Disease index

lupus nephritis

Rheumatology · 2011–2026

4decisions
2medicines
1carried consumer input
0individual submissions

Every decision

MedicineMeetingOutcomeConsumer input
obinutuzumab Treatment of patients with active class III or IV lupus nephritis with or without class V who are receiving standard therapy with mycophenolate mofetil and… Mar 2026 Recommended with restriction input received Kidney Health Australia · Global Healthy Living Foundation · Creaky Joints Australia · Arthritis Australia · Australian Rheumatology Association · Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy
mycophenolate sodium Induction and maintenance treatment of adult patients with biopsy-proven WHO Class III, IV or V lupus nephritis. Jul 2012 Recommended with restriction no section in document
mycophenolate sodium Induction and maintenance treatment of adult patients with biopsy-proven WHO Class III, IV or V lupus nephritis. Jul 2012 Recommended with restriction no section in document
mycophenolate sodium Induction and maintenance treatment of adult patients with biopsy-proven WHO Class III, IV or V lupus nephritis. Nov 2011 Recommended with restriction unclear

Who spoke

Kidney Health Australia · Global Healthy Living Foundation · Creaky Joints Australia · Arthritis Australia · Australian Rheumatology Association · Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy

What the PBS pays

$85M in government benefit over 2024–25, across 222,338 services.

This is spend on the medicines considered for this condition, not spend on the disease. A medicine used for several conditions is counted in full under each, so figures across conditions add to more than national PBS expenditure.

MedicineGovernment benefit
obinutuzumab $57.6M
mycophenolate sodium $27.7M

Appraised elsewhere

NICE, in England and Wales, has appraised 3 technologies for this condition, recommending 2 . A different committee, a different population and a different price: this is what has been looked at there, not a verdict on what happened here.

TechnologyAppraisalOutcomeDate
obinutuzumabObinutuzumab with mycophenolate mofetil for treating lupus nephritis TA1131 recommended restricted 2026-02
voclosporinVoclosporin with mycophenolate mofetil for treating lupus nephritis TA882 recommended restricted 2023-05
belimumabBelimumab for treating lupus nephritis (terminated appraisal) TA806 terminated 2022-07

Conditions are classified by a language model from the indication text of each submission, so an individual label here can be wrong. Consumer input is read from the document's own consumer comments section: 1 of 1 decisions since 2014 carried some. Silence means no comment reached the committee through that facility, not that nobody was affected. More on how this was built.