

11

46

M

6

III

Cyc (PR → F)

6.24

10

72

PR

16

Follow-up

    

MMF (PR → F)

      

12

19

F

2

IV + V

LEF (NR)

1.32

0

40.2

PR

36

Discontinue (relapse)

    

MMF (PR → F)

      

13

24

M

10

III + V

Cyc (NR)

2.21

0

81

PR

32

Follow-up

    

Cs (NR)

      
    

MMF (NR)

      
    

TAC (NR)

      
    

LEF + Tripterygium (NR)

      
    

Cyc (NR)

      

14

34

F

6

IV

Cyc → LEF* (CR → F)

2.57

10

43

CR

36

Follow-up

    

Cs (CR → F)

      
    

MMF (NR)

      
    

TAC (NR)

      
    

AZA (NR)

      
  1. TPU total proteinuria, Cyc cyclophosphamide, AZA azathioprine, Cs cyclosporine, LEF leflunomide, RTX rituximab, MMF mycophenolate mofetil, TAC tacrolimus, CR complete remission, PR partial remission, NR no response, SAE severe adverse event
  2. *Represents cyclophosphamide (typically 6 months) in sequence with other immunosuppressive agents. In this situation, the patients usually achieved PR or CR when the cyclophosphamide treatment ended
  3. §Patients agreed to repeated renal biopsies before iguratimod treatment