Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38276218›Full record

ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2023

Real-Life Effects of Omalizumab on Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyposis.

Nicola Lombardo, Giovanna Lucia Piazzetta, Nadia Lobello, Giuseppe Cicala, Maria Patafi, Anna Teresa Benincasa, Corrado Pelaia, Emanuela Chiarella, Girolamo Pelaia

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Dupilumab Extended Interval Dosing in Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. An overview of switching biological therapies for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP).European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
    Review
  9. Review
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Review
  15. Article
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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nicola LombardoOtolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Græcia", 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4479-399X
Giovanna Lucia PiazzettaOtolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Græcia", 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Nadia LobelloOtolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Græcia", 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Giuseppe CicalaOtolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Græcia", 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Maria PatafiDepartment of Human Pathology, Division and School of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy.
Anna Teresa BenincasaOtolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Græcia", 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Corrado PelaiaDepartment of Health Sciences, University "Magna Græcia", 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4236-7367
Emanuela ChiarellaLaboratory of Molecular Haematopoiesis and Stem Cell Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Græcia", 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8314-715X
Girolamo PelaiaDepartment of Health Sciences, University "Magna Græcia", 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9288-8913
Magna Graecia University · ITUniversity of Messina · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP) is an inflammatory disease of the nasal and sinus mucosa. This inflammatory process is supported by a multitude of cytokines, including IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13 produced by Th2 cells, as well as by IgE produced by B lymphocytes in response to a stimulus. Omalizumab is an anti-IgE monoclonal antibody with well-recognized roles in allergic asthma and chronic spontaneous urticaria. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of omalizumab in a cohort of 13 patients suffering from chronic rhinosinusitis with CRSwNP. The inclusion criteria considered were as follows: 18 years of age, with a diagnosis of chronic rhinosinusitis with severe nasal polyposis expressed by an NPS greater than or equal to 5 and/or a SNOT-22 greater than or equal to 50. In addition, in the enrolled patients, the classic treatment with corticosteroids had to have been suspended due to recurrence after surgery or lack of response. Our results highlighted that omalizumab treatment for 16 weeks improved the parameters analyzed: SNOT-22, NPS, NRS, and NCS. The clinical efficacy of omalizumab was further strengthened by a significant improvement in respiratory function as well as reductions in the nasal polyps' size and in the associated symptoms.

Indexed as

biologicschronic rhinosinusitisnasal congestion score (NCS)nasal polypsnasal polyp score (NPS)numeric rating scale (NRS)omalizumabSino-Nasal Outcome Test (SNOT-22)

Identifiers

PMID38276218
PMCPMC10820781
OpenAlexW4389947018

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.