Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of vasculitis in the older adult population. There are variable clinical presentations of this entity and no perfect diagnostic test, often ...

A total of 209 patients received upadacitinib at a dose of 15 mg, 107 received upadacitinib at a dose of 7.5 mg, and 112 received placebo; 70% of the patients had new-onset giant-cell arteritis ...

Giant cell arteritis, or GCA, is a condition where arteries in the head and neck become inflamed. It is called ‘giant cell’ because abnormally large cells accumulate in the artery walls.

The most dramatic symptoms of GCA (for example, visual loss) result directly from the inflammation of the large- and medium-sized cranial vessels. Other symptoms appear nonspecific and are related ...