117
Participants
Start Date
October 31, 2009
Primary Completion Date
July 31, 2014
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2015
Prednisone
1 mg/kg/day for 4 weeks. Then, the dose will be progressively tapered if the remission will be achieved. For patients who exhibit incomplete remission at this time, high dose steroid will be continued for 4 weeks again before the tapering.
acid mycophenolic (Myfortic)
patients will receive prednisone 0.5 mg/kg/day combined with mycophenolic acid (MyforticR) 1440 mg/day. The management of steroid therapy will be identical in both groups, while MyforticR will be continued for six months
Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil
Collaborators (1)
Novartis
INDUSTRY
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
OTHER