Agent Suggested Use
Antiplatelet agents Not recommended
Anticoagulants Not recommended
Azathioprine Not recommended
Cyclophosphamide Not recommended
Calcineurin
inhibitors
Not recommended
Rituximab Not recommended
Fish oil Not recommended
Mycophenolate
mofetil (MMF)
Chinese patients
In those patients in whom glucocorticoids
are being considered MMF may be used as a
glucocorticoid-sparing agent.
Non-Chinese patients
There is insufficient evidence to support the use
of MMF.
Hydroxychloroquine Chinese patients
In those patients who remain at high risk of
progression in spite of optimized supportive care.
Non-Chinese patients
There is insufficient evidence to support the use in
those patients.
Figure 5. Practice Point 2.3.1.5: Other Pharmacologic Therapies
Evaluated in IgAN
Treatment
