Clinical response to biologicals for severe asthma: any relevance for sex in different age ranges?
Background Whether sex can influence the clinical response to biological treatment in patients with severe asthma has not been fully addressed. Aims and methods The aim of this study was to investigate in patients with severe asthma undergoing biological treatment the individual evolution of lung fu...
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| author | Roberto Benoni Silvia Panunzi Veronica Batani Francesca Moretti Stefano Fuggini Mattia Todesco Gianenrico Senna Albino Poli Andrea Vianello Marco Caminati |
| author_facet | Roberto Benoni Silvia Panunzi Veronica Batani Francesca Moretti Stefano Fuggini Mattia Todesco Gianenrico Senna Albino Poli Andrea Vianello Marco Caminati |
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| description | Background
Whether sex can influence the clinical response to biological treatment in patients with severe asthma has not been fully addressed.
Aims and methods
The aim of this study was to investigate in patients with severe asthma undergoing biological treatment the individual evolution of lung function measurements and patient-reported asthma control scores over a 12-month follow-up period, in relation to patients’ sex, in different age ranges. Second, the change in the administered dose of oral corticosteroids (OCS) before and after 12 months of treatment was investigated.
Results
64 patients (58% female and 42% male) with a median age of 52 years were enrolled in the study. There were no relevant differences between sexes in terms of lung function, patient-reported asthma control, exacerbation rate and daily OCS dose within the study timeframe. A separate sub-analysis by biological treatment confirmed the same finding. Stratifying individuals by age, we showed that older men had lower lung function parameter values (forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) % predicted and FEV1/forced vital capacity index) than older women, whereas an opposite trend was observed in terms of Asthma Control Test score. No other relevant differences were detected after age stratification.
Conclusion
According to our findings, sex does not act as a determinant of treatment response to biologicals in people with severe asthma. Although to be confirmed in larger studies, our data suggest that neither sex nor age should limit biological treatment prescription, once the eligibility criteria for that therapy are satisfied. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-582225a89fa842b78a5bb98c3c7cbf062023-06-07T13:30:19ZengEuropean Respiratory SocietyERJ Open Research2312-05412022-07-018310.1183/23120541.00670-202100670-2021Clinical response to biologicals for severe asthma: any relevance for sex in different age ranges?Roberto Benoni0Silvia Panunzi1Veronica Batani2Francesca Moretti3Stefano Fuggini4Mattia Todesco5Gianenrico Senna6Albino Poli7Andrea Vianello8Marco Caminati9 Section of Hygiene, Dept of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Dept of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy Dept of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy Section of Hygiene, Dept of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy Section of Hygiene, Dept of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy Asthma Center and Allergy Unit, Verona University Hospital, Verona, Italy Dept of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy Section of Hygiene, Dept of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy Respiratory Pathophysiology Unit, Dept of Cardiological, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy Dept of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy Background Whether sex can influence the clinical response to biological treatment in patients with severe asthma has not been fully addressed. Aims and methods The aim of this study was to investigate in patients with severe asthma undergoing biological treatment the individual evolution of lung function measurements and patient-reported asthma control scores over a 12-month follow-up period, in relation to patients’ sex, in different age ranges. Second, the change in the administered dose of oral corticosteroids (OCS) before and after 12 months of treatment was investigated. Results 64 patients (58% female and 42% male) with a median age of 52 years were enrolled in the study. There were no relevant differences between sexes in terms of lung function, patient-reported asthma control, exacerbation rate and daily OCS dose within the study timeframe. A separate sub-analysis by biological treatment confirmed the same finding. Stratifying individuals by age, we showed that older men had lower lung function parameter values (forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) % predicted and FEV1/forced vital capacity index) than older women, whereas an opposite trend was observed in terms of Asthma Control Test score. No other relevant differences were detected after age stratification. Conclusion According to our findings, sex does not act as a determinant of treatment response to biologicals in people with severe asthma. Although to be confirmed in larger studies, our data suggest that neither sex nor age should limit biological treatment prescription, once the eligibility criteria for that therapy are satisfied.http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/8/3/00670-2021.full |
| spellingShingle | Roberto Benoni Silvia Panunzi Veronica Batani Francesca Moretti Stefano Fuggini Mattia Todesco Gianenrico Senna Albino Poli Andrea Vianello Marco Caminati Clinical response to biologicals for severe asthma: any relevance for sex in different age ranges? ERJ Open Research |
| title | Clinical response to biologicals for severe asthma: any relevance for sex in different age ranges? |
| title_full | Clinical response to biologicals for severe asthma: any relevance for sex in different age ranges? |
| title_fullStr | Clinical response to biologicals for severe asthma: any relevance for sex in different age ranges? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical response to biologicals for severe asthma: any relevance for sex in different age ranges? |
| title_short | Clinical response to biologicals for severe asthma: any relevance for sex in different age ranges? |
| title_sort | clinical response to biologicals for severe asthma any relevance for sex in different age ranges |
| url | http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/8/3/00670-2021.full |
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