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  • A study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of mepolizumab, an anti-IL-5 therapy, in treating patients with hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) compared to a placebo.
  • The trial included 108 patients across 39 centers and found that those receiving mepolizumab had a 50% lower rate of flares (worsening symptoms) than those on placebo.
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Department of Cardiology, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Laval University, Québec City, Québec, Canada.

Hypereosinophilic syndromes (HESs) are a group of disorders characterized by end-organ damage caused by eosinophilic infiltration. We present a patient with idiopathic HES with severe tricuspid and mitral regurgitation secondary to Loeffler's endocarditis. In addition to prednisone, imatinib therapy initially helped control the eosinophil count.

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Long-term safety of mepolizumab for the treatment of hypereosinophilic syndromes.

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Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Erasme, Institute for Medical Immunology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium.

Background: Hypereosinophilic syndromes (HESs) are chronic disorders that require long-term therapy to suppress eosinophilia and clinical manifestations. Corticosteroids are usually effective, yet many patients become corticosteroid refractory or develop corticosteroid toxicity. Mepolizumab, a humanized monoclonal anti-IL-5 antibody, showed corticosteroid-sparing effects in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of FIP1L1/PDGFRA-negative, corticosteroid-responsive subjects with HESs.

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