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Efficacy and Potential Positioning of Tezepelumab in the Treatment of Severe Asthma.

Vicente Plaza, Conxa Cañete, Christian Domingo, Carlos Martínez Rivera, Xavier Muñoz

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Review in Open respiratory archives. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Vicente PlazaHospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona), Universitat Autònoma Barcelona (UAB), Spain.
Conxa CañeteConsorci Sanitari Integral (L'Hospitalet de Llobregat), Spain.
Christian DomingoCorporació Sanitària Parc Taulí (Sabadell), Universitat Autònoma Barcelona (UAB), Spain.
Carlos Martínez RiveraHospital Germans Trias i Pujol (Badalona), Universitat Autònoma Barcelona (UAB), Spain.
Xavier MuñozHospital de la Vall d'Hebron (Barcelona), Universitat Autònoma Barcelona (UAB), Spain.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ESCorporació Sanitària Parc Taulí · ESHospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The excellent results for monoclonal antibodies in the treatment of severe uncontrolled asthma (SUCA) represent a milestone in current treatment of asthmatic disorders. Remaining, however, are several subsidiary areas for improvement in which new biologics are expected to make a decisive contribution. These biologics include tezepelumab, a monoclonal antibody that blocks thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP). TSLP is an epithelial-release cytokine (alarmin) that plays a key role in initiating both the innate (group 2 innate lymphoid cell (ILC) pathway) and the acquired (T helper 2 (Th2) pathway) immune responses by activating the type 2 (T2) asthma inflammatory pathway through both. It is also thought that it may additionally intervene in the neutrophilic non-T2 inflammatory pathway (via interaction with ILC3 and interleukin-17). Six clinical trials that included 2187 patients with uncontrolled asthma, with 2 or more exacerbations in the previous year, on medium/high-dose inhaled corticosteroids and at least 1 other controller, have demonstrated - irrespective of T2 endotype (and possibly also non-T2 endotype) - the efficacy and safety of tezepelumab, as it significantly reduces exacerbations (61.7%-66%) and bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and improves lung function, disease control, and quality of life. Tezepelumab could be indicated for the treatment of patients with, independently of the T2 phenotype (eosinophilic and non-eosinophilic), and may even be the only biologic available for treatment of non-T2 SUCA.

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AlarminPhenotypeThymic stromal lymphopoietinUncontrolled asthma

Identifiers

PMID37496871
PMCPMC10369521
OpenAlexW4313529174

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