Subcutaneous Tocilizumab for Thyroid Eye Disease: Simplified Dosing and Delivery

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 May/Jun;35(3):e64-e66. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000001346.

Abstract

Intravenous tocilizumab has been demonstrated to be an effective disease modifying agent in the treatment of moderate to severe active thyroid eye disease. The authors describe 2 patients treated with tocilizumab using home subcutaneous administration over an accelerated, biweekly course. Both patients exhibited improvement in thyroid eye disease clinical activity and proptosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / administration & dosage*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Graves Ophthalmopathy / diagnosis
  • Graves Ophthalmopathy / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Injections, Subcutaneous
  • Male
  • Radionuclide Imaging

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • tocilizumab