Biomarkers for severe eosinophilic asthma.

The last decade has seen the approval of several new biologics for the treatment of severe asthma-targeting specific endotypes and phenotypes. This review will examine how evidence generated from the mepolizumab clinical development program showed that blood eosinophil counts, rather than sputum or...

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मुख्य लेखकों: Yancey, S, Keene, O, Albers, F, Ortega, H, Bates, S, Bleecker, E, Pavord, I
स्वरूप: Journal article
भाषा:English
प्रकाशित: Elsevier 2017
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author Yancey, S
Keene, O
Albers, F
Ortega, H
Bates, S
Bleecker, E
Pavord, I
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description The last decade has seen the approval of several new biologics for the treatment of severe asthma-targeting specific endotypes and phenotypes. This review will examine how evidence generated from the mepolizumab clinical development program showed that blood eosinophil counts, rather than sputum or tissue eosinophil counts, evolved as a pharmacodynamic and predictive biomarker for the efficacy of treatment with mepolizumab in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma. Based on the available evidence and combined with clinical judgement, a baseline blood eosinophil threshold of 150 cells/μL or greater or a historical blood eosinophil threshold of 300 cells/μL or greater will allow selection of patients with severe eosinophilic asthma who are most likely to achieve clinically significant reductions in the rate of exacerbations with mepolizumab treatment.
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spelling oxford-uuid:9868a627-47b0-42a7-bc5e-5d17daa86b2e2022-03-27T00:06:47ZBiomarkers for severe eosinophilic asthma.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:9868a627-47b0-42a7-bc5e-5d17daa86b2eEnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordElsevier2017Yancey, SKeene, OAlbers, FOrtega, HBates, SBleecker, EPavord, IThe last decade has seen the approval of several new biologics for the treatment of severe asthma-targeting specific endotypes and phenotypes. This review will examine how evidence generated from the mepolizumab clinical development program showed that blood eosinophil counts, rather than sputum or tissue eosinophil counts, evolved as a pharmacodynamic and predictive biomarker for the efficacy of treatment with mepolizumab in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma. Based on the available evidence and combined with clinical judgement, a baseline blood eosinophil threshold of 150 cells/μL or greater or a historical blood eosinophil threshold of 300 cells/μL or greater will allow selection of patients with severe eosinophilic asthma who are most likely to achieve clinically significant reductions in the rate of exacerbations with mepolizumab treatment.
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title Biomarkers for severe eosinophilic asthma.
title_full Biomarkers for severe eosinophilic asthma.
title_fullStr Biomarkers for severe eosinophilic asthma.
title_full_unstemmed Biomarkers for severe eosinophilic asthma.
title_short Biomarkers for severe eosinophilic asthma.
title_sort biomarkers for severe eosinophilic asthma
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