A prospective, randomised, double blind placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tocilizumab in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia (TOC …

J Rilinger, WV Kern, D Duerschmied, A Supady… - Trials, 2020 - Springer
Objectives SARS-CoV2 infection leads to a concomitant pulmonary inflammation. This
inflammation is supposed to be the main driver in the pathogenesis of lung failure (Acute …

Systematic review and subgroup meta-analysis of randomized trials to determine tocilizumab's place in COVID-19 pneumonia

T Klopfenstein, V Gendrin, A Gerazime… - Infectious diseases and …, 2021 - Springer
Introduction Tocilizumab randomized clinical trial results are heterogeneous because of the
heterogenous population included in them. Methods We conducted a meta-analysis with …

Early use of low dose tocilizumab in patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study with a complete follow-up

N De Rossi, C Scarpazza, C Filippini, C Cordioli… - …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Pneumonia with severe respiratory failure represents the principal cause of
death in COVID-19, where hyper-inflammation plays an important role in lung damage. An …

Tocilizumab in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia: Efficacy, safety, viral clearance, and antibody response from a randomised controlled trial (COVACTA)

IO Rosas, N Bräu, M Waters, RC Go, A Malhotra… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background In COVACTA, a randomised, placebo-controlled trial in patients hospitalised
with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), tocilizumab did not improve 28-day mortality, but …

Tocilizumab in COVID‐19 pneumonia: Practical proposals based on a narrative review of randomised trials

T Klopfenstein, V Gendrin… - Reviews in medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we express our opinion about tocilizumab as an effective treatment in
coronavirus disease 2019, based on a narrative review and a deep analysis of tocilizumab …

Efficacy and safety of tocilizumab in severe and critical COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Rezaei, B Fatemi, Z Karimi Majd… - Expert review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives Currently published papers and clinical guidelines regarding the effects of
tocilizumab in severe and critical COVID-19 are contradictory. The aim of this meta-analysis …

Efficacy and safety of tocilizumab in severe COVID-19 patients: a single-centre retrospective cohort study

C Campochiaro, E Della-Torre, G Cavalli… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Tocilizumab (TCZ), a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting the interleukin-
6 (IL-6) receptor, has been proposed for the treatment of COVID-19 patients; however …

Tocilizumab in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a meta analysis of randomized controlled trials

V Selvaraj, MS Khan, C Bavishi, K Dapaah-Afriyie… - Lung, 2021 - Springer
Background To date, only dexamethasone has been shown to reduce mortality in
coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) patients. Tocilizumab has been recently added to the …

Effect of tocilizumab in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia: a case-control cohort study

B Rossi, LS Nguyen, P Zimmermann, F Boucenna… - Pharmaceuticals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tocilizumab, an anti-interleukin-6 receptor, administrated during the right timeframe may be
beneficial against coronavirus-disease-2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. All patients admitted …

Tocilizumab in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

S Gupta, RP Padappayil, A Bansal… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Tocilizumab is an interleukin receptor inhibitor that has been used in patients with COVID-19
pneumonia. There are recent randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated the efficacy …