16 results match your criteria: "Cincinnati (J.A.B.); the Midwest Immunology Clinic[Affiliation]"
Oral Sebetralstat for On-Demand Treatment of Hereditary Angioedema Attacks.
N Engl J Med
July 2024
From the Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla (M.A.R.); the Hungarian Angioedema Center of Reference and Excellence, Department of Internal Medicine and Haematology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary (H.F.); University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt (E.A.-P.), and the Institute of Allergology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Immunology and Allergology, Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Berlin (M.M.) - all in Germany; Naval Hospital of Athens, Athens (F.P.); Asthma and Allergy Associates, Colorado Springs (D.F.S.), and IMMUNOe Research Center, Centennial (I.M.) - both in Colorado; Clinical Center of Allergology, Clinic of Allergy and Asthma, University Hospital Alexandrovska, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria (M.S.); the Department of Systems Medicine, University of Padua, Padua (M.C.), and Operative Unit of Medicine, Angioedema Center, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, and Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la salute, University of Milan, Milan (A.Z.) - all in Italy; Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (D.H.) and Sheba Medical Center (N.A.-L.), Tel Aviv, and Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa (A.K.) - all in Israel; Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan (D.H.); the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (S.S.), and KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Salisbury (P.K.A., J.H., M.I., M.D.S., C.M.Y.) - both in the United Kingdom; Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow (M.S.), and Medical University of Lodz, Lodz (M.K.) - both in Poland; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (P.J.B.); Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de S. João, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal (E.D.); Marycliff Clinical Research, Spokane, WA (R.G.); Hospital Universitario Bellvitge de L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Allergology Department, Barcelona (R.L.); University Clinic of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University Saints Cyril and Methodus, Skopje, North Macedonia (V.G.P.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (H.J.W.); KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA (P.K.A., J.H., M.I., M.D.S., C.M.Y.); AARA Research Center, Dallas (W.R.L.); the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Bernstein Clinical Research Center, Cincinnati (J.A.B.); and the Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (D.M.C.).
Article Synopsis
- * Results showed that both doses of sebetralstat provided significantly quicker relief from symptoms and attack severity compared to the placebo, with median times to relief around 1.6-1.8 hours versus over 6 hours for placebo.
- * The trial included 136 participants who treated 264 attacks, demonstrating that sebetralstat could potentially offer a more convenient oral alternative to current parenteral treatments for hereditary angioedema.
Psychometric evaluation of the multidimensional Uraemic Pruritus in Dialysis patients (UP-Dial) scale: comparison of haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients with chronic pruritus.
Br J Dermatol
August 2024
Pharmacoepidemiology and Statistics Research Center (PESRC), Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Article Synopsis
- There is an urgent need for quality patient-reported outcome measures for dialysis patients experiencing chronic itching (pruritus), but no validated tools specifically exist for this group.
- The study aims to validate the Uraemic Pruritus in Dialysis patients (UP-Dial) 14-item scale by analyzing its psychometric properties in both haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients.
- Results showed that the UP-Dial scale is reliable and valid, with strong correlations found with other measurement tools, indicating it can effectively assess pruritus symptoms in dialysis patients.
Benralizumab does not elicit therapeutic effect in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria: results from the phase IIb multinational randomized double-blind placebo-controlled ARROYO trial.
Br J Dermatol
July 2024
Late-stage Development, Respiratory and Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals Research and Development, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Background: Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is a relatively common skin disease associated with hives and angio-oedema. Eosinophils play a role in CSU pathogenesis. Benralizumab, an anti-interleukin-5 receptor-α monoclonal antibody, has been shown to induce nearly complete depletion of eosinophils.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn initiative to assess and improve the resources and patient care processes used among Chest Wall Injury Society collaborative centers study (CWIS-CC2).
