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ReviewEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society2022

Biologics in severe asthma: the role of real-world evidence from registries.

Giovanni Paoletti, Jack Pepys, Marta Casini, Danilo Di Bona, Enrico Heffler, Celine Y Y Goh, David B Price, Giorgio Walter Canonica

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Review in European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Real-World Experience of Dupilumab Treatment for Patients with COPD - A Single Center Prospective Study.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025
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  14. Parasitic Infections and Biological Therapies Targeting Type 2 Inflammation: A VigiBase Study.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2023
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  18. Adult Severe Asthma Registries: A Global and Growing Inventory.Pragmatic and observational research · 2023
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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 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Giovanni PaolettiIRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3953-9225
Jack PepysDept of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1441-0145
Marta CasiniDept of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1639-9469
Danilo Di BonaSchool and Chair of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Dept of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9728-3806
Enrico HefflerIRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0492-5663
Celine Y Y GohOptimum Patient Care Global, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4571-8468
David B PriceOptimum Patient Care Global, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9728-9992
Giorgio Walter CanonicaIRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy giorgio_walter.canonica@hunimed.eu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8467-2557
Humanitas University · ITObservational & Pragmatic Research Institute · SGUniversity of Aberdeen · GBUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asthma is one of the most common noncommunicable diseases; in the majority of patients it is well controlled with inhaled bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroids, but the management of severe asthma has been a significant challenge historically. The introduction of novel biologic drugs in the past few decades has revolutionised the field, presenting physicians with a variety of biologic drugs with different mechanisms for the treatment of severe asthma.It is of crucial importance to evaluate the effectiveness of these drugs by following their "real-life" effectiveness rather than relying solely on their efficacy, established in carefully designed clinical trials, which therefore do not necessarily match the profile of the real-life patient. Understanding the actual effectiveness of the specific drugs in real-life patients is a crucial part of tailoring the right drugs to the right patients. Registries serve as an important tool in obtaining real-life evidence, since they are in effect observational studies, following the entire patient population.

Indexed as

Anti-Asthmatic AgentsAsthmaBiological ProductsAdrenal Cortex HormonesBronchodilator AgentsHumansRegistriesAdrenal Cortex HormonesAnti-Asthmatic AgentsBiological ProductsBronchodilator Agents

Identifiers

PMID35675922
PMCPMC9489006
OpenAlexW4282930585

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