• Infection · Oct 2020

    Case Reports

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

    • A Cingolani, A M Tummolo, G Montemurro, E Gremese, L Larosa, M C Cipriani, G Pasciuto, R Liperoti, R Murri, T Pirronti, R Cauda, M Fantoni, and for COVID 2 Columbus Working Group.
    • Dipartimento di Scienze di Laboratorio e Infettivologiche, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
    • Infection. 2020 Oct 1; 48 (5): 767-771.

    AbstractA 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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