Randomized 1:1 (N=271).
    
        
    *Standard therapy included MMF 2 g/d to 2.5 g/d and a tapering course of corticosteroids to a target dose of 5 mg/d.1
 †Renal biopsy performed within 6 months before screening. Classified according to the ISN/RPS 2003 classification system for lupus nephritis.1
 §CRR at Week 76: defined as UPCR <0.5 g/g; an eGFR ≥85% of baseline, with no occurrence of rescue therapy, treatment failure, death, or early study withdrawal through Week 76.1
eGFR=estimated glomerular filtrations rate; ISN/RPS=International Society of Nephrology/Renal Pathology Society; MMF=mycophenolate mofetil; ST=standard therapy; UPCR=urine protein-to-creatinine ratio.
Select demographics and baseline characteristics combining both arms (N=271)
| Age | |
|---|---|
| Median (years) | 31 | 
| Sex | |
| Female | 85% | 
| Ethnicity/raceII | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 58% | 
| White | 48% | 
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 19% | 
| Black or African American | 15% | 
| Asian | 6% | 
| Kidney biopsy class | |
| Class III | 39% | 
| Class IV | 61% | 
| Concomitant class V | 31% | 
| eGFR at baseline (mL/min/ | 
|
| Mean | 102.3 (SD: ±30.8)  | 
| <90 | 29% | 
| ≥90 | 71% | 
| 24-hr UPCR at baseline (mg/mg) | |
| Mean | 3.3 (SD: ±2.9)  | 
| <3 | 58% | 
| ≥3 | 42% | 
| Disease history | |
| Newly diagnosed | 42% | 
| Prior history | 58% | 
| Median lupus nephritis duration if prior history (months) | 37 (range: 0.4-330.4)  | 
| No prior advanced therapy¶ | 93% | 
IIEthnicity and race were not stated or were unknown for some patients. Patients could report multiple races.22
 ¶Prior advanced therapies had to be discontinued >2 months before or during study screening.1
SD=standard deviation.
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