Internal Medicine

Tocilizumab

Questions discussed in this category

How would you approach a patient with GCA who develops necrotizing fasciitis and then flares because they are off of tocilizumab?

How would you treat? Would you view tocilizumab as an option in the future?

1 Answer available

What is your approach to management of elevated liver enzymes in patients who recently started treatment with tocilizumab?

1 Answer available

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

1 Answer available

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

2 Answers available

Is there a role for tocilizumab in treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica in patients who do not have features of giant cell arteritis or rheumatoid arthritis?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

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Brief Report: A Prospective Open-Label Phase IIa Trial of Tocilizumab in the Treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica.

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.

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