Tocilizumab in Behçet Disease: A Multicenter Study of 30 Patients.
Behçet disease
neuro-Behçet
tocilizumab
uveitis
Journal
The Journal of rheumatology
ISSN: 0315-162X
Titre abrégé: J Rheumatol
Pays: Canada
ID NLM: 7501984
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2023
07 2023
Historique:
accepted:
25
01
2023
medline:
5
7
2023
pubmed:
2
3
2023
entrez:
1
3
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To evaluate tocilizumab (TCZ) efficacy in patients with refractory Behçet disease (BD). This is a multicenter study of 30 patients fulfilling the international criteria for BD and treated with TCZ at different European referral centers. The clinical response was evaluated at 6 months from TCZ initiation. Ninety percent of patients with BD were refractory or intolerant to anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) agents. Overall, TCZ was effective in 25 (83%) patients with BD of whom 18 (60%) and 7 (23%) were complete and partial responders, respectively. The complete response was 67%, 60%, and 42% in patients with uveitis (18/30), neurological manifestations (5/30), and mucocutaneous and/or articular (7/30) manifestations, respectively. TCZ had a significant steroid-sparing effect allowing patients to decrease their median daily prednisone dose from 20 (IQR 10-40) mg/day to 9 (IQR 5-13) mg at 6 months ( TCZ seems to be an effective alternative to anti-TNF agents in treating BD-related uveitis and neurological manifestations.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36858435
pii: jrheum.221106
doi: 10.3899/jrheum.221106
doi:
Substances chimiques
tocilizumab
I031V2H011
Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors
0
Antirheumatic Agents
0
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
0
Types de publication
Multicenter Study
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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