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ReviewAnnals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology2020

Biologics in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis.

Tanya M Laidlaw, Kathleen M Buchheit

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In one paragraph

Review in Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
46citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 103 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Biologics for chronic rhinosinusitis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  12. New insights into the mechanisms of aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease.Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology · 2025
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  15. Correlation of sino-nasal outcome test and nasal polyp score in dupilumab-treated chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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  18. Biologics: The Good, the Bad and the Future of Ear, Nose and Throat.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tanya M LaidlawDepartment of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Jeff and Penny Vinik Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: tlaidlaw@bwh.harvard.edu.
Kathleen M BuchheitDepartment of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Jeff and Penny Vinik Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Harvard University · US

Funding

Prostaglandin D2: A Key Mediator of Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory DiseaseR01HL128241 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LAIDLAW, TANYA MARIA · 2015 to 2019
$2.2M
The Role of IL-5 and Local Nasal Polyp Immunoglobulin Production in Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory DiseaseK23AI139352 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BUCHHEIT, KATHLEEN MARY · 2019 to 2023
$1.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL128241NIAID NIH HHS K23 AI139352
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveChronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is a common and heterogeneous inflammatory condition, for which the drivers of the underlying inflammation are not yet fully understood. The use of biologic therapies to target specifically relevant effector cells or cytokines in CRSwNP is a growing field of interest. The objectives of this review are to provide an update on the existing studies of biologics in CRSwNP and to identify potential future areas for further research. DATA SOURCES: An initial literature review of biologic therapies in CRS was performed through publications gathered from a PubMed search for title/abstract containing "biologic" and "chronic rhinosinusitis." Further manuscripts describing scientific premise for each biologic were then reviewed. STUDY SELECTIONS: A detailed review of all studies describing biologic therapies targeting inflammation in CRSwNP was performed.

resultsBiologic therapies targeting interleukin (IL)-4Rα, IL-5, IL-5Rα, IL-33, immunoglobulin (Ig)E, and thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) have all been developed and have been investigated for treatment in CRSwNP, or current research suggests that they may have utility in this area. Only dupilumab, which inhibits IL-4Rα, has gained Food and Drug Administration approval for the treatment of adults with inadequately controlled CRSwNP.

conclusionRecent advances in our understanding of the fundamental drivers of the chronic respiratory inflammation in CRSwNP has led to the identification of several potential therapeutic targets for this disease. Future clinical success will rely on the availability of biomarker-based endotyping and responder analyses so that clinicians can precisely match each patient to the appropriate biologic, thereby optimizing the proper treatment strategy.

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Biological ProductsChronic DiseaseHumansNasal PolypsRhinitisSinusitisBiological Products

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PMID31830587
PMCPMC7113089
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