Tocilizumab for the Treatment of Refractory Behcet's Uveitis

Summary

The aim of this single-center prospective study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Tocilizumab (TCZ), humanized monoclonal antibody against IL-6receptor, in the treatment of refractory Uveitis of Behçet's disease (BDU), to verify its effects on decreasing the dose of cortical steroids, and to determine whether it can reduce BDU recurrence.

Timeline

Start

2018-05-10

Primary completion

2021-02-01

Completion

2021-02-01

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped: “The study was terminated based on its primary and secondary outcome measures in three consecutive patients.”

Publications

• Results Atienza-Mateo B, Calvo-Rio V, Beltran E, Martinez-Costa L, Valls-Pascual E, Hernandez-Garfella M, Atanes A, Cordero-Coma M, Miquel Nolla J, Carrasco-Cubero C, Loricera J, Gonzalez-Vela MC, Vegas-Revenga N, Fernandez-Diaz C, Demetrio-Pablo R, Dominguez-Casas LC, Luis Martin-Varillas J, Palmou-Fontana N, Hernandez JL, Gonzalez-Gay MA, Blanco R. Anti-interleukin 6 receptor tocilizumab in refractory uveitis associated with Behcet's disease: multicentre retrospective study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2018 May 1;57(5):856-864. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kex480.
• Results Lopalco G, Fabiani C, Sota J, Lucherini OM, Tosi GM, Frediani B, Iannone F, Galeazzi M, Franceschini R, Rigante D, Cantarini L. IL-6 blockade in the management of non-infectious uveitis. Clin Rheumatol. 2017 Jul;36(7):1459-1469. doi: 10.1007/s10067-017-3672-z. Epub 2017 May 20.

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