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Tocilizumab for the treatment of giant cell arteritis in Scotland: a report on behalf of the Scottish Society for Rheumatology standards subgroup.

Owen CroninHannah PrestonHeba FahmyBarbara KuskeMalinder SinghNaomi ScottSean KerriganLucy MoranJohn HarvieHelen HarrisBarbara HauserNeil D McKay
Published in: Rheumatology advances in practice (2022)
This multicentre audit demonstrates that despite its availability for patients with risk factors for CS adversity and those who suffer relapse of GCA, tocilizumab is used in less than one-quarter of patients who might benefit. The reasons for this require further exploration.
Keyphrases
  • giant cell
  • juvenile idiopathic arthritis
  • rheumatoid arthritis
  • rheumatoid arthritis patients
  • clinical trial
  • study protocol
  • randomized controlled trial
  • disease activity
  • early life
  • cross sectional
  • double blind