Tocilizumab Effect iN pOlymyalgia Rheumatica

Summary

Phase 1: Patients are treated with infusions of Tocilizumab (TCZ) for 3 months. Clinical evaluation is performed using PMR-AS. The PMR-AS is computed by summing the 5 variables after multiplying by 0.1 for weighting purposes: PMR-AS (activity scale = AS) = C reactive protein (CRP) (mg/dl) + patient scale (VASp) (0-10 scale) + physician scale (VASph) (0-10 scale) + morning stiffness(MST) \[min\]×0.1) + elevation of upper limbs (EUL) (0-3 scale). At the end of the phase 1,the patients stop TCZ and entered in phase 2 at week 12. Phase 2: All the patients are included in the phase 2 and treated with glucocorticoid (GC)for 3 months. Two arms are possible according to the PMR-AS. Either the classical GC treatment (0.3mg/kg), either a low dose group of GC(0.15mg/kg) .

Timeline

Start

2012-07

Primary completion

2014-10

Completion

2014-10

Publications

• Carvajal Alegria G, Garrigues F, Bettacchioli E, Loeuille D, Saraux A, Cornec D, Devauchelle-Pensec V, Renaudineau Y. Tocilizumab controls bone turnover in early polymyalgia rheumatica. Joint Bone Spine. 2021 May;88(3):105117. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2020.105117. Epub 2020 Dec 7.
• Laporte JP, Garrigues F, Huwart A, Jousse-Joulin S, Marhadour T, Guellec D, Cornec D, Devauchelle-Pensec V, Saraux A. Localized Myofascial Inflammation Revealed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Recent-onset Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Effect of Tocilizumab Therapy. J Rheumatol. 2019 Dec;46(12):1619-1626. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.180958. Epub 2019 Mar 15.
• Devauchelle-Pensec V, Berthelot JM, Cornec D, Renaudineau Y, Marhadour T, Jousse-Joulin S, Querellou S, Garrigues F, De Bandt M, Gouillou M, Saraux A. Efficacy of first-line tocilizumab therapy in early polymyalgia rheumatica: a prospective longitudinal study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Aug;75(8):1506-10. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208742. Epub 2016 Feb 29.

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