イハラ　トシコ   Toshiko Ito-Ihara   猪原　登志子    所属   川崎医科大学  医学部 応用医学　先端医療開発学    職種   教授
論文種別	原著
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Effectiveness and safety of rituximab for remission maintenance therapy in microscopic polyangiitis and granulomatosis with polyangiitis in Japan: A retrospective multicenter cohort study (J-CANVAS).
掲載誌名	正式名：Modern rheumatology 略　 称：Mod Rheumatol ISSNコード：14397609/14397595
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	pp.014
著者・共著者	Motoki Takeuchi, Yoshiyuki Abe, Ayako Makiyama, Masahiro Kogami, Satoshi Omura, Daiki Nakagomi, Masatoshi Kadoya, Naoho Takizawa, Atsushi Nomura, Yuji Kukida, Naoya Kondo, Yasuhiko Yamano, Takuya Yanagida, Koji Endo, Shintaro Hirata, Kiyoshi Matsui, Tohru Takeuchi, Kunihiro Ichinose, Ryo Yanai, Yusuke Matsuo, Yasuhiro Shimojima, Ryo Nishioka, Ryota Okazaki, Tomoaki Takata, Takafumi Ito, Mayuko Moriyama, Ayuko Takatani, Yoshia Miyawaki, Yutaka Kawahito, Toshiko Ito-Ihara, Takashi Kida, Nobuyuki Yajima, Takashi Kawaguchi, Ken Yamaji, Naoto Tamura
発行年月	2026/02
概要	OBJECTIVES:Rituximab (RTX) is a standard maintenance therapy for ANCA-associated vasculitis. Its efficacy in Japan remains unclear, where microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) predominates and clinical characteristics differ from Western-dominated RCT populations.METHODS:Japanese patients with MPA or granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) enrolled in a nationwide registry were included. Exposure was RTX use during maintenance therapy. The primary endpoint was major relapse-free survival at 104 weeks. The secondary endpoint was any relapse-free survival (major or minor) at 104 weeks. Baseline differences were adjusted using inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) based on key demographic and disease-related covariates.RESULTS:A total of 389 patients were analyzed, with 85 in the RTX group. The RTX group included a higher proportion of GPA cases (37/85 vs. 74/304), resulting in baseline imbalance. After IPTW, no major relapses were observed in the RTX group, whereas the major relapse-free survival at 104 weeks was 94.8% in the non-RTX group. The RTX group showed significantly higher any relapse-free survival at 104 weeks (95.4% vs. 83.3%; HR for any relapse, 0.27; 95% CI, 0.09-0.74; p = 0.02).CONCLUSIONS:Our findings suggest that RTX may be an effective option for remission maintenance in Japanese patients with MPA or GPA.
DOI	10.1093/mr/roag014
PMID	41714184