Table 1 General information of 8 refractory AOSD patients receiving TCZ therapy.

From: A Pilot Study on Tocilizumab for Treating Refractory Adult-Onset Still’s Disease

No. case

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Gender

female

female

female

female

female

female

female

female

Age (years old)

21

47

63

62

32

34

24

46

Multi-system involvement

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Disease duration (month)

12

6

3

14

84

20

24

26

Yamaguchi’s criteria (>5 criteria, at least 2 major criteria)

Major Criterias

Fever ≥39.0 °C, over 1 week

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Arthritis over 2 weeks

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Typical rashes

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Y

Y

White blood cells ≥10*10^9/L

Y

Y

Y

 

Y

Y

Y

 

Minor Criterias

Sore throat

Y

Y

 

Y

 

Y

  

lymph nodes and (or) spleen enlargement

  

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Hepatic dysfunction

Y

Y

Y

   

Y

 

Negative RF and ANA

Y

Y

Y

 

Y

Y

Y

Y

Laboratory Examination

White blood cells (10^9/L)

12.9

13

17.7

9.78

16.4

14.9

11.3

7.78

Ferritin (ng/mL)

1060.9

28.5

789.8

5135

18.6

334.8

412.3

1500

ESR (mm/h)

75

6

55

93

34

41

76

50

CRP (mg/l)

54

2.5

99.9

89.5

20.8

95

32.4

28

Previous Treatments

Pred maximum-current dosage (mg/d)

60–15

500–30

120–100

80–20

40–30

240–80

160–80

120–40

Immunosuppressive drugs

MTX, HCQ, MMF, LEF

CsA, MTX, IVIG, Thalidu-mide

/

HCQ, T2, MTX

MTX CsA, LEF, IFX

MTX

MTX CsA

CTX

Dosage of TCZ

mg/kg,q4w

8 mg/kg, *13

4 mg/kg, *6

4 mg/kg *6

4 mg/kg, *4

8 mg/kg, *6

8 mg/kg, *2

8 mg/kg, *8

8 mg/kg, *7

  1. MTX: methotrexate; HCQ: hydroxychloroquine; MMF: mycophenolate mofetil; LEF: leflunomide; CsA: cyclosporine A; IVIG: intravenous immunoglobulin; T2: tripterygium glycosides.