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ArticleJournal of asthma and allergy2020

Clinical Determinants of Successful Omalizumab Therapy in Severe Allergic Asthma Patients: 4-Year-Long, Real-Life Observation.

Aleksandra Kucharczyk, Ewa Więsik-Szewczyk, Anna Poznańska, Karina Jahnz-Różyk

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Article in Journal of asthma and allergy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Aleksandra KucharczykDepartment of Internal Medicine, Pulmonology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of National Defence, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.
Ewa Więsik-SzewczykDepartment of Internal Medicine, Pulmonology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of National Defence, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8509-4453
Anna PoznańskaDepartment of Population Health Monitoring and Analysis, National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2026-7293
Karina Jahnz-RóżykDepartment of Internal Medicine, Pulmonology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of National Defence, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3505-1858

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Abstract

introductionOmalizumab is a high-cost therapy recommended for the treatment of severe allergic asthma.

objectiveTo find clinical parameters that are related to the sustained response to omalizumab. PATIENTS AND

methodsThis retrospective, real-life, 4-year follow-up was provided in Poland between March 2013 and May 2019. The success of omalizumab was assessed based on composed subjective and objective criteria. Simple/multiple regression analyses were performed to search for predictors of the response to omalizumab.

resultsA total of 989 severe allergic asthma patients were referred for omalizumab therapy, of whom 854 patients were considered eligible for treatment. At weeks 16 and 52, omalizumab was successful in 84% and 91% of patients, respectively. Treatment effectiveness was maintained up to the 4-year follow-up. Four predictors of the response to omalizumab were found at week 16 and two at week 52. The results at week 16 may be used as predictors of success at week 52 based on the model including baseline FEV1% and change in ACQ-7 and miniAQLQ score at week 16: the area under the ROC curve equals 0.746 [95% CI: 0.672-0.820].

conclusionOmalizumab therapy is very effective, with this efficacy sustained after 4 years of treatment. Success of the therapy can be predicted from the baseline FEV1% and clinical improvement (based on ACQ-7 and miniAQLQ scores) at week 16.

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allergic asthmaanti-IgEbiologicspersonalized therapy

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PMCPMC7754267

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