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NCT03244709

Tocilizumab Dose-tapering and Interruption in Patients With Giant Cell Arteritis Achieving the Clinical Remission.

Status unknown Phase 4 Last updated 10 August 2017
What this trial tests

Phase 4 trial testing Tocilizumab in Giant Cell Arteritis in 15 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline
1 January 2015
Primary endpoint
31 December 2017
31 December 2017

Quick facts

Lead sponsorHospital of Prato
PhasePhase 4
StatusStatus unknown
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Designsequential
Maskingnone
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment15
Start date1 January 2015
Primary completion31 December 2017
Estimated completion31 December 2017
Sites1 location across Italy

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Hospital of Prato

Who can join

Adults 18 to 90, any sex, with Giant Cell Arteritis. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Interleukin-6 (IL-6), a pro-inflammatory cytokine, has been found to have a crucial role in the pathogenesis of Giant cel arteritis (GCA). Based on this rationale, several recent studies demonstrated the efficacy of tocilizumab (TCZ), an anti-IL-6 targeted monoclonal antibody, for the treatment of patients with refractory GCA. Confirming previous reports,in a recent retrospective study the investigators successfully treated 10 patient with refractory GCA with TCZ. All patients achieved a complete disease remission evaluated by clinical, laboratory, and positron emission tomography (PET). In a considerable number of GCA patients treated with corticosteroids (CS) the therapy may be interrupted with no disease flares. No data are available on the management of patients achieving the remission with TCZ.

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