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Tocilizumab for patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. The TOCIVID-19 prospective phase 2 trial

2020-06-05

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<h4>Background</h4> Tocilizumab blocks pro-inflammatory activity of interleukin-6 (IL-6), involved in pathogenesis of pneumonia the most frequent cause of death in COVID-19 patients. <h4>Methods</h4> A multicentre, single-arm, hypothesis-driven phase 2 trial was planned to study the effect of Tocilizumab on lethality rates at 14 and 30 days (co-primary endpoints). A cohort of patients consecutively enrolled after...

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3c047308-72b8-57f6-b121-f2dcf178a3e6
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10.1101/2020.06.01.20119149
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