Table 1 Example of rate of steroid taper for patients allocated to the placebo arm and entering study on 15, 10 and 7.5 mg/day prednisone, respectively
From: The Steroids In the Maintenance of remission of Proliferative Lupus nephritis (SIMPL) pilot trial
Week | Prednisone dose (mg/day) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 15 | 10 | 7.5 |
2 | 15 | 10 | 7.5 |
3 | 10 | 7.5 | 5 |
4 | 10 | 7.5 | 5 |
5 | 7.5 | 5 | 4 |
6 | 7.5 | 5 | 4 |
7 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
8 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
9 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
10 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
11 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
12 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |