Yıl: 2021 Cilt: 69 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 74 - 83 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.5578/tt.20219909 İndeks Tarihi: 25-05-2022

The effect of tocilizumab on severe COVID-19 infection: Review of current evidence

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The COVID-19 outbreak that spread in December 2019 has caused the death of millions of people in a short time. Many studies published recently have shown that many cytokines (interleukin (IL) IL-1, IL-2, IL-6, TNF and IFN-) are significantly increased in COVID-19 patients with pneumonia, and especially IL-6 in combination with other cytokines has shown to be the main cause of the cytokine storm. Since IL-6 level is associated with clinical worsening in COVID-19 patients, anti-IL-6 therapy is seen as a promising treatment. Tocilizumab, a widely used IL-6 antagonist, was approved by the FDA in 2017 for Cytokine Storm Syndrome (CSS). Its addition to the treatment in COVID19 patients with increased blood IL-6 levels and oxygen saturation <92% has been recommended due to bilateral widespread pulmonary infiltration. We summarized the studies on tocilizumab and COVID-19 disease published in the literature. In the light of current information, data on the mechanism of the action of tocilizumab, which is still widely used in COVID-19 patients, appropriate patient selection, effectiveness in treatment and side effects are presented.
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Ağır COVID-19 enfeksiyonunda tosilizumab'ın etkinliği: Güncel çalışmaların derlemesi

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Aralık 2019’da başlayan COVID-19 salgını, kısa sürede milyonlarca insanın ölümüne yol açmıştır. Yakın zamanda yayınlanan çalışmalar, pnömoni ile seyreden COVID-19 hastalarında birçok sitokinin (IL-1, IL-2, IL-6, TNF ve IFN-γ) önemli ölçüde arttığını ve özellikle Interlökin 6 (IL-6)’nın diğer sitokinlerle birlikte sitokin fırtınasının ana nedeni olduğunu göstermiştir. IL-6 düzeyi, COVID-19 hastalarında klinik kötüleşme ile ilişki bulunduğundan dolayı, anti-IL 6 tedavisi umut vaad eden tedavi olarak görülmektedir. Yaygın kullanılan IL-6 antagonisti olan Tosilizumab’ın 2017 yılında FDA tarafından Sitokin Fırtınası Sendromu için kullanımı onaylanmıştır. Kanda IL-6 düzeyi yükselmiş, akciğerde bilateral yaygın infiltrasyonu nedeniyle oksijen satürasyonu <%92 olan COVID-19 hastalarında tedaviye eklenmesi önerilmektedir. Bu çalışmada, 20 Ekim 2020’ye kadar literatürde yayınlanan Tosilizumab ve COVID-19 ile ilgili araştırmalar, meta-analizler ve randomize çalışmalar tarandı. Güncel bilgiler ışığında halen yaygın kullanımda olan Tosilizumab’ın COVID-19 hastalarında etki mekanizması, uygun hasta seçimi, tedavideki etkinliği ve yan etkileri hakkında veriler sunuldu.
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APA Yakar H, Pazarlı A, Inonu Koseoglu H, Kanbay A (2021). The effect of tocilizumab on severe COVID-19 infection: Review of current evidence . , 74 - 83. 10.5578/tt.20219909
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APA Yakar H, Pazarlı A, Inonu Koseoglu H, Kanbay A (2021). The effect of tocilizumab on severe COVID-19 infection: Review of current evidence . Tüberküloz ve Toraks, 69(1), 74 - 83. 10.5578/tt.20219909
Chicago Yakar Halil Ibrahim,Pazarlı Ahmet Cemal,Inonu Koseoglu Handan,Kanbay Asiye The effect of tocilizumab on severe COVID-19 infection: Review of current evidence . Tüberküloz ve Toraks 69, no.1 (2021): 74 - 83. 10.5578/tt.20219909
MLA Yakar Halil Ibrahim,Pazarlı Ahmet Cemal,Inonu Koseoglu Handan,Kanbay Asiye The effect of tocilizumab on severe COVID-19 infection: Review of current evidence . Tüberküloz ve Toraks, vol.69, no.1, 2021, ss.74 - 83. 10.5578/tt.20219909
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ISNAD Yakar, Halil Ibrahim vd. "The effect of tocilizumab on severe COVID-19 infection: Review of current evidence ". Tüberküloz ve Toraks 69/1 (2021), 74-83. https://doi.org/10.5578/tt.20219909