Efficacy of Tocilizumab in Patients Hospitalized with Covid-19

The efficacy of tocilizumab was tested in a randomized, controlled trial involving patients with Covid-19 who had fever, pulmonary infiltrates, or a need for supplemental oxygen. The treatment had no significant effect on disease progression, independence from supplemental oxygen, or death.

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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 383; no. 24; pp. 2333 - 2344
Main Authors:	Stone, John H, Frigault, Matthew J, Serling-Boyd, Naomi J, Fernandes, Ana D, Harvey, Liam, Foulkes, Andrea S, Horick, Nora K, Healy, Brian C, Shah, Ruta, Bensaci, Ana Maria, Woolley, Ann E, Nikiforow, Sarah, Lin, Nina, Sagar, Manish, Schrager, Harry, Huckins, David S, Axelrod, Matthew, Pincus, Michael D, Fleisher, Jorge, Sacks, Chana A, Dougan, Michael, North, Crystal M, Halvorsen, Yuan-Di, Thurber, Tara K, Dagher, Zeina, Scherer, Allison, Wallwork, Rachel S, Kim, Arthur Y, Schoenfeld, Sara, Sen, Pritha, Neilan, Tomas G, Perugino, Cory A, Unizony, Sebastian H, Collier, Deborah S, Matza, Mark A, Yinh, Janeth M, Bowman, Kathryn A, Meyerowitz, Eric, Zafar, Amna, Drobni, Zsofia D, Bolster, Marcy B, Kohler, Minna, D’Silva, Kristin M, Dau, Jonathan, Lockwood, Megan M, Cubbison, Caroline, Weber, Brittany N, Mansour, Michael K
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Massachusetts Medical Society 10.12.2020
Subjects:	Adult Age Aged Aged, 80 and over Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized - therapeutic use Body temperature Body weight Boston Clinical trials Confidence intervals Coronaviridae Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 - drug therapy COVID-19 - mortality Cytokines Death Disease Progression Double-Blind Method Double-blind studies Female Fever Humans Immunosuppressive agents Interleukin 6 Intubation Intubation - statistics & numerical data Male Mechanical ventilation Middle Aged Monoclonal antibodies Original Oxygen Patients Population Receptors, Interleukin-6 - antagonists & inhibitors Respiratory Therapy Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Statistical analysis Treatment Failure Ventilators Young Adult Boston
ISSN:	0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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Summary:	The efficacy of tocilizumab was tested in a randomized, controlled trial involving patients with Covid-19 who had fever, pulmonary infiltrates, or a need for supplemental oxygen. The treatment had no significant effect on disease progression, independence from supplemental oxygen, or death.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 content type line 23 ObjectType-Undefined-3 A complete list of the BACC Bay Tocilizumab Trial investigators and members of the data and safety monitoring board is provided in the Supplementary Appendix, available at NEJM.org.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMoa2028836