Abstracts tagged "glucocorticoids and tocilizumab"

Abstract Number: 844 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Impact of Glucocorticoid Tapering on Markers of Bone Metabolism in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Achieved Low Disease Activity or Remission on Tocilizumab: Exploratory Analysis from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Frank Buttgereit¹, Gerd Burmester ², J. Michael Nebesky ³, Jenny Devenport ³, Marc Y. Donath ⁴ and Markus R. John ³, ¹Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité—University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GCs) directly impact bone metabolism via increased bone resorption and inhibited bone formation1; hence, systemic fracture risk increases with daily and cumulative GC…
Abstract Number: 1383 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Glucocorticoid Tapering in Monthly 1-mg Decrements Does Not Result in Clinically Manifest Adrenal Insufficiency in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Learnings from a Phase 3/4 Study
Frank Buttgereit¹, J. Michael Nebesky ², Gerd Burmester ³, Corrado Bernasconi ², Markus R. John ² and Marc Y. Donath ⁴, ¹Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland, ³Charité—University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Systemic glucocorticoids (GCs) are used to treat serious inflammatory diseases but are associated with adverse events. Guidelines recommend tapering GCs to the lowest possible…
Abstract Number: 3183 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tocilizumab for the Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis – MR-Angiography Results from the First Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
Stephan Reichenbach^1,2, Sabine Adler³, Jennifer Cullmann⁴, Harald Bonel⁴, Stefan Kuchen⁵, Felix Wermelinger¹, Diana Dan¹, Michael Seitz¹ and Peter M. Villiger¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ²Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ³Rheumatology, Immunology, Allergology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁵Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergology, University of Bern, Bern, MD, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: As published in The Lancet online, March 4, 2016, the first randomized, placebo-controlled trial (RCT) of tocilizumab (TCZ) in giant cell arteritis (GCA) showed…

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