The aim of this clinical trial is to determine the efficacy of tocilizumab (an IL-6 inhibitor) in treatment-refractory chronic inflammatory forms of CPPD.
The main questions this trial aims to answer are:
* Can tocilizumab improve joint pain in patients with chronic inflammatory CPPD disease?
* Does tocilizumab improve quality of life in patients with chronic inflammatory CPPD disease?
Participants will receive a monthly infusion of tocilizumab or placebo for three months.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Adults \> 18 years
* Diagnosis of CPPD according to ACR/EULAR 2023 classification criteria
* Persistent inflammatory pain (\> 3 months) or ≥ 2 arthritics/month
* Number of painful joints (NAD) \> 3
* Overall pain VAS (0\_100) \> 40 mm
* Failure, intolerance or impossibility of repeated use of usual treatments: colchicine, NSAIDs, corticosteroids and anakinra
* Use of an effective method of contraception in women of childbearing age until 3 months after the end of the study.
* Informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
* Presence of anti-CPP antibodies \> 50 IU/ml
* Recurrent or chronic infections
* History of severe infection (= requiring hospitalization)
* Active infection
* Vaccination with live or attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to inclusion
* History of intestinal ulceration or diverticulitis Untreated latent tuberculosis
* History of viral hepatitis B ou C
* Symptoms suggestive of demyelinating disease of the central nervous system
* History of cancer, active cancer, or suspected cancer
* Neutropenia \< 2000 elements/mm3, thrombocytopenia \< 100 000/mm3
* Elevated transaminases \> 3 x ULN
* Known hypersensitivity to the active substance or one of the excipients;
* Known severe immune deficiency
* Patients not meeting classification criteria
* Concomitant treatment with biological or targeted therapies, or immunosuppressive therapy (including methotrexate, leflunomide, azathioprine), systemic corticosteroids, anakinra, IL-6 inhibitors in subcuta…