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Table 4 Immunosuppressive regimens used for induction and maintenance phase therapy in LN patients at the renal clinic of St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from Sep, 2016 to Oct, 2020 (n = 114)

From: Management practice and treatment outcomes of adult patients with Lupus Nephritis at the Renal Clinic of St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Phase (type of therapy)

Frequency (%)

Induction

 Pred only

6(5.3%)

 Pred + CYC

67(58.7%)

 Pred + MMF

34(29.8%)

 Pred + TAC

3(2.6%)

 Pred + TAC + MMF

2(1.8%)

 Pred + RTX

8(7.1%)

Maintenance

 Pred + MMF

76(66.7%)

 Pred + AZA

14(12.2%)

 Pred + CYC

32(28.1%)

 Pred + TAC

1(0.9%)

 Pred + MMF + TAC

1(0.9%)

 Pred + RTX

4(3.5%)

  1. Pred prednisolone, CYC cyclophosphamide, MMF mycophenolate mofetil, TAC tacrolimus, AZA azathioprine, RTX rituximub