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ArticleThe open respiratory medicine journal2022

Real-life Effectiveness of Omalizumab in Patients with Severe Allergic Asthma: RELIEF Study.

Mona Al Ahmad, Lilia Margarita Borboa Olivares, Alexandre Pinto Cardoso, Wagih Djazmati, Miguel Angel Vinuesa, María de Jesús García Domínguez, Alcindo Cerci Neto, Luis Ugalde Gamboa, Jason K Lee, Nadine Pinho and 1 more

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Article in The open respiratory medicine journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Safety of biologics for the treatment of asthma in children and adolescents: a systematic review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025
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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

11 authors at 7 institutions in 8 countries.

Mona Al AhmadDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
Lilia Margarita Borboa OlivaresISSSTEP, Puebla, México.
Alexandre Pinto CardosoInstituto Doenças do Tórax UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Wagih DjazmatiSheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Miguel Angel VinuesaSanatorio Británico, Rosario, Argentina.
María de Jesús García DomínguezConsultorio Médico de Guadalupe/CHPTR, ISSSTE Campeche, México.
Alcindo Cerci NetoHospital Universitário da, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil.
Luis Ugalde GamboaClínica Americana, San José, Costa Rica.
Jason K LeeEvidence Based Medical Educator, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Nadine PinhoGlobal Drug Development, Novartis Biociencias S.A., Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Paolo TassinariNovartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers · MXNovartis (Switzerland) · CHInstituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Doenças Tropicais · BRKuwait University · KWShaikh Khalifa Medical City · AEUniversidad Americana · CRUniversidade Estadual de Londrina · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Patients with severe allergic asthma (SAA) are at risk of severe exacerbations. Omalizumab is recommended as an add-on treatment for patients with uncontrolled SAA, despite high-dose inhaled corticosteroids and long acting β Methods: A total of 347 patients aged ≥ 6 years with SAA were enrolled, 285 of whom (8 pediatrics and 277 adolescents and adults) completed this 24-month study. Compared with the 12 months prior to baseline, the mean number of exacerbations was reduced in the overall population at any time interval during the study. Proportion of patients with no exacerbations increased to 77.7% at 24 months from 32.6% at 12 months prior to baseline. A reduction in healthcare resource utilization was also observed. The mean number of specialist visits reduced from baseline (5.8 visits) to 2.4 visits at Month 24. Results: The mean asthma control test score was >19 at every time-point during the study. The rate of Global Evaluation of Treatment Effectiveness (GETE) for asthma response significantly increased at Months 18 and 24 ( Conclusion: RELIEF study showed that add-on therapy with omalizumab is effective in reducing exacerbations, healthcare utilization, and improving GETE score in patients with SAA uncontrolled by standard therapy.

Indexed as

AsthmaExacerbationsOmalizumabPulmonary functionReal-worldSevere allergic asthma

Identifiers

PMID37273950
PMCPMC10156055
OpenAlexW4286486167

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