Coming to a hard stop? Effect of tapered tocilizumab after weekly tocilizumab cessation for GCA: a multicentre evaluation

Vanessa Quick, Stephen Sah, Shirish Dubey, Louise Mercer, Jagdish R Nair, Fiona L Coath, Muhammad Kurshid, Mahdi Abusalameh, Sajeel Ahmed, Hoda Alkoky, Marwan Bukhari, Stuart Carter, Brian Davidson, Parveen Doddamani, Georgina Ducker, Bridget Griffiths, Nicola Gullick, Jonathan Heaney, Amelia Holloway, Ei Ei Phyu Htut, Mark Hughes, Hannah Irvine, Alison Kinder, Joyce Lim, Dalia R Ludwig, Mariam Malik, Ben Mulhearn, Rikesh Patel, Joanna Robson, Pratyasha Saha, Sarah Tansley, Sarah L Mackie, Unknown, Saad Ahmed, Ismael Atchia, James Bluett, Alex Connew, Elizabeth Coulson, Helena Crawshaw, Ursula Davies, Denise De Lord, Gurdeep Dulay, Amanda Embuldeniya, Fonseca Carmen, James Galloway, William Gubbins, Thushyanthan Guruparan, Rebecca Heaton, Martin James, Shalini Janagan, Hilary Johnson, Areej Karim, Salema Khalid, Kath Kinsey, Gouri Koduri, Stuart Linton, Elizabeth MacPhie, Arti Mahto, Chetan Mukhtyar, Anupama C Nandagudi, Pradip Nandi, Fathelrahman Osman, Sophie Plumb, Eavan Quinlan, Angela Redfern, Marian Regan, Vanessa Reid, Dipak Roy, Sadaf Saeed, Abbey Smith, Lauren Steel, Rhys Thomas, Adaeze Ugwoke, Sarah Villar, Emma Williams, Fiona Wood, Mingrui Xie

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DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaf450
Published: 2025-08-26
Container: Rheumatology
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@article{allodium:10.1093/rheumatology/keaf450,
  title = {Coming to a hard stop? Effect of tapered tocilizumab after weekly tocilizumab cessation for GCA: a multicentre evaluation},
  author = {Vanessa Quick and Stephen Sah and Shirish Dubey and Louise Mercer and Jagdish R Nair and Fiona L Coath and Muhammad Kurshid and Mahdi Abusalameh and Sajeel Ahmed and Hoda Alkoky and Marwan Bukhari and Stuart Carter and Brian Davidson and Parveen Doddamani and Georgina Ducker and Bridget Griffiths and Nicola Gullick and Jonathan Heaney and Amelia Holloway and Ei Ei Phyu Htut and Mark Hughes and Hannah Irvine and Alison Kinder and Joyce Lim and Dalia R Ludwig and Mariam Malik and Ben Mulhearn and Rikesh Patel and Joanna Robson and Pratyasha Saha and Sarah Tansley and Sarah L Mackie and Unknown and Saad Ahmed and Ismael Atchia and James Bluett and Alex Connew and Elizabeth Coulson and Helena Crawshaw and Ursula Davies and Denise De Lord and Gurdeep Dulay and Amanda Embuldeniya and Fonseca Carmen and James Galloway and William Gubbins and Thushyanthan Guruparan and Rebecca Heaton and Martin James and Shalini Janagan and Hilary Johnson and Areej Karim and Salema Khalid and Kath Kinsey and Gouri Koduri and Stuart Linton and Elizabeth MacPhie and Arti Mahto and Chetan Mukhtyar and Anupama C Nandagudi and Pradip Nandi and Fathelrahman Osman and Sophie Plumb and Eavan Quinlan and Angela Redfern and Marian Regan and Vanessa Reid and Dipak Roy and Sadaf Saeed and Abbey Smith and Lauren Steel and Rhys Thomas and Adaeze Ugwoke and Sarah Villar and Emma Williams and Fiona Wood and Mingrui Xie},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Rheumatology},
  doi = {10.1093/rheumatology/keaf450},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaf450}
}

