2024
Prospective REALITI-A study: 2-year real-world benefits of mepolizumab in severe asthma
Caruso C, Canonica G, Patel M, Smith A, Liu M, Alfonso-Cristancho R, Price R, Jakes R, Demetriou L, Valero A, Köhler T, Pilette C, Chupp G, Brusselle G, Howarth P. Prospective REALITI-A study: 2-year real-world benefits of mepolizumab in severe asthma. CHEST Pulmonary 2024, 100107. DOI: 10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFollow-up periodMepolizumab treatmentAdverse eventsSevere asthmaRate of clinically significant asthma exacerbationsFollow-upMonoclonal antibodies targeting interleukin-5Clinically significant asthma exacerbationsMaintenance oral corticosteroidsAssociated with sustained reductionsProportion of patientsACQ-5 scoresAsthma Control QuestionnaireForced expiratory volumeOral corticosteroidsWell-toleratedACQ-5Clinical benefitMepolizumabProspective studyWeeks 0Asthma exacerbationsInterleukin-5Expiratory volumeSustained reduction
2023
Remission outcomes in severe eosinophilic asthma with mepolizumab therapy: Analysis of the REDES study
Pavord I, Gardiner F, Heaney L, Domingo C, Price R, Pullan A, Oppenheimer J, Brusselle G, Nagase H, Chupp G, Pizzichini E, Bañas-Conejero D, Howarth P. Remission outcomes in severe eosinophilic asthma with mepolizumab therapy: Analysis of the REDES study. Frontiers In Immunology 2023, 14: 1150162. PMID: 37122713, PMCID: PMC10131245, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1150162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere eosinophilic asthmaClinical remissionEosinophilic asthmaRemission definitionsClinical practiceAsthma Control Test scoresBetter ACT scoresProportion of patientsSubset of patientsACT scoreMepolizumab therapyMepolizumab treatmentOral corticosteroidsPrior exacerbationsOC useSevere asthmaBaseline characteristicsExpiratory volumeLung functionRemission outcomesMedical recordsDisease progressionTreatment outcomesRemissionTreatment goals