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ArticleJournal of asthma and allergy2021

Therapeutic Effects of Benralizumab Assessed in Patients with Severe Eosinophilic Asthma: Real-Life Evaluation Correlated with Allergic and Non-Allergic Phenotype Expression.

Corrado Pelaia, Claudia Crimi, Alida Benfante, Maria Filomena Caiaffa, Cecilia Calabrese, Giovanna Elisiana Carpagnano, Domenico Ciotta, Maria D'Amato, Luigi Macchia, Santi Nolasco and 8 more

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Article in Journal of asthma and allergy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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35citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

Corrado PelaiaDepartment of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4236-7367
Claudia CrimiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9088-5214
Alida BenfanteDepartment of Biomedicine and Internal and Specialistic Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Maria Filomena CaiaffaAllergology and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Cecilia CalabreseDepartment of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Foggia, Italy.
Giovanna Elisiana CarpagnanoDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, Section of Respiratory Disease, University "Aldo Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Domenico CiottaDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2367-3019
Maria D'AmatoDivision of Pneumology, "V. Monaldi" University Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Luigi MacchiaAllergology and Clinical Immunology Unit, University "Aldo Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Santi NolascoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3995-7662
Girolamo PelaiaDepartment of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9288-8913
Simona PellegrinoDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy.
Nicola ScichiloneDepartment of Biomedicine and Internal and Specialistic Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6400-6573
Giulia SciosciaDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Institute of Respiratory Diseases, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Giuseppe SpadaroAllergology and Immunology Unit, University "Federico II" of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Giuseppe ValentiAllergology and Pulmonology Unit, Provincial Outpatient Center of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Alessandro VatrellaDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8265-3037
Nunzio CrimiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
University of Catania · ITUniversity of Palermo · ITUniversity of Salerno · ITMagna Graecia University · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · ITUniversity of Foggia · ITOspedale Monaldi · ITUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBenralizumab can be utilized as add-on biological treatment of severe eosinophilic asthma. However, so far only a few real-life studies have been published with regard to the use of this anti-IL-5 receptor humanized monoclonal antibody.

objectiveThe primary aim of this multicenter observational investigation has been to assess the therapeutic effects of benralizumab in patients with severe uncontrolled, corticosteroid refractory eosinophilic asthma. The secondary objective was to evaluate the efficacy of benralizumab with regard to positive or negative skin prick test (SPT).

methodsClinical, functional, and laboratory parameters were evaluated in order to verify the therapeutic actions of benralizumab in atopic and non atopic subjects with difficult-to-treat eosinophilic asthma. Moreover, a comparative evaluation was carried out in relation to the presence or absence of SPT positivity.

resultsAfter 6 months of add-on biological therapy with benralizumab, our 111 patients experienced a marked improvement of their severe eosinophilic asthma, expressed by significant changes in asthma exacerbation rate, prednisone intake, daily use of short-acting β CONCLUSION AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Taken together, the results of this real-world study indicate that in both allergic and non-allergic subjects benralizumab can be used as a valuable pharmacotherapeutic option for add-on biological therapy of severe eosinophilic asthma, regardless of SPT positivity or negativity.

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allergic and non-allergic phenotypesasthma exacerbationsbenralizumabIL-5 receptorsevere eosinophilic asthma

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PMID33654413
PMCPMC7910091
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