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
April 2024
From the Department of Surgery (E.A.E., A.W.), Medical University of South Carolina; Chest Wall Injury Society (S.S.W.); Department of Surgery (J.A.B., W.B.D), Riverside Methodist Hospital; Department of Surgery (Z.M.B., L.C.), University of Nebraska Medicine; Department of Surgery (K.D., B.P.), Gold Coast Health; Department of Surgery (A.R.D.), St Francis Hospital and Medical Center; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery (J.G.E.), Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation; Department of Surgery (J.D.F., J.T.), Stanford University; Department of Surgery (A.J.K., A.H.), Overland Park Regional Medical Center; Department of Surgery (J.G., B.W.T.), Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center; Department of Surgery (J.H.), Westmead Hospital University of Sydney; Department of Surgery (C.J.), University of Cincinnati; Department of Surgery (S.K., B.S.), The George Washington University; Department of Surgery (E.E.M., F.P.), Denver Health Medical Center; Department of Surgery (S.D.S.), University of California, Irvine; Department of Surgery (G.S.), Wright State University; Department of Surgery, Trauma Research Unit (E.M.M.V.L., M.M.E.W.), Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Surgery (T.W.W.), Intermountain Healthcare; and Department of Surgery (M.E.W.), Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital.
Background: Over the last two decades, the acute management of rib fractures has changed significantly. In 2021, the Chest Wall injury Society (CWIS) began recognizing centers that epitomize their mission as CWIS Collaborative Centers. The primary aim of this study was to determine the resources, surgical expertise, access to care, and institutional support that are present among centers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhy a Complete Response Is the Treatment Aim in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria.
J Clin Med
May 2023
Novartis Pharma AG, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
This study investigated the association between urticaria activity and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Patient evaluations from the ligelizumab Phase 2b clinical trial (N = 382) were pooled (NCT02477332). Daily patient diaries assessed urticaria activity, sleep and activity interference, the dermatology life quality index (DLQI), and work productivity and activity impairment-chronic urticaria (WPAI-CU).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGut Microbiota-Derived Trimethylamine N-Oxide Contributes to Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Through Inflammatory and Apoptotic Mechanisms.
Circulation
April 2023
Department of Internal Medicine (T.W.B., K.A.C., T.M.C., C.W.-L., S.F., H.M.R., M. Brooks, M.T., A.P.O.), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH.
Background: Large-scale human and mechanistic mouse studies indicate a strong relationship between the microbiome-dependent metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) and several cardiometabolic diseases. This study aims to investigate the role of TMAO in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and target its parent microbes as a potential pharmacological intervention.
Methods: TMAO and choline metabolites were examined in plasma samples, with associated clinical data, from 2 independent patient cohorts (N=2129 total).
Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the trauma systems and informatics panel Delphi survey.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
April 2023
From the Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (E.R.H.), Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (E.R.H.), and Department of Emergency Medicine (E.R.H.), The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality (E.R.H.), Johns Hopkins Medicine; Department of Health Policy and Management (E.R.H.), The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland Acute and Critical Care Surgery (J.P.K.) and Department of Surgery (J.A.B.), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (J.P.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care (B.G.), University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio Department of Surgery (K.N.R.), Uniformed Services University School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland Department of General Surgery (K.S.), Stanford University, Stanford, California Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery (J.W.C.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Coalition for National Trauma Research (M.A.P.), San Antonio, Texas Department of Surgery (E.M.B.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Coalition for National Trauma Research (NRAP Trauma Systems and Informatics Panel), San Antonio, Texas.
Background: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2016 report on the trauma care system recommended establishing a National Trauma Research Action Plan to strengthen and guide future trauma research. To address this recommendation, the Department of Defense funded a study to generate a comprehensive research agenda spanning the trauma and burn care continuum. Panels were created to conduct a gap analysis and identify high-priority research questions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMaternal Vaccination and Risk of Hospitalization for Covid-19 among Infants.
