[CIS-PAGID] CVID + LIP

[Verbsky, James]

Jack Routes has had success with Rituxan and Imuran for GLILD in a series of patients and is starting a trial for this therapy.  You might want to contact him.

Best

James
James Verbsky MD/PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI  53226


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From: pagid-bounces at list.clinimmsoc.org [pagid-bounces at list.clinimmsoc.org] On Behalf Of Church, Joseph [JChurch at chla.usc.edu]
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 9:07 PM
To: pagid at list.clinimmsoc.org
Subject: [CIS-PAGID] CVID + LIP

Colleagues:

A 60yo female with long term CVID has had lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis that was biopsy documented in 2005.

She had developed worsening of symptoms over the past 6 months.

She is trying to avoid increasing her prednisone, currently at 10mg/d, because of coronary artery disease and hypertension; she could not tolerate CellCept.

Has anyone tried Rituximab in this setting?

Joe Church, MD
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles



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