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ArticleRespiration; international review of thoracic diseases2024

Real-World Characteristics of Patients with Severe Asthma prior to Starting Dupilumab: The ProVENT Study.

Stephanie Korn, Olaf Schmidt, Hartmut Timmermann, Henrik Watz, Monika Gappa, Amr Radwan, Lucia De Prado Gómez, Anne Atenhan, Sebastian Barbus, Mayank Thakur and 1 more

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Article in Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Stephanie KornClinical Research Centre, Respiratory Medicine, IKF Pneumologie Mainz, and Thoraxklinik Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Olaf SchmidtInternal Medicine and Pneumology, Lungen- und Bronchialheilkunde, Koblenz, Germany.
Hartmut TimmermannInternal Medicine, Allergologie, Lungen- und Bronchialheilkunde, Hamburg, Germany.
Henrik WatzPulmonary Research Institute, LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Grosshansdorf, Germany.
Monika GappaChildren's Hospital, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany.
Amr RadwanGlobal Clinical Development, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, New York, USA.
Lucia De Prado GómezGlobal Medical Immunology, Respiratory LCM, Sanofi, Reading, UK.
Anne AtenhanFranchise Immunology, Sanofi, Berlin, Germany, anne.atenhan@sanofi.com.
Sebastian BarbusFranchise Immunology, Sanofi, Frankfurt, Germany.
Mayank ThakurFranchise Immunology, Sanofi, Berlin, Germany.
Marek LommatzschDepartment of Pneumology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
Frauenklinik Heidelberg · DELungenClinic Grosshansdorf · DEUniversity of Rostock · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionDupilumab is approved for the treatment of severe type 2 (T2) asthma; however, the characteristics of patients receiving dupilumab in routine clinical practice are incompletely understood. This study describes the characteristics of patients with severe asthma before dupilumab treatment in a real-world setting.

methodsThis interim analysis of an ongoing real-life study of dupilumab assessed baseline characteristics of the first patient cohort enrolled in the ProVENT study.

resultsA total of 99 patients (59% females) were analyzed (17% received another biologic before dupilumab treatment and 15% were on maintenance oral corticosteroid treatment). Adult-onset asthma (>18 years) and an allergic phenotype were documented in 58% and 48% of patients, respectively. Median (interquartile range) age was 54 (40-61) years; the median number of exacerbations in the last 24 months was 1 (0-3); median fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) value was 38 (23-64) ppb; and median blood eosinophils (bEOS) count was 184 (8-505) cells/µL. According to the United Kingdom Severe Asthma Registry classification, 53% of patients had T2 intermediate asthma (bEOS ≥150 cells/µL or FeNO ≥25 ppb), 17% had T2 high asthma (bEOS ≥150 cells/µL and FeNO ≥25 ppb), and 4% had T2 low asthma (bEOS <150 cells/µL and FeNO <25 ppb). At least one GINA criterion for T2 airway inflammation was documented in 70% of patients. T2 comorbidities were observed in 64% of patients.

conclusionsThis analysis suggests that patients eligible for dupilumab treatment display various clinical and biochemical characteristics rather than one clear-cut phenotype.

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AsthmaNitric OxideAdultAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedEosinophilsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizeddupilumabNitric OxideBlood eosinophilsDupilumabFractional exhaled nitric oxideProVENTType 2 asthma

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