Data Sheet 1_Case Report: Tocilizumab as time-limited induction therapy enabling steroid w

A 949.3 KB PDF case report authored by Ka Wei Katty Joo Hu, published on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license and last updated on 2026-05-29. It details a single-patient study of a time-limited tocilizumab induction strategy to achieve steroid withdrawal in refractory cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa, followed by maintenance with mycophenolate mofetil.

Use Cases

• Analyze the clinical narrative for treatment response patterns based on the described case presentation.
• Study the proposed therapeutic strategy for steroid withdrawal based on the time-limited IL-6 blockade protocol.
• Review the rationale for transitioning from biologic to conventional maintenance therapy based on the described clinical outcome.

Strengths

• Report is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for broad reuse.
• The clinical timeline and treatment doses (e.g., two infusions, six doses) are specified in the description.

Limitations

• The dataset is a single case report, which limits statistical generalizability.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Clinical case documentation.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 04:48:56; freshness should be verified.