Tocilizumab in Hospitalized Patients with Severe Covid-19 Pneumonia

Iván O. Rosas, Norbert Bräu, Michael R. Waters, Ronaldo C. Go, Bradley D. Hunter, Sanjay Bhagani, Daniel J. Skiest, Mariam Aziz, Nichola Cooper, Ivor S. Douglas,

New England Journal of Medicine · 2021 · 1.1K citations · 17 references

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Abstract

In this randomized trial involving hospitalized patients with severe Covid-19 pneumonia, the use of tocilizumab did not result in significantly better clinical status or lower mortality than placebo at 28 days. (Funded by F. Hoffmann-La Roche and the Department of Health and Human Services; COVACTA ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04320615.).

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