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  • Title: Tocilizumab in the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in real clinical practice: results of an Italian observational study.
    Author: Caporali R, Idolazzi L, Bombardieri S, Ferraccioli G, Gerli R, Govoni M, Matucci Cerinic M, Pomponio G, Salaffi F, Tirri R, Benaglio F, Bianchino L, Sarzi-Puttini P, TRUST study investigators..
    Journal: Clin Exp Rheumatol; 2017; 35(6):919-928. PubMed ID: 28516890.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVES: To describe the effectiveness and safety of tocilizumab (TCZ), an interleukin-6 receptor inhibitor, in a cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) recruited in clinical practice. METHODS: TRUST was an observational study in RA patients who started treatment with TCZ in the 6 months prior to site activation and were still on treatment at start of study; patients were followed up to 12 months after the first TCZ infusion. RESULTS: 322 RA patients were enrolled in 59 Italian centres (mean age: 55.8 years; mean disease duration: 120.5 months; baseline DAS28: 5.3). After 6 months of TCZ treatment, patients achieving low disease activity (DAS28 ≤3.2; 57.52%) or disease remission (DAS28 <2.6; 38.05%) were 216 out of 226 patients with available DAS28 (p<0.001). No statistically significant differences were found in mean DAS28 and HAQ score changes from baseline (start of TCZ treatment) to study end between patients previously inadequately responding to disease-modifyinganti-rheumatic drugs (DMARD-IR) or to DMARDs plus tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (DMARD +TNFi-IR): both patient populations responded to TCZ. A statistically significant decrease in mean VAS Fatigue score (48.4 vs. 34.7; p=0.0025) at month 6 was observed. In patients treated with TCZ as monotherapy (32.61%), DAS28, VAS fatigue and HAQ scores decreased from baseline to any post-baseline time point. Overall, 62 patients (19.3%) prematurely discontinued TCZ treatment, 24 (7.5%) for safety reasons. Drug-related adverse events occurred in 92 patients (28.6%) (mostly 3 hypercholesterolaemia and leucopenia) and drug-related serious adverse events in 11 patients (3.4%). CONCLUSIONS: This study confirms the good effectiveness and safety profile of TCZ in real life RA patient care.
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