How would you manage a patient on pegloticase and immunomodulation in whom the uric acid has never dropped below 6?
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Pegloticase, a PEGylated uricase enzyme infused every two weeks for gout is highly effective but highly immunogenic. Patients responsive to pegloticase typically lower their serum uric acids (SUA) to <0.1mg/dL or thereabout. The initial phase 3 studies had a primary endpoint of sustained uric aci...
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at University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine I suspect that Dr. @Herbert Baraf meant to sa...
at National institues of Health Correct. Thanks for that.
at National institues of Health Fixed!
at Duke University Medical Center Do you still consider the use of pegloticase in so...
I suspect that Dr. @Herbert Baraf meant to sa...
Correct. Thanks for that.
Fixed!
Do you still consider the use of pegloticase in so...