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Trial reportThe European respiratory journal2023

Inhaled anti-TSLP antibody fragment, ecleralimab, blocks responses to allergen in mild asthma.

Gail M Gauvreau, Jens M Hohlfeld, J Mark FitzGerald, Louis-Philippe Boulet, Donald W Cockcroft, Beth E Davis, Stephanie Korn, Oliver Kornmann, Richard Leigh, Irvin Mayers and 9 more

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled TrialMulticenter Study
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Trial report in The European respiratory journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Targeting alarmins in asthma: From bench to clinic.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 10 institutions in 4 countries.

Gail M GauvreauDepartment of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada gauvreau@mcmaster.ca.
Jens M HohlfeldFraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine and Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2646-6186
J Mark FitzGeraldCentre for Lung Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Louis-Philippe BouletQuébec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada.
Donald W CockcroftDivision of Respirology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Beth E DavisDivision of Respirology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Stephanie KornIKF Pneumologie Mainz and Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg, Germany.
Oliver KornmannIKF Pneumologie Frankfurt, Clinical Research Centre Respiratory Diseases, Frankfurt, Germany.
Richard LeighDepartment of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Irvin MayersDivision of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Henrik WatzPulmonary Research Institute at Lungen Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Centre North (ARCN), German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Grosshansdorf, Germany.
Sarah S GrantNovartis Institutes of Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Monish JainNovartis Institutes of Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Maciej CabanskiNovartis Institutes of Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3107-5051
Peter E PertelNovartis Institutes of Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Ieuan JonesNovartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Jean R LecotNovartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Hui CaoNovartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA.
Paul M O'ByrneDepartment of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0979-281X
Novartis (United States) · USMcMaster University · CANovartis (Switzerland) · CHUniversity of Saskatchewan · CAGerman Center for Lung Research · DEMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEUniversité Laval · CAUniversity of Alberta · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CAUniversity of Calgary · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is a key upstream regulator driving allergic inflammatory responses. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of ecleralimab, a potent inhaled neutralising antibody fragment against human TSLP, using allergen inhalation challenge (AIC) in subjects with mild atopic asthma.

methodsThis was a 12-week, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-design, multicentre allergen bronchoprovocation study conducted at 10 centres across Canada and Germany. Subjects aged 18-60 years with stable mild atopic asthma were randomised (1:1) to receive 4 mg once-daily inhaled ecleralimab or placebo. Primary end-points were the allergen-induced change in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV

results28 subjects were randomised to ecleralimab (n=15) or placebo (n=13). On day 84, ecleralimab significantly attenuated LAR AUC

conclusionEcleralimab significantly attenuated allergen-induced bronchoconstriction and airway inflammation, and was safe in subjects with mild atopic asthma.

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AsthmaHypersensitivity, ImmediateAdministration, InhalationAdolescentAdultAllergensBronchial Provocation TestsCross-Over StudiesCytokinesDouble-Blind MethodForced Expiratory VolumeHumansImmunoglobulin FragmentsMiddle AgedSputumThymic Stromal LymphopoietinAllergensCytokinesImmunoglobulin FragmentsThymic Stromal Lymphopoietin

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PMID36822634
PMCPMC9996823
OpenAlexW4321617811

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