Interleukin-6 Receptor Antibodies for Modulating the Systemic Inflammatory Response After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - a Randomized Clinical Trial
Latest Information Update: 03 Jan 2025
At a glance
- Drugs Tocilizumab (Primary)
- Indications Heart arrest; Inflammation
- Focus Therapeutic Use
- Acronyms IMICA
- 01 Dec 2024 Results (n=80) assessing early effects of tocilizumab on circulating levels of metabolites in comatose patients resuscitated from OHCA published in the Resuscitation
- 01 Mar 2023 Results of a preplanned substudy of the IMICA trial assessing the inflammatory response after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is modulated by blocking IL-6-mediated signalling with tocilizumab, and to relate induced changes to clinical status, myocardial- and brain injury, published in the Resuscitation.
- 15 Nov 2021 Results of substudy assessing changes in cytokine levels induced by blocking the IL-6-mediated signaling with tocilizumab presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2021