CIDP treatment: immunosuppressants
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
CIDP treatment: immunosuppressants. These are first line treatments if there are no contraindications. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Steroids: benefits
- These are first line treatments if there are no contraindications
- They provide long term remission in a quarter of patients
Steroids: options
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Rituximab
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Treatments with poor evidence
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Treatments to be avoided
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Investigational treatments
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Scoring systems
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Monitoring
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References
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- van Schaik IN, Eftimov F, van Doorn PA, et al. Pulsed high-dose dexamethasone versus standard prednisolone treatment for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (PREDICT study): a double-blind, randomised, controlled trial. Lancet Neurol 2010; 9:245-253.
- Kuitwaard K, Hahn AF, Vermeulen M, Venance SL, van Doorn PA. Intravenous immunoglobulin response in treatment-naïve chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. JNNP 2015; 86:1331-1336.
- Van den Bergh PYK, van Doorn PA, Hadden RDM, et al. European Academy of Neurology/Peripheral Nerve Society guideline on diagnosis and treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: Report of a joint Task Force-Second revision. Eur J Neurol 2021 (Online ahead of print).
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