Frequency of GCs-free patients in the cohorts reported in the literature
| Author, year | Ref | Study design | Percentage of patients GC free | Note |
| Ponticelli, 1988 | 36 | Prospective | 50 | Only LN |
| Drenkard, 1996 | 14 | Prospective | 23 | |
| Formiga, 1999 | 33 | Prospective | 24 | Remission for at least 1 year |
| Pons-Estel, 2004 | 34 | Prospective | 20.2 | |
| Urowitz, 2005 | 32 | Prospective | 6.5 | Complete remission for at least 1 year |
| Moroni, 2006 | 17 | Retrospective | 26.6 | Only LN |
| Moroni, 2013 | 16 | Prospective | 32 | Only LN |
| Steiman, 2014 | 15 | Prospective | 2.4 | |
| Zen, 2017 | 27 | Prospective | 7.1 | |
| Petri, 2018 | 24 | Prospective | 13 | Of follow-up months |
GC, glucocorticoid.