ArticleRespirology case reports2021
Mepolizumab use in cystic fibrosis-associated allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.
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- Pooled it
- Biologic drugs in treating allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in patients with cystic fibrosis: a systematic review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2022Pooled it
- Biologic switching in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: a scoping review of published clinical experience.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Review
- A Multicenter Retrospective Study Evaluating IL-5-Targeted Biologic Therapies for the Treatment of Asthma and Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis in Adults With Cystic Fibrosis.CHEST pulmonary · 2025Article
- A 48-year-old male with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: a rare case report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Review
- Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA) in the Era of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) Modulators.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The impact of CFTR modulator triple therapy on type 2 inflammatory response in patients with cystic fibrosis.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2023Article
- The Impact of CFTR Modulator Triple Therapy on Type 2 Inflammatory Response in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis.Research square · 2023Article
- Nanotechnology-Based Approaches for Voriconazole Delivery Applied to Invasive Fungal Infections.Pharmaceutics · 2023Review
- Mepolizumab in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis complicated by infection.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2023Article
- Molecular targets for cystic fibrosis and therapeutic potential of monoclonal antibodies.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2022Review
- Mepolizumab use in cystic fibrosis-associated allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.Respirology case reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is common in cystic fibrosis (CF). Treatment is challenging and the relapse rate is high. Standard therapy is oral steroids and antifungals. However, long-term systemic steroid often results in adverse effects and drug interactions between azoles and CFTR modulators are a potential concern. Mepolizumab, an anti-interleukin (IL)-5 monoclonal antibody, can benefit patients with severe eosinophilic asthma and there are reports of mepolizumab use in ABPA but not in ABPA complicating CF. We present the case of an adult with CF who had recurrent ABPA and intolerable treatment side effects with steroid, azole, and omalizumab. Mepolizumab was well tolerated and led to significantly improved clinical stability and symptomatic improvement. To our knowledge, this is the first report of successful mepolizumab treatment for ABPA in CF. Mepolizumab may be an important adjunctive treatment for difficult to control ABPA in CF.
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