Sex and gender in asthma

NU Chowdhury, VP Guntur… - European …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Asthma is a heterogenous disease, and its prevalence and severity are different in males
versus females through various ages. As children, boys have an increased prevalence of …

[HTML][HTML] Rhinovirus infections and their roles in asthma: etiology and exacerbations

DJ Jackson, JE Gern - The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rhinovirus infections can cause wheezing illnesses in all age groups. In preschool children,
rhinovirus infections frequently initiate acute wheezing illnesses. Children who wheeze with …

Oral corticosteroid elimination via a personalised reduction algorithm in adults with severe, eosinophilic asthma treated with benralizumab (PONENTE): a multicentre …

A Menzies-Gow, M Gurnell, LG Heaney… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background No consensus exists on how to reduce oral corticosteroids after the initiation of
biologics in severe asthma. The PONENTE trial evaluated the effectiveness and safety of a …

Real-world effectiveness of benralizumab in severe eosinophilic asthma

JE Kavanagh, AP Hearn, J Dhariwal, G d'Ancona… - Chest, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Benralizumab is an IL5-receptor monoclonal antibody licensed for the treatment
of severe eosinophilic asthma (SEA). It has demonstrated efficacy in clinical trials in …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical remission in severe asthma: a pooled post hoc analysis of the patient journey with benralizumab

A Menzies-Gow, FL Hoyte, DB Price, D Cohen… - Advances in …, 2022 - Springer
Introduction Consensus definitions for clinical remission and super-response were recently
established for severe asthma. Benralizumab is an interleukin-5 (IL-5) receptor α-directed …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated safety and efficacy among patients receiving benralizumab for up to 5 years

S Korn, A Bourdin, G Chupp, BG Cosio… - The Journal of Allergy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Benralizumab is an IL-5Rα–directed monoclonal antibody indicated for patients
with severe, uncontrolled eosinophilic asthma. Objective To evaluate the long-term safety …

[HTML][HTML] Eosinophilic and noneosinophilic asthma: an expert consensus framework to characterize phenotypes in a global real-life severe asthma cohort

LG Heaney, LP de Llano, M Al-Ahmad, V Backer… - Chest, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Phenotypic characteristics of patients with eosinophilic and noneosinophilic
asthma are not well characterized in global, real-life severe asthma cohorts. Research …

[HTML][HTML] Eosinophils and eosinophilic immune dysfunction in health and disease

DJ Jackson, P Akuthota… - European Respiratory …, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The functions ascribed to eosinophils have classically been limited to host defence against
certain parasitic infections and potentially deleterious effects in the setting of specific …

Real world biologic use and switch patterns in severe asthma: data from the International Severe Asthma Registry and the US CHRONICLE Study

AN Menzies-Gow, C McBrien, B Unni… - Journal of asthma …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction International registries provide opportunities to describe use of biologics for
treating severe asthma in current clinical practice. Our aims were to describe real-life global …

The management of severe asthma in 2020

A Côté, K Godbout, LP Boulet - Biochemical pharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways affecting more than 300 million
patients worldwide. The disease can be of various severity ranging from very mild to severe …