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Trial reportThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2014

Unsupervised phenotyping of Severe Asthma Research Program participants using expanded lung data.

Wei Wu, Eugene Bleecker, Wendy Moore, William W Busse, Mario Castro, Kian Fan Chung, William J Calhoun, Serpil Erzurum, Benjamin Gaston, Elliot Israel and 2 more

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Trial report in The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04888910 (Novel Inflammatory Markers in Different Phenotypes of Severe Asthma), which is not on this map. Cited by 140 papers.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT04888910 unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Novel Inflammatory Markers in Different Phenotypes of Severe Asthma

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity of PisaRan2021 to 2023Enrolled80ConditionsAsthma, Nasal PolypsArmsobservational
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

140 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. Sex Differences in Lung B Cell Responses in a Murine Model of Asthma.International archives of allergy and immunology · 2026
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  12. Leveraging artificial intelligence for the management of preschool wheeze: A narrative review.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Wei WuLane Center for Computational Biology, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa. Electronic address: weiwu2@cs.cmu.edu.
Eugene BleeckerCenter for Human Genomics, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.
Wendy MooreCenter for Human Genomics, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.
William W BusseDivision of Allergy and Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
Mario CastroDivision of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo.
Kian Fan ChungNational Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
William J CalhounDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Tex.
Serpil ErzurumDepartment of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Benjamin GastonDivision of Pediatric Pulmonology, and Allergy/Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Elliot IsraelPulmonary Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Douglas Curran-EverettNational Jewish Medical and Research Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colo.
Sally E WenzelNational Jewish Medical and Research Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colo; Asthma Institute, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. Electronic address: wenzelse@upmc.edu.

Funding

University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000005 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2015
$50.8M
WORKER PROTECTION AGAINST AIRBORNE INFLUENZA - A PILOT STUDYM01RR007122 · NCRR · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HUNDLEY, WILLIAM GREGORY · 1992 to 2010
$35.2M
Institutional Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR000427 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI DREZNER, MARC KENNETH · 2012 to 2016
$32.2M
ZOSUQUIDAR TRIHYDROCHLORIDE IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED AMLM01RR003186 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI TRAYNOR, ANNE M · 1986 to 2007
$19.3M
VIRALLY-INDUCED STAT-1, STAT-3 AND STAT-6M01RR018390 · NCRR · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI CULVER, DANIEL A · 2003 to 2007
$11.0M
Severe Asthma Research ProjectR01HL069174 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WENZEL, SALLY E · 2001 to 2010
$9.2M
Genome Wide Association for Asthma and Lung FunctionR01HL087665 · NHLBI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MEYERS, DEBORAH A. · 2007 to 2009
$7.7M
Severe Asthma From Respiratory InfectionsR01HL069116 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI BUSSE, WILLIAM W. · 2001 to 2010
$7.6M
Genotype-Phenotype Interactions in Severe AsthmaR01HL069167 · NHLBI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI BLEECKER, EUGENE ROLAND · 2001 to 2010
$5.5M
NIDA Center of Excellence OF Computational Drug Abuse Research (CDAR)P30DA035778 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BAHAR, IVET, XIE, XIANG-QUN · 2014 to 2018
$5.4M
Redox Determinants of Severe AsthmaR01HL069170 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI ERZURUM, SERPIL C. · 2001 to 2010
$5.1M
AMSA: ALXR/FBR Mediated Signaling in Severe AsthmaU10HL109172 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI ISRAEL, ELLIOT, LEVY, BRUCE D · 2011 to 2016
$4.2M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPrevious studies have identified asthma phenotypes based on small numbers of clinical, physiologic, or inflammatory characteristics. However, no studies have used a wide range of variables using machine learning approaches.

objectivesWe sought to identify subphenotypes of asthma by using blood, bronchoscopic, exhaled nitric oxide, and clinical data from the Severe Asthma Research Program with unsupervised clustering and then characterize them by using supervised learning approaches.

methodsUnsupervised clustering approaches were applied to 112 clinical, physiologic, and inflammatory variables from 378 subjects. Variable selection and supervised learning techniques were used to select relevant and nonredundant variables and address their predictive values, as well as the predictive value of the full variable set.

resultsTen variable clusters and 6 subject clusters were identified, which differed and overlapped with previous clusters. Patients with traditionally defined severe asthma were distributed through subject clusters 3 to 6. Cluster 4 identified patients with early-onset allergic asthma with low lung function and eosinophilic inflammation. Patients with later-onset, mostly severe asthma with nasal polyps and eosinophilia characterized cluster 5. Cluster 6 asthmatic patients manifested persistent inflammation in blood and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and exacerbations despite high systemic corticosteroid use and side effects. Age of asthma onset, quality of life, symptoms, medications, and health care use were some of the 51 nonredundant variables distinguishing subject clusters. These 51 variables classified test cases with 88% accuracy compared with 93% accuracy with all 112 variables.

conclusionThe unsupervised machine learning approaches used here provide unique insights into disease, confirming other approaches while revealing novel additional phenotypes.

Indexed as

AsthmaLungPhenotypeSeverity of Illness IndexAdrenal Cortex HormonesAdultAge of OnsetBronchoalveolar LavageEosinophiliaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNasal PolypsAdrenal Cortex HormonesAsthma phenotypingsupervised machine learning approachesunsupervised approachesvariable analysis

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PMID24589344
PMCPMC4038417

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