Bensalem, Amina
Mulleman, Denis
Paintaud, Gilles
Azzopardi, Nicolas
Gouilleux-Gruart, Valérie
Cornec, Divi
Specks, Ulrich
Ternant, David http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4020-4545
Article History
First Online: 5 October 2019
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: The RAVE (Rituximab in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis) trial, from which these data were obtained, was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to the Immune Tolerance Network (grant N01-AI-15416; protocol no. ITN021AI). Genentech, Inc. and Biogen IDEC, Inc. provided the study medications and partial funding for the trial. Genentech, Inc. performed the rituximab concentration measurements by ELISA for the trial. The ANCA measurements by ELISA were performed at the Mayo Clinic using test kits provided by Euroimmun, Inc. Divi Cornec received fellowship grants from the French Society of Rheumatology and from Brest University Hospital, France. Ulrich Speck’s laboratory is supported by funds from the Connor Group Foundation and the Mayo Foundation. This work was partly supported by the French Higher Education and Research Ministry under the program ‘Investissements d’avenir’ (grant agreement: LabEx MAbImprove ANR-10-LABX-53-01).
: Amina Bensalem, Nicolas Azzopardi, Valérie Gouilleux-Gruart, Divi Cornec, and Ulrich Specks have no conflicts of interest to declare. Denis Mulleman reports grants from Abbvie and Nordic Pharma, and consultancy fees from MSD, Novartis, UCB, and Pfizer. Gilles Paintaud reports grants received by his research team from Novartis, Roche Pharma, Genzyme, MSD, Chugai, and Pfizer. David Ternant reports lecture fees from Novartis, Amgen, and Boehringer Ingelheim.