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IL-6 Receptor Antagonists and Severe Post-COVID-19 Outcomes: An Emulated Target Trial

2026-03-02 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundInterleukin-6 (IL-6) is a cytokine that plays a key role in systemic hyperinflammation and may mediate the relationship between acute COVID-19 and severe long-term outcomes such as Long COVID or death. IL-6 modulating drugs may reduce patients risk of severe post-COVID-19 outcomes. MethodsWe conducted an emulated target trial in a retrospective cohort of patients with moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis who were prescribed IL-6 receptor antagonists (sarilumab or tocilizumab, poole...

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