Abstract
A review of the literary data about the hitherto exiting investigations on biological drugs (BDs) as an alternative of the corticosteroids (CSs) – the current basal therapy of giant cell arteritis (GCA) is presented. The TNF-alpha-inhibitors are already definitely discarded on the account of their inefficiency and inadequate tolerability. The favorable initial results of BDs against IL-1, CTLA4-iGg1 and especially IL-12/23 should receive a reliable assessment after completion of the additional large-scale investigations. Indisputably only the data on efficacy of tocilizumab (anti-IL-6) for induction and maintenance of GCA remission and its marked CS-saving effect are convincing. Reasonably, TCM received a permission for use as adjunctive therapy in the management of GCA.
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