N Engl J Med
July 2022
From the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (N.B.H.); the Covid-19 Response Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (S.M.O., A.M.P., S.M.G., K.N.P., A.P.C., M.M.P.), the Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and the Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine (S.K.), and the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (K.M.T.) - all in Atlanta; the Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati (M.A.S.), the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus (K.E.B.), and the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron (R.A.N.) - all in Ohio; the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital (M.M.N., A.G.R.), and the Departments of Anaesthesia and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School (A.G.R.) - both in Boston; the Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and the Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (P.S.P.), the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, UC San Diego-Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego (M.A.C.), the Department of Pediatrics, Divisions of Critical Care Medicine and Allergy, Immunology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (M.S.Z.), and the Division of Critical Care Medicine, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland (N.Z.C.) - all in California; the Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Immunization Project, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston (J.A.B., L.C.S.); the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia (K.C.); the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (C.V.H.); the Department of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora (A.B.M.); the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago (B.M.C., K.N.M.); the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Central Michigan University, Detroit (S.M.H.), and the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Mott Children's Hospital and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (H.R.F.); the Section of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock (K.I.); the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (E.H.M.), and the Department of Pediatrics (L.S.), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston; the Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Children's Hospital, Chapel Hill (S.P.S., T.C.W.); the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ (S.J.G.); the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri (J.E.S.); the Ryan White Center for Pediatric Infectious Disease and Global Health, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (S.S.B.); the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Children's Medical Center, Dallas (M.M.); the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, Minneapolis (J.R.H.), and the Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (E.R.L.) - both in Minnesota; the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (H.C.); the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and Children's Hospital of New Orleans, New Orleans (T.T.B.); the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, NE (M.L.C.); and the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (M.K.).
Article Synopsis
- Infants under 6 months old are at high risk for severe Covid-19 complications and can't be vaccinated, but maternal vaccination may provide them with protective antibodies.
- A study comparing hospitalized infants with and without Covid-19 found that the maternal vaccination effectiveness against hospitalization was 52% overall, varying significantly between the delta (80%) and omicron (38%) periods.
- Among 537 case infants, a small percentage had vaccinated mothers, and only 21% required intensive care, with two deaths occurring in unvaccinated cases.
BNT162b2 Protection against the Omicron Variant in Children and Adolescents.
N Engl J Med
May 2022
From the Covid-19 Response Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (A.M.P., S.M.O., M.W.T., L.D.Z., A.P.C., M.M.P.), the Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and the Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine (S.K.), and the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (K.M.T.) - all in Atlanta; the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital (M.M.N., A.G.R.), and the Departments of Anaesthesia and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School (A.G.R.) - both in Boston; the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (N.B.H.); the Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Immunization Project, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston (J.A.B., L.C.S.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Children's Medical Center, Dallas (M.M.); the Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (P.S.P.), the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, UC San Diego-Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego (M.A.C.), the Division of Critical Care Medicine, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland (N.Z.C.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Divisions of Critical Care Medicine and Allergy, Immunology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (M.S.Z.) - all in California; Section of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock (K.I.); the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus (K.E.B.), the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron (R.A.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati (M.A.S.) - all in Ohio; the Department of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora (A.B.M.); the Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Children's Hospital, Chapel Hill (T.C.W., S.P.S.); the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (E.H.M.) and the Department of Pediatrics (L.S.), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston; the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO (J.E.S.); the Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (C.V.H.); the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and Children's Hospital of New Orleans, New Orleans (T.T.B.); the Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (E.R.L.), and the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, Minneapolis (J.R.H.) - both in Minnesota; the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia (K.C.); the Ryan White Center for Pediatric Infectious Disease and Global Health, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (S.S.B.); the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Central Michigan University, Detroit (S.M.H.), and the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Mott Children's Hospital and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (H.R.F.); the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, NE (M.L.C.); the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ (S.J.G.); the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago (B.M. Coates); the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, UHealth Holtz Children's Hospital, Miami (B.M. Chatani); and the Department of Pediatrics and Banner Children's at Diamond Children's Medical Center, University of Arizona, Tucson (K.V.T.).
Background: Spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) B.1.1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInhibition of Prekallikrein for Hereditary Angioedema.
