Cytokine release syndrome in severe COVID-19: interleukin-6 receptor antagonist tocilizumab may be the key to reduce mortality

C Zhang, Z Wu, JW Li, H Zhao, GQ Wang - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
… Therefore, treatment of the cytokine storm has become an … -6 (IL-6) plays an important role
in cytokine release syndrome. If it is possible to block the signal transduction pathway of IL-6, it …

Tocilizumab for the treatment of chimeric antigen receptor T cell-induced cytokine release syndrome

C Kotch, D Barrett, DT Teachey - Expert review of clinical …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
… to the use of the IL-6 receptor inhibitor tocilizumab for the management of CRS. Tocilizumab
is a … monoclonal antibody against both the soluble and membrane-bound IL-6 receptor. …

Tocilizumab treatment for cytokine release syndrome in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019: survival and clinical outcomes

CC Price, FL Altice, Y Shyr, A Koff, L Pischel, G Goshua… - Chest, 2020 - Elsevier
… The goal of this study was to determine if tocilizumab benefits patients hospitalized with …
received tocilizumab for evolving CRS. Tocilizumab-treated patients with severe disease had …

FDA approval summary: tocilizumab for treatment of chimeric antigen receptor T cell‐induced severe or life‐threatening cytokine release syndrome

RQ Le, L Li, W Yuan, SS Shord, L Nie… - The …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
… IL‐6R and inhibits IL6‐mediated signaling through these receptors. Herein, we … tocilizumab
for treatment of severe or life‐threatening CAR T cell‐induced cytokine release syndrome

The effect of tocilizumab on cytokine release syndrome in COVID-19 patients

C de Caceres, R Martinez, P Bachiller, L Marin… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Springer
… and safety of tocilizumab (TCZ) and to investigate the factors related to the progress and
mortality of patients with a secondary cytokine release syndrome caused by SARS-CoV-2. …

Spotlight on tocilizumab in the treatment of CAR-T-cell-induced cytokine release syndrome: clinical evidence to date

S Si, DT Teachey - Therapeutics and clinical risk management, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… Citation64,Citation65 Other potential therapies include ruxolitinib, a Janus kinase inhibitor,
anakinra, an IL-1 receptor antagonist, and Cytosorb cartridge columns; all of these have been …

Use of tocilizumab for COVID-19-induced cytokine release syndrome: a cautionary case report

J Radbel, N Narayanan, PJ Bhatt - Chest, 2020 - Elsevier
… spectrum of manifestations, one being cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and its fatal … IL-6
receptor antagonist that is commonly used to treat CRS secondary to chimeric antigen receptor

Tocilizumab treatment for cytokine release syndrome in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019.

CC Price, FL Altice, Y Shyr, A Koff, L Pischel, G Goshua… - 2020 - cabidigitallibrary.org
… Background: Tocilizumab, an IL-6 receptor antagonist, can be used to treat cytokine
release syndrome (CRS), with observed improvements in a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

[HTML][HTML] A retrospective review of tocilizumab for the management of blinatumomab (a bispecific T cell engager)-induced cytokine release syndrome (CRS)

J Choudhry, M Parson, J Wright - Blood, 2018 - Elsevier
tocilizumab (Actemra®), an interleukin-6 receptor antagonist, for the treatment of chimeric
antigen receptor (… The authors report on the experience with tocilizumab for the management of …

[HTML][HTML] Cytokine release syndrome with chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy

N Frey, D Porter - Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2019 - Elsevier
Cytokine release syndrome (CRS), resulting from rapid immune activation induced by CAR-…
high levels of cytokines including IL-6. Tocilizumab, an anti-IL-6 receptor antagonist, is the …