New hope for stubborn bone pain when standard drugs fail

NCT ID NCT01791842

Summary

This study tested whether the drug tocilizumab could help reduce bone pain and damage in people with fibrous dysplasia who still had pain after standard treatment. Researchers enrolled 19 patients who had already tried bisphosphonate drugs without enough relief. They compared tocilizumab against a placebo to see if blocking a specific protein (IL-6) in the body could slow bone breakdown and ease pain.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Service de Rhumatologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pellegrin

    Bordeaux, France

  • Service de rhumatologie, Hopital Edouard Herriot, HCL

    Lyon, 69003, France

  • Service de rhumatologie, Hôpital Lariboisière

    Paris, 75010, France

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