Test Your SLE Treatment Know-How

Review “Treating Lupus: Strategies, Treat to Target & Biologics,” The Rheumatologist, March 2019, before you answer the question.

Which of the following statements is/are true regarding the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus?

A. Patients who have mild disease with fatigue and only malar rash should be treated with a single shot of steroids, with the possible addition of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and topical steroids.

B. All SLE patients should receive glucocorticoids as a first-line treatment.

C. No biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) have been proved efficacious for the treatment of SLE.

D. Among bDMARDs, only belimumab has proved efficacious for the treatment of SLE.

E. A and D

F. B and C