N Engl J Med
March 2022
From the Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (L.M.F., D.M.C.); the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla (M.A.R.), Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad (L.B., V.J.A., K.B.N., A.R., B.F.B., C.N., A.R.M., E.S.), and the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (R.T.) - all in California; the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Immunology-Allergy Section and the Bernstein Clinical Research Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati (J.A.B.); the Midwest Immunology Clinic, Plymouth, MN (J.R.); the Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Penn State Health Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, Hershey, PA (T.C.); Asthma and Allergy Research Associates, Dallas (W.R.L.); and Medical Research of Arizona, Scottsdale (M.E.M.).
Background: Hereditary angioedema is characterized by recurrent and unpredictable swellings that are disabling and potentially fatal. Selective inhibition of plasma prekallikrein production by antisense oligonucleotide treatment (donidalorsen) may reduce the frequency of attacks and the burden of disease.
Methods: In this phase 2 trial, we randomly assigned, in a 2:1 ratio, patients with hereditary angioedema with C1 inhibitor deficiency to receive four subcutaneous doses of either donidalorsen (80 mg) or placebo, with one dose administered every 4 weeks.
Effectiveness of BNT162b2 Vaccine against Critical Covid-19 in Adolescents.
N Engl J Med
February 2022
From the Covid-19 Response Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (S.M.O., A.M.P., L.D.Z., A.P.C., M.M.P.), and the Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and the Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine (S.K.) - both in Atlanta; the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital (M.M.N., A.G.R.), and the Departments of Anaesthesia and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School (A.G.R.) - both in Boston; the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (N.B.H.); the Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Immunization Project, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston (J.A.B., L.C.S.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas (M.M.); the Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (P.S.P.), the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, UC San Diego-Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego (M.A.C.), the Division of Critical Care Medicine, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland (N.Z.C.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Divisions of Critical Care Medicine and Allergy, Immunology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (M.S.Z.) - all in California; Section of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock (K.I.); the Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Children's Hospital, Chapel Hill (T.C.W., S.P.S.); the Department of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora (A.B.M.); the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (E.H.M.); the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and Children's Hospital of New Orleans, New Orleans (T.T.B.); the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO (J.E.S.); the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron (R.A.N.), the Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati (M.A.S.), and the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, Columbus (K.E.B.) - all in Ohio; the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia (K.C.); the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, NE (M.L.C.); the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ (S.J.G.); the Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (E.R.L.), and the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, Minneapolis (J.R.H.) - both in Minnesota; the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (M.K.), the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, UHealth/Holtz Children's Hospital, Miami (B.M.C.); the Ryan White Center for Pediatric Infectious Disease and Global Health, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (S.S.B.); University of Arizona, Diamond Children's Banner Children's Medical Center, Tucson (M.G.G.); the Department of Pediatrics, Department of Microbiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (C.V.H.); the Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Central Michigan University, Detroit (S.M.H.), and the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Mott Children's Hospital and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (H.R.F.); and the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago (K.N.M.).
Background: The increasing incidence of pediatric hospitalizations associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) caused by the B.1.617.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAllergic and Mixed Rhinitis: Diagnosis and Natural Evolution.
J Clin Med
November 2019
Bernstein Allergy Group 8444 Winton Road, Cincinnati, OH 45231, USA.
Chronic rhinitis (CR) is divided into two main categories: allergic rhinitis (AR) and nonallergic rhinitis (NAR). These conditions are more recognizable to an experienced clinician, as they can be more clearly demarcated diagnostically. However, an additional 30% to 50% of patients with CR might have an overlap of NAR and AR, referred to as mixed rhinitis (MR).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLigelizumab for Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria.
