[PDF][PDF] Sustainable efficacy of switching from intravenous to subcutaneous tocilizumab monotherapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

A Ogata, T Atsumi, T Fukuda… - Arthritis Care & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… period of 24 weeks (MUSASHI) followed by an open-label extension period of 84 weeks in
Japanese patients with RA. The protocol was approved by the Japanese Ministry of Health, …

Review of tocilizumab in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Y Okuda - Biologics: Targets and Therapy, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
… trials for patients with RA in Japan, tocilizumab monotherapy has … in patients who responded
to tocilizumab, almost no patients … In this study tocilizumab in monotherapy for 24 weeks …

Monoclonal antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis: comparative effectiveness of tocilizumab with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors

T Tanaka, Y Hishitani, A Ogata - Biologics: Targets and Therapy, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
tocilizumab and all tumor necrosis factor inhibitors are effective at slowing X-ray progression.
As monotherapy, adalimumab, etanercept, and tocilizumabJapan involving 7,901 patients. …

Corticosteroid-free treatment of tocilizumab monotherapy for microscopic polyangiitis: a single-arm, single-center, clinical trial

R Sakai, T Kondo, J Kikuchi, A Shibata… - Modern …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
… Research Group of Intractable Vasculitis, Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan.
Risk factors associated with relapse in Japanese patients with microscopic polyangiitis. …

Efficacy and safety of tofacitinib as monotherapy in Japanese patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: a 12-week, randomized, phase 2 study

Y Tanaka, T Takeuchi, H Yamanaka… - Modern …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
… Furthermore, a phase 2 RCT in Japanese patients who had an inadequate response to …
of tofacitinib monotherapy versus placebo for the treatment of RA in Japanese patients who …

Safety and efficacy of tocilizumab for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

A Ogata, T Hirano, Y Hishitani… - … Insights: Arthritis and …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
… performed in Japan. Patients were administered TCZ (4 or 8 mg/kg) monotherapy or placebo
Japanese patient cohort (between 1.46; 95%CI = 1.32–1.60 and 1.90; 95%CI: 1.75–2.07). …

An observational study of tocilizumab and TNF-α inhibitor use in a Japanese community hospital: different remission rates, similar drug survival and safety

K Yoshida, Y Tokuda, H Oshikawa… - …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Tocilizumab monotherapy was compared with MTX in the Study of Active controlled TOcilizumab
monotherapy for Rheumatoid arthritis patients … 5] in Japanese patients refractory to MTX …

Tocilizumab for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

T Tanaka, A Ogata, M Narazaki - Expert review of clinical …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
… This study investigated the safety and efficacy of tocilizumab monotherapy (8 mg/kg) …
The safety profiles of tocilizumab monotherapy for Japanese RA patients obtained from six …

Discontinuation of concomitant methotrexate in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with tocilizumab: an interventional study

S Asai, M Hayashi, M Hanabayashi… - Modern …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… for RA patients and is used alone (monotherapy) or … Japanese study than what was reported
by a US study, suggesting that a lower dose of MTX may be sufficient for Japanese patients […

Clinical evaluation of tocilizumab for patients with active rheumatoid arthritis refractory to anti-TNF biologics: tocilizumab in combination with methotrexate

Y Nakashima, M Kondo, H Harada, T Horiuchi… - Modern …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Tocilizumab was administered by the method approved by the Japanese Ministry of Health,
… However, patients in the TCZ monotherapy group showed a gradual improvement in terms …