Efficacy and safety of tocilizumab in treatment of Takayasu arteritis: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

Ambrish Singh Debashish Danda Salman Hussain Abul Kalam Najmi Ashish J MathewRuchika GoelShaheen E LakhanBelzik TajudheenBenny Antony

Published in: Modern rheumatology (2020)

This systematic review finds the existing evidence from RCT on efficacy and safety profile of TCZ in TAK to be promising but limited. Additional evidence is required to draw a stronger conclusion.

Keyphrases

systematic review
meta analyses
rheumatoid arthritis
randomized controlled trial
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
replacement therapy
disease activity
smoking cessation