From Pathogenesis, Clinical Manifestation, and Diagnosis to Treatment: An Overview on Autoimmune Pancreatitis

Table 6

Management strategy of AIP based on immunology therapy.

Time	0–12 weeks	12 weeks–6 months	6 months–3 years
Japan and Asian countries [94]
Objective	Induction of remission	Maintenance therapy
Drug	Prednisolone	Prednisolone
Dose	0.6 mg/Kg/day for 2–4 weeks, tapered by 5 mg every 1-2 weeks to a maintenance dose	2.5–5.0 mg/day
American and European countries [19]
Objective	Induction of remission	Maintenance therapy	Observation
Drug	Prednisolone	Prednisolone	Immunomodulator/rituximab (when relapsing)
Dose	30–40 mg/day for 2–4 weeks, tapered by 5 mg every 1-2 weeks to a maintenance dose	5.0–7.5 mg/day	Undetermined