Omalizumab in patients with severe asthma and persistent sputum eosinophilia
dc.contributor.author | Mukherjee, Manali | |
dc.contributor.author | Kjarsgaard, Melanie | |
dc.contributor.author | Radford, Katherine | |
dc.contributor.author | Huang, Chynna | |
dc.contributor.author | Leigh, Richard | |
dc.contributor.author | Dorscheid, Delbert R | |
dc.contributor.author | Lemiere, Catherine | |
dc.contributor.author | Boulet, Louis-Philippe | |
dc.contributor.author | Waserman, Susan | |
dc.contributor.author | Martin, James | |
dc.contributor.author | Nair, Parameswaran | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-07T00:02:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-04-07T00:02:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-04-03 | |
dc.date.updated | 2019-04-07T00:02:46Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Abstract Omalizumab, a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody targeting the IgE molecule, is the first biologic approved for moderate-to-severe allergic asthmatics, who remain uncontrolled despite high dose inhaled corticosteroid and bronchodilators. Steroid-sparing effect of omalizumab has not been demonstrated in asthmatics with persistent airway eosinophilia in a randomised controlled trial till date. From this double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-centred, randomized parallel group design, we report that omalizumab is possibly inadequate to control sputum eosinophilia, and therefore may not have a steroid-sparing effect, especially in those maintained on oral corticosteroids daily. This needs to be confirmed or refuted in a larger trial, which may be a challenge with respect to recruitment, since there are currently three additional biologics available to prescribe. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov, NCT02049294, Registered 30th January 2014, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02049294 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology. 2019 Apr 03;15(1):21 | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13223-019-0337-2 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/110140 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/45510 | |
dc.language.rfc3066 | en | |
dc.rights.holder | The Author(s) | |
dc.title | Omalizumab in patients with severe asthma and persistent sputum eosinophilia | |
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