Background: Biologic asthma therapies reduce exacerbations and long-term oral corticosteroids (LTOCS) use in randomized controlled trials (RCTs); however, there are limited data on outcomes among patients ineligible for RCTs. Hence, we investigated responsiveness to biologics in a real-world population of adults with severe asthma.
Methods: Adults in the International Severe Asthma Registry (ISAR) with ≥24 weeks of follow-up were grouped into those who did, or did not, initiate biologics (anti-IgE, anti-IL5/IL5R, anti-IL4/13).
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract
September 2024
Background: Biologic effectiveness is often assessed as response, a term that eludes consistent definition. Identifying those most likely to respond in real-life has proven challenging.
Objective: To explore definitions of biologic responders in adults with severe asthma and investigate patient characteristics associated with biologic response.
J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
December 2023
Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), encompasses many different clinical patterns with variable response to treatment. Precise criteria specifying disease severity and control are lacking in the current literature. Our aim was to perform a cross-cultural adaptation of the CRS-PRO, creating a French version for use as a routine questionnaire in the assessment of patients with CRS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Several biologics (Bx) and targeted synthetic drugs (TSD) exist to treat T2 diseases, including chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), severe asthma (SA), chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP) or atopic dermatitis (AD).
Objective: To identify patients treated with Bx/TSD from a dynamic dispensing database using an algorithm-based methodology.
Methods: We used the LRx database (Lifelink Treatment dynamics, IQVIA) which covers nearly 45% of the French retail pharmacies.