This open-label, single center study will provide RoActemra/Actemra (tocilizumab) to a maximum of 4 patients with Multicentric Castelman's Disease who have demonstrated benefit from RoActemra/Actemra in study MRA004US (Chugai Pharma USA) without major toxicities or significant adverse events. Patients will receive their most effective maintenance dose until disease progression or significant toxicity occurs.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
3
maintenance dose
Unnamed facility
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Efficacy: Maintenance of hemoglobin >/=10.5 g/dL, of Zubrod Performance Status, and of improvement in fatigue and anorexia as per National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria (NCI CTC) scales
Time frame: until disease progression or significant toxicity occurs
Safety: Adverse events, laboratory parameters, vital signs, electrocardiograms, chest X-rays
Time frame: up to 90 days after discontinuation of treatment
Provision of tocilizumab for treatment of Multicentric Castleman's Disease to patients with evidence of clinical benefit in response to tocilizumab
Time frame: until disease progression or significant toxicity occurs
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