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Thamboo A, Kilty S, Witterick I, Chan Y, Chin CJ, Janjua A, Javer A, Lee J, Monterio E, Rotenberg B, Scott J, Smith K, Sommer DD, Sowerby L, Tewfik M, Wright E, Desrosiers M. Canadian Rhinology Working Group consensus statement: biologic therapies for chronic rhinosinusitis. J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2021; 50:15. [PMID: 33750471 PMCID: PMC7945300 DOI: 10.1186/s40463-021-00493-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Recent evidence suggests that biologic therapy with targeted activity within the Type 2 inflammatory pathway can improve the clinical signs and symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP). There remains a population in CRSwNP that despite medical therapy and endoscopic sinus surgery have persistent signs and symptoms of disease. Therefore, biologics, monoclonal antibody agents, could be beneficial therapeutic treatments for these patients. There have been eight randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trails performed for CRSwNP targeted components of the Type 2 inflammatory pathway, notably interleukin (IL)-4, IL-5 and IL-13, IL-5R, IL-33, and immunoglobulin (Ig)E. However, there are no formal recommendations for the optimal use of biologics in managing Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS) within the Canadian health care environment. METHODS A Delphi Method process was utilized involving three rounds of questionnaires in which the first two were completed individually online and the third was discussed on a virtual platform with all the panelists. 17 fellowship trained rhinologists across Canada evaluated the 28 original statements on a scale of 1-10 and provided comments. A rating within 1-3 indicated disagreement, 8-10 demonstrated agreement and 4-7 represented being neutral towards a statement. All ratings were quantitively reviewed by mean, median, mode, range and standard deviation. Consensus was defined by removing the highest and lowest of the scores and using the "3 point relaxed system". RESULTS After three rounds, a total of 11 statements achieved consensus. This white paper only contains the final agreed upon statements and clear rationale and support for the statements regarding the use of biologics in patients with CRS. CONCLUSION This white paper provides guidance to Canadian physicians on the use of biologic therapy for the management of patients with CRS, but the medical and surgical regimen should ultimately be individualized to the patient. As more biologics become available and additional trials are published we will provide updated versions of this white paper every few years.
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Affiliation(s)
- Andrew Thamboo
- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, 2600-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 1Y6, Canada.
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, 2600-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 1Y6, Canada
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, 2600-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de l'University de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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It has been known for some time that visual acuity in amblyopia is higher for single letters than for letters in a row (termed crowding). Early work showed that this could not be accounted for on the basis of the destructive interaction of adjacent contours (termed contour interaction), which was shown to be, in resolution units, normal in amblyopia. We have re-examined this issue using a letter stimulus that is modulated about a mean light level. This allows an examination of the effects of contrast polarity and spatial filtering within the contour interaction paradigm. We show that the majority of strabismic amblyopes that we investigated exhibit an anomalous contour interaction that, in some cases, was dependent on the contrast polarity of the flanking stimuli. Furthermore, we show that while amblyopes do select the optimum scale of analysis for unflanked stimuli, they do not select the optimum scale of analysis for flanked stimuli. For reasons that may have to do with their poorer shape discrimination, they select a non-optimal scale to process flanked stimuli.
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- R F Hess
- McGill Vision Research, Department of Ophthalology, McGill University, 687 Pine Avenue West (H4.14), Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1A1.
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It has been known for some time that both foveal and peripheral visual acuity are higher for single letters than for letters in a row. Early work showed that this was due to the destructive interaction of adjacent contours (termed contour interaction). It has been assumed to have a neural basis, and a number of competing explanations have been advanced that implicate either high-level or low-level stages of visual processing. Our previous results for foveal vision suggested a much simpler explanation, one determined primarily by the physics of the stimulus rather than the physiology of the visual system. We show that, under conditions of contour interaction or crowding, the most relevant physical spatial-frequency band of the letter is displaced to higher spatial frequencies and that foveal vision tracks this change in spatial scale. In the periphery, however, beyond 5 degrees, the physical explanation is not sufficient. Here we show that there are genuine physiological lateral spatial interactions, which are due to changes in the spatial scale of analysis.
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- R F Hess
- McGill Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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