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Khaleva E, Rattu A, Brightling C, Bush A, Bossios A, Bourdin A, Chung KF, Chaudhuri R, Coleman C, Dahlén SE, Djukanovic R, Deschildre A, Fleming L, Fowler SJ, Gupta A, Hamelmann E, Hashimoto S, Hedlin G, Koppelman GH, Melén E, Murray CS, Pilette C, Porsbjerg C, Pike KC, Rusconi F, Williams C, Ahrens B, Alter P, Anckers F, van den Berge M, Blumchen K, Brusselle G, Clarke GW, Cunoosamy D, Dahlén B, Dixey P, Exley A, Frey U, Gaillard EA, Giovannini-Chami L, Grigg J, Hartenstein D, Heaney LG, Karadag B, Kaul S, Kull I, Licari A, Maitland-van der Zee AH, Mahler V, Schoos AMM, Nagakumar P, Negus J, Nielsen H, Paton J, Pijnenburg M, Ramiconi V, Vilarnau SR, Principe S, Rutjes N, Saglani S, Seddon P, Singer F, