Clinical response to induction and maintenance treatment at the end of follow up
| Diagnosis | Patients (n) | Clinical response (complete or partial remission) (%) |
| SLE | 43 | 33 (77) |
| Nephritis | 26 | 20 (77) |
| Neuropsychiatric | 10 | 8 (80) |
| Myocarditis | 2 | 2 (100) |
| Interstitial pneumonitis | 2 | 0 (0) |
| Severe systemic flare | 3 | 3 (100) |
| Systemic vasculitis | 42 | 31 (74) |
| Wegener’s granulomatosis | 19 | 15 (79) |
| Undifferentiated vasculitis | 12 | 8 (67) |
| Polyarteritis nodosa | 8 | 5 (63) |
| Churg-Strauss syndrome | 3 | 3 (100) |
| Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy | 4 | 3 (75) |
| Mixed essential cryoglobulinaemia | 1 | 1 (100) |