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ArticleEuropean 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 Surgery2024

The value of biomarkers in the therapy of CRSwNP with biologicals-a long-term follow-up of dupilumab therapy.

Sven Ole Sarnoch, Amra Pepić, Lisa Schmitz, Benjamin Becker, Christian Betz, Anna-Sophie Hoffmann

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Article in 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, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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  7. Tissue eosinophilia suggests dupilumab treatment response in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (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 · 2026
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Sven Ole SarnochDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany. svenolesarnoch@icloud.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-9326-9544
Amra PepićInstitute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
Lisa SchmitzDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
Benjamin BeckerDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
Christian BetzDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
Anna-Sophie HoffmannDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.

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purposeSince its release, Dupilumab has shown great results in treating severe uncontrolled CRSwNP. However, there is a lack of real-world data beyond 12 months of follow-up, and it is not clear to what extent biomarkers are appropriate for monitoring and predicting the Dupilumab therapy success. Hence, this study aims to analyze biomarkers for monitoring therapy, predicting therapy success and assess the effect of Dupilumab in real-world settings.

methodsThe follow-up was performed with 104 patients retrospectively up to 22 months, assessing SNOT-22, NPS, olfactometry, ACS, FEV-1, and blood biomarkers (total serum IgE, Eosinophils, ECP). Patients were divided into subgroups depending on their pretherapeutic biomarker levels and subsequent development was analyzed.

resultsThere was substantially improvement in all clinical parameters up to 1 year and then continuously up to month 22. Patients with initially elevated baseline blood eosinophil counts (> 0.5 billion/L) had a trend of better SNOT-22 development after 1 year (- 12.19 points, p = 0.03). The course of total serum IgE showed moderate correlation with almost all clinical variables obtained. Therapy was well tolerated with only mild and transient adverse events.

conclusionDupilumab has considerably reduced symptoms and disease severity even beyond 1 year of treatment, supporting its role as targeted and effective treatment option for CRSwNP. Our data shows that total serum IgE is a promising biomarker for the monitoring during the treatment with Dupilumab. Elevated pre-therapeutic serum eosinophil counts may be a predictor of good subjective response to therapy. Larger cohorts and a long-term-follow-up over years are needed to further consolidate these findings.

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Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedBiomarkersImmunoglobulin EAdultAgedChronic DiseaseEosinophil Cationic ProteinEosinophilsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedNasal PolypsRetrospective StudiesRhinitisAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedBiomarkersdupilumabEosinophil Cationic ProteinImmunoglobulin ECRSwNPDupilumabReal-world-dataSerum IgEType 2 inflammation

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