Biologics and airway remodeling in severe asthma

G Varricchi, S Ferri, J Pepys, R Poto, G Spadaro… - Allergy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease resulting in airflow obstruction, which in
part can become irreversible to conventional therapies, defining the concept of airway …

Asthma remission: what is it and how can it be achieved?

D Thomas, VM McDonald, ID Pavord… - European Respiratory …, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Asthma treatment goals currently focus on symptom and exacerbation control rather than
remission. Remission is not identical to cure, but is a step closer. This review considers the …

[HTML][HTML] Interleukin-5 in the pathophysiology of severe asthma

C Pelaia, G Paoletti, F Puggioni, F Racca… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Interleukin-5 (IL-5) exerts a central pathogenic role in differentiation, recruitment, survival,
and degranulation of eosinophils. Indeed, during the last years, significant advances have …

[HTML][HTML] An expert consensus framework for asthma remission as a treatment goal

A Menzies-Gow, M Bafadhel, WW Busse… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
With novel therapies in development, there is an opportunity to consider asthma remission
as a treatment goal. In this Rostrum, we present a generalized framework for clinical and …

Anti-alarmins in asthma: targeting the airway epithelium with next-generation biologics

CM Porsbjerg, A Sverrild, CM Lloyd… - European …, 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Monoclonal antibody therapies have significantly improved treatment outcomes for patients
with severe asthma; however, a significant disease burden remains. Available biologic …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis and management of asthma in children

J Martin, J Townshend, M Brodlie - BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Asthma is the the most common chronic respiratory condition of childhood worldwide, with
around 14% of children and young people affected. Despite the high prevalence, paediatric …

Understanding the key issues in the treatment of uncontrolled persistent asthma with type 2 inflammation

WW Busse, M Kraft, KF Rabe, Y Deniz… - European …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Asthma is a complex respiratory disease that varies in severity and response to treatment.
Several asthma phenotypes with unique clinical and inflammatory characteristics have been …

Use of fractional exhaled nitric oxide to guide the treatment of asthma: an official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline

SB Khatri, JM Iaccarino, A Barochia… - American journal of …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Background: The fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) test is a point-of-care test that is
used in the assessment of asthma. Objective: To provide evidence-based clinical guidance …

[HTML][HTML] NAVIGATOR: a phase 3 multicentre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tezepelumab in …

A Menzies-Gow, G Colice, JM Griffiths, G Almqvist… - Respiratory …, 2020 - Springer
Background Patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma have a significant unmet need for
new treatments that have broader effects on airway inflammation, and that provide greater …

Targeting interleukin-33 and thymic stromal lymphopoietin pathways for novel pulmonary therapeutics in asthma and COPD

AA Calderon, C Dimond, DF Choy… - European …, 2023 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Interleukin-33 (IL-33) and thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) are alarmins that are
released upon airway epithelial injury from insults such as viruses and cigarette smoke, and …