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ReviewDrug safety2017

Targeting Interleukin-5 or Interleukin-5Rα: Safety Considerations.

Diego Bagnasco, Matteo Ferrando, Marco Caminati, Alice Bragantini, Francesca Puggioni, Gilda Varricchi, Giovanni Passalacqua, Giorgio Walter Canonica

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Review in Drug safety, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. Specific Therapy for T2 Asthma.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022
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  9. Functions of tissue-resident eosinophils.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Diego BagnascoAllergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Matteo FerrandoAllergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Marco CaminatiAllergy Unit, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Alice BragantiniAllergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Francesca PuggioniRespiratory Disease Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy.
Gilda VarricchiDivision of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Giovanni PassalacquaAllergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Giorgio Walter CanonicaAllergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy. canonica@unige.it.
University of Genoa · ITHumanitas University · ITOspedale Policlinico San Martino · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · ITUniversity of Verona · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asthma is a highly prevalent chronic disease of the airways; approximately 10% of patients with asthma will experience a severe form of the disease. New understanding of the pathogenesis of asthma has enabled the development of novel drugs and provided hope for patients with asthma. Interleukin (IL)-5 and IL-5 receptor subunit α (IL-5-Rα) plays a crucial role in the development, maturation, and operation of eosinophils so were the first important therapeutic target of these new drugs. While the results of early clinical trials of these drugs were not promising, results improved once researchers discovered the drugs worked best in patients with high eosinophil levels. Patients treated with both anti-IL-5 and IL-5-Rα experienced significant decreases in exacerbations. Trials have also demonstrated promising safety profiles; adverse events have been few and frequently only observed with placebo or considered unrelated to the study drug. The positive efficacy and safety profiles of these drugs has led to trials with interesting results in other diseases that are also secondary to the action of eosinophils: Churg-Strauss syndrome, hypereosinophilic syndrome, nasal polyposis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, atopic dermatitis, and esophagitis. In this review, we explore the main clinical trials of anti-IL-5 and IL-5-Rα, both in asthma and in other pathologies, with particular reference to the interesting safety and efficacy results.

Indexed as

AsthmaBiomarkersHumansInterleukin-5Interleukin-5 Receptor alpha SubunitBiomarkersIL5RA protein, humanInterleukin-5Interleukin-5 Receptor alpha Subunit

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PMID28321782
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