Ophthalmology

Tocilizumab

Questions discussed in this category

How do you manage a patient with giant cell arteritis treated with weekly tocilizumab and low dose glucocorticoid who develops sudden vision loss?

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How long do you continue steroid-sparing agents such as tocilizumab for GCA once the disease is in remission off steroids?

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At what point in GCA management do you typically introduce tocilizumab?

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Papers discussed in this category

Ann Intern Med, 2020 Sep 22

Risk for Serious Infection With Low-Dose Glucocorticoids in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis : A Cohort Study.

N Engl J Med,

Trial of Tocilizumab in Giant-Cell Arteritis.

Lancet, 2016 Mar 04

Tocilizumab for induction and maintenance of remission in giant cell arteritis: a phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Arthritis Res Ther, 2021 Mar 22

Vision loss in patients with giant cell arteritis treated with tocilizumab.

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