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Clinical efficacy of tocilizumab in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis in real clinical practice
Rheumatology International, 08/25/09

Hirabayashi Y et al.Treatment with tocilizumab can rapidly induce remission in RA and is safe and well-tolerated.

• 61 patients with RA were treated with tocilizumab
• The patients remained on steroids, methotrexate, and tacrolimus

• The mean of the 28-joint disease activity score using the ESR was 4.75 +/- 1.15 and decreased to 2.21 +/- 0.97 after 2 doses
• After 4 doses, the remission rate was 83.8%

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