| Article | Drug/Class | Study design | Sample size | Follow-up (months) | Withdrawal schedule |
| Esselinckx 1977 | Prednisolone | Single-blinded before-and-after | 18 | 6 | Abrupt in the first stage, gradual in the second stage with a mean withdrawal rate of 1mg per month over a 4-5 month period |
| Hirano 2015 | Prednisolone | Single arm intervention study | 21 | 36 | Daily maintenance prednisolone dose was reduced by 1mg every 8-10 weeks |
| Rice 2000 | Prednisolone | RCT | 38 | 6 | Daily maintenance prednisone dose was reduced by 5 mg/week |