1. Lack of efficacy of tocilizumab in acute exacerbation of pulmonary fibrosis.
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Franco G, Le Guen P, Le Brun M, Philippot Q, Dupin C, Debray MP, Bancal C, Taillé C, Borie R, and Crestani B
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Given the high mortality rate observed in our data, tocilizumab is not recommended as a salvage therapy for patients affected by acute exacerbation of pulmonary fibrosis who did not show clinical improvement after three steroids bolus https://bit.ly/3ClggYb., Competing Interests: Conflict of interest: M. Le Brun reports grants or contracts from GSK and AstraZeneca; payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, manuscript writing or educational events from GSK, La revue du praticien and AstraZeneca; and support for attending meetings and/or travel from Asten Santé, Novartis and Sanofi; all outside the submitted work. Q. Philippot reports grants or contracts from Fondation Bettencourt Schuller and royalties or licenses form Elsevier, all outside the submitted work. C. Dupin reports consulting fees from AstraZeneca, Sanofi and GSK; lecture honoraria from AstraZeneca, GSK, Sanofi, Novartis, Chiesi, OPA Pratique, Pneumoscoop and La Lettre du Pneumologue; and travel support from AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Novartis, Chiesi and GSK; all outside the submitted work. M-P. Debray reports consulting fees from Boehringer Ingelheim and Sanofi, and support for attending meetings and/or travel form Boehringer Ingelheim, all outside the submitted work. R. Borie reports consulting fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, Ferrer and Sanofi; payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, manuscript writing or educational events from Boehringer Ingelheim; and support for attending meetings and/or travel form Boehringer Ingelheim, all outside the submitted work. B. Crestani reports grants or contracts from Boehringer Ingelheim; consulting fees from BMS, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GSK and Sanofi; payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, manuscript writing or educational events from AstraZeneca, BMS, Boehringer Ingelheim, GSK, Novartis, Roche and Sanofi; support for attending meetings and/or travel from AstraZeneca, BMS, Boehringer Ingelheim, Roche and Sanofi; participation on a data safety monitoring board or advisory board for BMS, Boehringer Ingelheim, Horizon and Sanofi; and he is president of the board of the Fondation du Souffle, a French charity, all outside the submitted work. G. Franco, P. Le Guen, C. Bancal and C. Taillé have no conflict of interest to declare., (Copyright ©The authors 2024.)
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