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    Lancet Rheumatology: Tocilizumab monotherapy for giant cell arteritis after ultra-short glucocorticoid administration: a single-arm, open-label, proof-of-concept study

    • Last Update: 2021-09-18
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    background

    Background background

    Two randomized controlled trials have shown that tocilizumab has the effect of reducing the use of glucocorticoids in patients with giant cell arteritis


    Two randomized controlled trials have shown that tocilizumab has the effect of reducing the use of glucocorticoids in patients with giant cell arteritis


    method

    Method method

    The researcher-initiated, single-arm, single-center, open-label, proof-of-concept test, using a Simon two-stage design, was completed at the Bern University Hospital in Bern, Switzerland


    The researcher-initiated, single-arm, single-center, open-label, proof-of-concept test, using a Simon two-stage design, was completed at the Bern University Hospital in Bern, Switzerland


    Result result

    From 2018 Nian 11 Yue 23 Ri to 2019 Nian 9 Yue 22 days, recruited 18 patients (of which 12 are women, 18 per capita is white), the median age was 72 (IQR 67-75) years old


    From 2018 Nian 11 Yue 23 Ri to 2019 Nian 9 Yue 22 days, recruited 18 patients (of which 12 are women, 18 per capita is white), the median age was 72 (IQR 67-75) years old


    Meaning meaning

    Data show that in newly diagnosed patients with giant cell arteritis, tocilizumab has a slow induction of remission and a long-lasting remission maintenance effect after ultrashort pulses of glucocorticoids


    Data show that in newly diagnosed patients with giant cell arteritis, tocilizumab has a slow induction of remission and a long-lasting remission maintenance effect after ultrashort pulses of glucocorticoids


    Reference:

    Lisa Christ, Luca Seitz, Godehard Scholz, Adela-Cristina Sarbu, Jennifer Amsler, Lukas Bütikofer, Christoph Tappeiner, Florian Kollert, Stephan Reichenbach, Peter M Villiger .


    Lisa Christ, Luca Seitz, Godehard Scholz, Adela-Cristina Sarbu, Jennifer Amsler, Lukas Bütikofer, Christoph Tappeiner, Florian Kollert, Stephan Reichenbach, Peter M Villiger .
    Tocilizumab monotherapy after ultra-short glucocorticoid administration in giant cell arteritis: a single-arm arteritis , open-label, proof-of-concept study.
    Lancet Rheumatol.
    2021 July 02.
    https://doi.
    org/10.
    1016/S2665-9913(21)00152-1 .
    https://doi.
    org/10.
    1016/S2665 -9913(21)00152-1

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