Giant-cell arteritis commonly relapses when glucocorticoids are tapered, and the prolonged use of glucocorticoids is associated with side effects. The effect of the interleukin-6 receptor alpha inhibitor tocilizumab on the rates of relapse during glucocorticoid tapering was studied in patients with giant-cell arteritis.

Trial of Tocilizumab in Giant-Cell Arteritis / Stone, John H; Tuckwell, Katie; Dimonaco, Sophie; Klearman, Micki; Aringer, Martin; Blockmans, Daniel; Brouwer, Elisabeth; Cid, Maria C; Dasgupta, Bhaskar; Rech, Juergen; Salvarani, Carlo; Schett, Georg; Schulze Koops, Hendrik; Spiera, Robert; Unizony, Sebastian H; Collinson, Neil. - In: THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. - ISSN 0028-4793. - 377:4(2017), pp. 317-328. [10.1056/NEJMoa1613849]

Trial of Tocilizumab in Giant-Cell Arteritis

SALVARANI, CARLO;
2017

Abstract

Giant-cell arteritis commonly relapses when glucocorticoids are tapered, and the prolonged use of glucocorticoids is associated with side effects. The effect of the interleukin-6 receptor alpha inhibitor tocilizumab on the rates of relapse during glucocorticoid tapering was studied in patients with giant-cell arteritis.
2017
377
4
317
328
Trial of Tocilizumab in Giant-Cell Arteritis / Stone, John H; Tuckwell, Katie; Dimonaco, Sophie; Klearman, Micki; Aringer, Martin; Blockmans, Daniel; Brouwer, Elisabeth; Cid, Maria C; Dasgupta, Bhaskar; Rech, Juergen; Salvarani, Carlo; Schett, Georg; Schulze Koops, Hendrik; Spiera, Robert; Unizony, Sebastian H; Collinson, Neil. - In: THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. - ISSN 0028-4793. - 377:4(2017), pp. 317-328. [10.1056/NEJMoa1613849]
Stone, John H; Tuckwell, Katie; Dimonaco, Sophie; Klearman, Micki; Aringer, Martin; Blockmans, Daniel; Brouwer, Elisabeth; Cid, Maria C; Dasgupta, Bhaskar; Rech, Juergen; Salvarani, Carlo; Schett, Georg; Schulze Koops, Hendrik; Spiera, Robert; Unizony, Sebastian H; Collinson, Neil
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