N Engl J Med
October 2019
From the Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin (M. Maurer, M. Metz), the Department of Dermatology, University Allergy Center, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden (A. Bauer), the Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster (R.B.), the Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz (P.S.), and the Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Comprehensive Allergy Center, Hannover Medical School, Hannover (B.W.) - all in Germany; the Dermatology Department, Hospital del Mar-Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, Barcelona (A.M.G.-A.); the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, St. Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto (G.S.), Service d'Allergie, Centre Hospitalier Université Laval-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Quebec, QC (J.H.), and the Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa (K.K.) - all in Canada; Baker Allergy Asthma and Dermatology Clinic, Portland, OR (D.R.B.); University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Immunology, Rheumatology, and Allergy and Bernstein Clinical Research Center, Cincinnati (J.A.B.); the Department of Dermatology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine (C.-Y.C.), and the Department of Dermatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (W.-H.C.), Taipei, Taiwan; the National Research Center-Institute of Immunology Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia, Moscow (I.D.), and the Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergology, Smolensk State Medical University, Smolensk (R.M.) - both in Russia; St. John's Institute of Dermatology, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London (C.G.), and the National Institute for Health Research-Leeds Biomedical Research Centre and Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, and the Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds (S.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, and the Immunology and Allergy Unit, Campbelltown Hospital, Campbelltown, NSW (C.K.), and Sinclair Dermatology and the Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, VIC (R.S.) - all in Australia; the Second Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Attikon University Hospital, Athens (M. Makris); Little Rock Allergy and Asthma Clinic, Little Rock, AR (K.S.); Novartis Pharma, Basel, Switzerland (J.L., T.S., R.J.); Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, NJ (A. Barve, K.K.); and Shanghai Novartis Trading, Shanghai, China (E.H.).
Background: In the majority of patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria, most currently available therapies do not result in complete symptom control. Ligelizumab is a next-generation high-affinity humanized monoclonal anti-IgE antibody. Data are limited regarding the dose-response relationship of ligelizumab and the efficacy and safety of ligelizumab as compared with omalizumab and placebo in patients who have moderate-to-severe chronic spontaneous urticaria that is inadequately controlled with H-antihistamines at approved or increased doses, alone or in combination with H-antihistamines or leukotriene-receptor antagonists.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhat Patients Want to Know about Imaging Examinations: A Multiinstitutional U.S. Survey in Adult and Pediatric Teaching Hospitals on Patient Preferences for Receiving Information before Radiologic Examinations.
Radiology
May 2018
From the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, New Haven, Conn 06520 (J.K.P.); Department of Radiology (A.T.T., M.J.G.) and Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology (B.Z.), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Department of Radiology, Division of Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala (P.B.); Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass (V.V.M., J.A.B.); Department of Radiology, Indiana University, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Ind (L.R.D.); Department of Radiology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif (E.J.Z.); Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, MGH Institute for Technology Assessment, Boston, Mass (P.V.P.).
Purpose To identify what information patients and parents or caregivers found useful before an imaging examination, from whom they preferred to receive information, and how those preferences related to patient-specific variables including demographics and prior radiologic examinations. Materials and Methods A 24-item survey was distributed at three pediatric and three adult hospitals between January and May 2015. The χ or Fisher exact test (categorical variables) and one-way analysis of variance or two-sample t test (continuous variables) were used for comparisons.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevention of Hereditary Angioedema Attacks with a Subcutaneous C1 Inhibitor.
