Baricitinib as rescue therapy in a patient with COVID-19 with no complete response to sarilumab.

Infection

Dipartimento di Scienze di Laboratorio e Infettivologiche, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

Published: October 2020

A patient with COVID-19-related severe respiratory failure, with insufficient response to an antiretroviral therapy, hydroxychloroquine and Interleukin-6 (IL-6) antagonist therapy, presented a prompt resolution of the respiratory function and improvement in the radiological picture after baricitinib at an oral dose of 4 mg per day for 2 weeks.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7340855PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-020-01476-7DOI Listing

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