Patterns of Prednisone Use in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Initiating Treatment with Tocilizumab in Routine US Clinical Practice

ConclusionsIn this real-world analysis, many patients initiating TCZ monotherapy or combination therapy were able to discontinue or decrease their prednisone dose over 12  months. Similar changes in prednisone dose were observed over 6 months.Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier, NCT01402661.FundingCorrona, LLC and Genentech, Inc.Plain Language SummaryPlain language summary available for this article.
Source: Rheumatology and Therapy - Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research