N Engl J Med
March 2017
From Barts Health NHS Trust (H.L.) and St. John's Institute of Dermatology, Guy's Hospital (C.G.), London, and the Clinical Investigation and Research Unit, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton (M.T.) - all in the United Kingdom; Ospedale Luigi Sacco-U.O. Medicina Generale, Milan (M.C.), and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Catania, Catania (S.N.) - both in Italy; Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Penn State Hershey Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, Hershey (T. Craig), and CSL Behring, King of Prussia (D.B.-K., J.E., D.P.) - both in Pennsylvania; the Department of Dermatology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz (K.B.), and CSL Behring, Marburg (H. Feuersenger, J.-P.L., T.M., I.P.) - both in Germany; Baker Allergy, Asthma and Dermatology Research Center, Portland, OR (J. Baker); Institute for Asthma and Allergy, Chevy Chase, MD (H.H.L.); Allergy and Immunology Unit, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer (A.R.), and Allergy and Immunology Unit, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv (S.K.) - both in Israel; Clinical Research Center of Alabama, Birmingham (J. Bonner, J.A.); Department of Internal Medicine, Allergy Section Cincinnati, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati (J.A.B.), and Toledo Institute of Clinical Research, Toledo (S.M.R.) - both in Ohio; Allergy Asthma Research Associates Research Center, Dallas (W.R.L.); Hungarian Angioedema Center, Third Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest (H. Farkas); the Department of Medicine, Immunology, and Allergy, Campbelltown Hospital, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia (C.H.K.); the Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto (G.L.S.), Centre de Recherche Appliqué en Allergie de Québec, Quebec, QC (J.H.), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON (P.K.K.), Ottawa Allergy Research and University of Ottawa Medical School, Ottawa (W.Y.), and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton (B.R.) - all in Canada; Allergy and Asthma Clinical Research, Walnut Creek (J.J.), University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla (M.R., B.L.Z.), and 705 W. La Veta Ave., Suite 101, Orange (D.S.L.) - all in California; Medical Research of Arizona, Scottsdale (M.E.M.); Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón and Biomedical Research Network on Rare Diseases-U761, Institute for Health Research, Gregorio Marañón (M.L.B.), and the Allergy Department, Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research, Biomedical Research Network on Rare Diseases (T. Caballero), Madrid, the Allergy Department, IIS Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia (M.D.H.), and Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona (M.G.) - all in Spain; Asthma and Allergy Association, Colorado Springs, CO (R.N.); Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (L.B.S.); Spitalul Clinic Municipal, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (I.C.); Vital Prospects Clinical Research Institute, Tulsa, OK (I.H.); Institute of Clinical Immunology and Allergology, University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic (P.K.); Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (A.B.); and Marycliff Allergy Specialists, Spokane, WA (R.G.G.).
Background: Hereditary angioedema is a disabling, potentially fatal condition caused by deficiency (type I) or dysfunction (type II) of the C1 inhibitor protein. In a phase 2 trial, the use of CSL830, a nanofiltered C1 inhibitor preparation that is suitable for subcutaneous injection, resulted in functional levels of C1 inhibitor activity that would be expected to provide effective prophylaxis of attacks.
Methods: We conducted an international, prospective, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging, phase 3 trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of self-administered subcutaneous CSL830 in patients with type I or type II hereditary angioedema who had had four or more attacks in a consecutive 2-month period within 3 months before screening.
Inhibiting Plasma Kallikrein for Hereditary Angioedema Prophylaxis.
N Engl J Med
February 2017
From the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (A.B.), Dyax, Burlington (C. Soo, R.I., D.J.S., C.T., J.A.K., R.F., H.K., R.M., C. Stevens, J.C.B., Y.C., B.A.), and ICON Clinical Research, Marlborough (J.G.S.) - all in Massachusetts; the Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (P.B.), and Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola (M.D.-L.) - both in New York; Triumpharma, Amman, Jordan (M.S., A.A.-G.); Asthma and Allergy Research Associates, Dallas (W.L.); the Division of Allergy and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (H.J.W.); Allergy and Asthma Medical Group, Walnut Creek (J.J.), and the Department of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego (M.R.) - both in California; Baker Allergy, Asthma, and Dermatology, Lake Oswego, OR (J.B.); the Department of Internal Medicine-Allergy Section Cincinnati, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati (J.A.B.); the Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa (R.L.); the Institute for Asthma and Allergy, Chevy Chase, MD (H.H.L.); the Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Penn State Hershey Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, Hershey, PA (T.C.); and the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Luigi Sacco, University of Milan, and Luigi Sacco Hospital Milan, Milan (M.C.).
Background: Hereditary angioedema with C1 inhibitor deficiency is characterized by recurrent, unpredictable swelling episodes caused by uncontrolled plasma kallikrein generation and excessive bradykinin release resulting from cleavage of high-molecular-weight kininogen. Lanadelumab (DX-2930) is a new kallikrein inhibitor with the potential for prophylactic treatment of hereditary angioedema with C1 inhibitor deficiency.
Methods: We conducted a phase 1b, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multiple-ascending-dose trial.