2016/01/01 by Matthew J. Samec, Jigisha Rakholiya, Hannah Langenfeld +15 · 1 citation
Medicine · Social Sciences · #Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis #Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare #Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases #Vasculitis and related conditions
paper · pdf · doi:10.3899/jrheum.2022-1214
openalex publication_date 2016/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
TCZ is well tolerated in GCA, with low rates of discontinuation for AESIs. However, relapse occurred in > 50% despite median treatment > 12 months. Since the duration of TCZ prior to discontinuation did not significantly affect subsequent risk of GCA recurrence, further research is needed to determine the optimal duration of therapy.