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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL PHARMACY
Volume 27, Issue 5, Pages 297-298Publisher
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/ejhpharm-2020-002322
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clinical pharmacy; immunology; intensive & critical care; infectious diseases; hospital pharmacy education
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The aim of the study was to explore the involvement of interleukin 6 in SARS-CoV-2 infection, and to position the drug siltuximab in the management of severe forms of COVID-19. A bibliographic search was performed in Pubmed on the immune response to the disease, and in ClinicalTrials.gov on clinical trials with interleukin 6 blockers. Interleukin 6 is involved in the cytokine cascade, which originates as a consequence of an excessive immune response secondary to viral infection, aggravating lung affectation. Blockers of this cytokine (tocilizumab, sarilumab and siltuximab) are being studied as a strategy for treating the disease. Siltuximab is a monoclonal antibody indicated in Castleman's disease that could be administered in a single dose of 11 mg/kg in severe forms of COVID-19 that have increased interleukin 6.
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