Management of systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic literature review informing the 2023 update of the EULAR recommendations.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To analyse the new evidence (2018-2022) for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) to inform the 2023 update of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations.

Methods

Systematic literature reviews were performed in the Medline and the Cochrane Library databases capturing publications from 1 January 2018 through 31 December 2022, according to the EULAR standardised operating procedures. The research questions focused on five different domains, namely the benefit/harm of SLE treatments, the benefits from the attainment of remission/low disease activity, the risk/benefit from treatment tapering/withdrawal, the management of SLE with antiphospholipid syndrome and the safety of immunisations against varicella zoster virus and SARS-CoV2 in

SUBMITTER: Kostopoulou M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11503129 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature