Avacopan was safe and effective among patients with respiratory tract manifestations of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. Avacopan shows promising efficacy and safety ...

Avacopan shows promising efficacy and safety among patients with respiratory tract manifestations of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody -associated vasculitis, according to study results published in ...

Researchers performed a post hoc analysis of the ADVOCATE trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02994927) to evaluate the efficacy and safety of avacopan vs a prednisone taper among patients with ...

Vasculitis is an autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation of the blood vessels. It can affect arteries, veins, and capillaries. This condition causes blood vessel walls to swell, which ...

A woman with the condition vasculitis now lives with a prosthetic nose after her original one “completely collapsed in on itself”. Vasculitis is a disease in which a person’s immune system ...

Autoimmune vasculitis is a group of conditions, such as giant cell arteritis and Kawasaki disease, that cause blood vessel inflammation. Learn more here.

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis consists of two main diseases, granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis, and remains among the most devastating ...

Autoimmune diseases associated with rashes include psoriasis, lupus, Sjögren’s disease, vasculitis, dermatomyositis, and bullous pemphigoid. In many cases, rashes are an outward sign of internal ...

Harold Ramis suffered from vasculitis, a family of more than 15 rare autoimmune diseases.

ANCA-associated vasculitis represents a complex and heterogeneous group of inflammatory diseases with the potential to affect multiple organ systems. Traditionally, ANCA-associated vasculitis has been ...

Vasculitis is inflammation of the blood vessels — the tubes that carry blood throughout your body. Inflammation happens when your immune system attacks healthy tissue by mistake. When blood vessels ...

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly called Wegener’s granulomatosis) is a rare autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation of blood vessels.