The long-term treatment of CIDP is a vexing one often mired in lack of data from randomized controlled trials.\u00a0 The ICE study suggested that a maintenance IVIg dose of 1g\/kg every 3 weeks is associated with good therapeutic outcome.\u00a0 Subsequent studies have suggested that steroids may lead to remission in a greater proportion of patients, although the side-effects may be limiting.\u00a0 The question remains about the longevity of therapy and at what point therapies in CIDP can be stopped.\u00a0 In an upcoming issue of JNNP, Nobile-Orazio report on outcomes in CIDP patients in whom IVIg and steroid therapy were stopped.\u00a0 Interestingly, while a similar proportion of patients tended to relapse in both treatment groups (IVIg vs steroids) the time to relapse was longer in the steroid group, supporting previous studies.\u00a0 The question of harmful effects of steroids, however, remains!<\/p>\n
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The long-term treatment of CIDP is a vexing one often mired in lack of data from randomized controlled trials.\u00a0 The ICE study suggested that a maintenance IVIg dose of 1g\/kg every 3 weeks is associated with good therapeutic outcome.\u00a0 Subsequent studies have suggested that steroids may lead to remission in a greater proportion of patients, […]<\/p>\n