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Description of intervention(s) / exposure:
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Patients will be randomly assigned to receive infusions of infliximab 3 mg/Kg, respectively, at weeks 0, 2, 6, 14, 22. All patients will be treated with oral prednisone according to a fixed tapering protocol with a starting daily dosage of 15 mg tapered to 0 in 16 weeks. Prednisone dosage will be increased/restarted if flare-ups occurred. Patients will be evaluated every 4 weeks during the 52 week follow-up period.
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