Tocilizumab treatment in COVID-19 patients : therapy's side effects and effect on mortality
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the effect of tocilizumab use on mortality and the potential side effects in COVID-19 patients.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: The intensive care patients were divided into the tocilizumab group and the control group. Hemogram, biochemistry, acute phase reactant values, age, gender, comorbidity, and culture results were recorded on the 0th, 3rd, 7th, and 14th days. Factors affecting mortality between and within the groups and side effects were examined.
RESULTS: 32.14% of the patients were female, and 67.85% were male. The tocilizumab group had high alanine aminotransferase and potassium on day 3. On day 7, low levels of platelet, glucose, international normalized ratio, prothrombin time, and active partial thromboplastin time levels were observed. Procalcitonin, C-reactive protein, and fibrinogen levels were low on days 3 and 7. The relationship between the tocilizumab treatment and mortality was statistically not significant, although the APACHE score was low. In the tocilizumab group, the presence of additional disease and reproduction in culture significantly increased mortality.
CONCLUSIONS: Despite the risks of side effects, tocilizumab was used in COVID-19 treatment since it is an interleukin-6 blocker. Although the first publications stated that the treatment could decrease the mortality rate, later meta-analyses did not support these results. Our study also found that using tocilizumab did not make a difference in long-term mortality. We also observed that the known side effects were seen in short-term use.
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28 |
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European review for medical and pharmacological sciences - 28(2024), 5 vom: 29. März, Seite 2107-2116 |
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Date Completed 19.03.2024 Date Revised 19.03.2024 published: Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
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| 520 | |a RESULTS: 32.14% of the patients were female, and 67.85% were male. The tocilizumab group had high alanine aminotransferase and potassium on day 3. On day 7, low levels of platelet, glucose, international normalized ratio, prothrombin time, and active partial thromboplastin time levels were observed. Procalcitonin, C-reactive protein, and fibrinogen levels were low on days 3 and 7. The relationship between the tocilizumab treatment and mortality was statistically not significant, although the APACHE score was low. In the tocilizumab group, the presence of additional disease and reproduction in culture significantly increased mortality | ||
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