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ArticleBiomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia2023

Real-world outcomes of mepolizumab treatment in severe eosinophilic asthma patients - retrospective cohort study in Slovakia.

Milos Jesenak, Vaclav Vanecek, Martina Ondrusova, Veronika Urdova, Katarina Dostalova, Ludek Hochmuth

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Article in Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Milos JesenakDepartment of Clinical Immunology and Allergology, University Teaching Hospital in Martin, Martin, Slovakia.
Vaclav VanecekGlaxoSmithKline, Medical Department, Prague, Czech Republic.
Martina OndrusovaPharm-In, Ltd, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Veronika UrdovaDepartment of Pulmonology and Phthisiology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, University Teaching Hospital in Martin, Martin, Slovakia.
Katarina DostalovaPulmonology Outpatient Clinic Rockmed, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Ludek HochmuthAllergology and Immunology Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, F. D. Roosevelt Hospital, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia.
Comenius University Bratislava · SKSlovak Medical University · SK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsMepolizumab, a fully-humanized recombinant IgG1 kappa monoclonal antibody directed against IL-5, has shown improved asthma control and lung function in randomised controlled trials. The aim of this study was to evaluate real-world clinical experience in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma treated with mepolizumab in Slovakia.

methodsA retrospective, non-interventional study based on medical records of all adult asthma patients initiating mepolizumab between November 1, 2017 and January 31, 2019, completing 12 months of treatment. At baseline, general and clinical profile data were recorded 12 months prior to treatment. Primary and secondary endpoints described the results of mepolizumab use at 2, 6, and 12 months after the initiation and compared to baseline. Statistical testing of individual change (in each patient) in selected parameters was performed.

resultsThe cohort included 17 patients with particularly severe asthma at baseline, with frequent severe exacerbations (SE, median 5 [IQR 4-6]/patient/year), high blood eosinophil counts (median 0.6x10

conclusionsThe results provide clinical evidence of mepolizumab efficacy in a real sample of patients with severe asthma when administered in routine care settings in Slovakia.

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Anti-Asthmatic AgentsAsthmaEosinophiliaAdrenal Cortex HormonesAdultAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedHumansRetrospective StudiesSlovakiaAdrenal Cortex HormonesAnti-Asthmatic AgentsAntibodies, Monoclonal, Humanizedmepolizumabexacerbationsmepolizumabreal world evidencesevere eosinophilic asthmaSlovakia

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