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What is your steroid-sparing agent of choice to treat GCA given the current tocilizumab shortage?

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Rheumatology · Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

If at all possible, I continue to use tocilizumab as a glucocorticoid sparing agent for patients with giant cell arteritis. Given the results of the GIACTA trial, the Villiger trial, and lots of observational data, it is clear that tocilizumab provides efficacy in terms of reducing risk of relapse a...

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