Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Rituximab drug shows promise against lupus

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 7th, 2004

A drug now used to treat a type of cancer appears to be very effective at treating systemic lupus erythematosus, with just one injection easing symptoms in several patients for a year or more.

The results of the clinical trial involving 17 patients were published in the August 2004 issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism.

The finding has its roots in a hypothesis put forth by the team of physicians at the University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, who did the study. They suspected that because lupus involves the same immune cells as lymphoma, a drug successful at treating lymphoma might also help lupus patients. So doctors tested the...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-10-07)

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