Anti-interleukin 6 Therapy Effect for Refractory Joint and Skin Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis: A Real-world, Single-center Experience.
Stylianos T PanopoulosMaria G G TektonidouVassiliki-Kalliopi BourniaAikaterini AridaPetros P SfikakisPublished in: The Journal of rheumatology (2021)
TCZ was effective in refractory joint and skin involvement regardless of SSc disease duration or subtype. Long-term retention rates and disease stabilization for most real-world patients suggest that TCZ might be a valuable choice for difficult-to-treat SSc.