ONGOING CLINICAL TRIALS
THERAPEUTIC MULTICENTER TRIAL (STEROIDS ALONE VS STEROIDS PLUS AZATHIOPRINE) IN IgAN PATIENTS
COORDINATOR Claudio Pozzi (Francesco Locatelli, Claudio Ponticelli, Paolo Altieri)
TEXT OF PROTOCOL Patients are randomly allocated to treatment with steroids alone (methylprednisolone 1 g e.v. for three consecutive days at the beginning of months 1,3 and 5, plus oral prednisone 0.5 mg/kg every other day for six months) or steroids (the same) plus azathioprine (1.5 mg/kg/day for six months).
PARTICIPATING
CENTRES:
Lecco, Milano (Maggiore Hospital, IRCCS), Cagliari, Parma, Mantova, Montichiari,
Reggio Calabria, Monselice, Pavia, Trescore Balneario, Catania, Sondrio, Firenze,
Viterbo, Desio, Berna (Switzerland), Taormina, Como, Chioggia, Nuoro, Lodi,
Foggia, Cremona, Scorrano, Cinisello Balsamo, Brescia, Cernusco sul Naviglio,
Reggio Emilia, Palermo, Torino (CMID), Acireale, Ozieri.