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TI  - Coming to a hard stop? Effect of tapered tocilizumab after weekly tocilizumab cessation for GCA: a multicentre evaluation
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AU  - Stephen Sah
AU  - Shirish Dubey
AU  - Louise Mercer
AU  - Jagdish R Nair
AU  - Fiona L Coath
AU  - Muhammad Kurshid
AU  - Mahdi Abusalameh
AU  - Sajeel Ahmed
AU  - Hoda Alkoky
AU  - Marwan Bukhari
AU  - Stuart Carter
AU  - Brian Davidson
AU  - Parveen Doddamani
AU  - Georgina Ducker
AU  - Bridget Griffiths
AU  - Nicola Gullick
AU  - Jonathan Heaney
AU  - Amelia Holloway
AU  - Ei Ei Phyu Htut
AU  - Mark Hughes
AU  - Hannah Irvine
AU  - Alison Kinder
AU  - Joyce Lim
AU  - Dalia R Ludwig
AU  - Mariam Malik
AU  - Ben Mulhearn
AU  - Rikesh Patel
AU  - Joanna Robson
AU  - Pratyasha Saha
AU  - Sarah Tansley
AU  - Sarah L Mackie
AU  - Unknown
AU  - Saad Ahmed
AU  - Ismael Atchia
AU  - James Bluett
AU  - Alex Connew
AU  - Elizabeth Coulson
AU  - Helena Crawshaw
AU  - Ursula Davies
AU  - Denise De Lord
AU  - Gurdeep Dulay
AU  - Amanda Embuldeniya
AU  - Fonseca Carmen
AU  - James Galloway
AU  - William Gubbins
AU  - Thushyanthan Guruparan
AU  - Rebecca Heaton
AU  - Martin James
AU  - Shalini Janagan
AU  - Hilary Johnson
AU  - Areej Karim
AU  - Salema Khalid
AU  - Kath Kinsey
AU  - Gouri Koduri
AU  - Stuart Linton
AU  - Elizabeth MacPhie
AU  - Arti Mahto
AU  - Chetan Mukhtyar
AU  - Anupama C Nandagudi
AU  - Pradip Nandi
AU  - Fathelrahman Osman
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AU  - Angela Redfern
AU  - Marian Regan
AU  - Vanessa Reid
AU  - Dipak Roy
AU  - Sadaf Saeed
AU  - Abbey Smith
AU  - Lauren Steel
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APA

Quick, V., Sah, S., Dubey, S., Mercer, L., Nair, J. R., Coath, F. L., Kurshid, M., Abusalameh, M., Ahmed, S., Alkoky, H., Bukhari, M., Carter, S., Davidson, B., Doddamani, P., Ducker, G., Griffiths, B., Gullick, N., Heaney, J., Holloway, A., Htut, E. E. P., Hughes, M., Irvine, H., Kinder, A., Lim, J., Ludwig, D. R., Malik, M., Mulhearn, B., Patel, R., Robson, J., Saha, P., Tansley, S., Mackie, S. L., Unknown, Ahmed, S., Atchia, I., Bluett, J., Connew, A., Coulson, E., Crawshaw, H., Davies, U., Lord, D. D., Dulay, G., Embuldeniya, A., Carmen, F., Galloway, J., Gubbins, W., Guruparan, T., Heaton, R., James, M., Janagan, S., Johnson, H., Karim, A., Khalid, S., Kinsey, K., Koduri, G., Linton, S., MacPhie, E., Mahto, A., Mukhtyar, C., Nandagudi, A. C., Nandi, P., Osman, F., Plumb, S., Quinlan, E., Redfern, A., Regan, M., Reid, V., Roy, D., Saeed, S., Smith, A., Steel, L., Thomas, R., Ugwoke, A., Villar, S., Williams, E., Wood, F., & Xie, M. (2025). Coming to a hard stop? Effect of tapered tocilizumab after weekly tocilizumab cessation for GCA: a multicentre evaluation. Rheumatology. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaf450

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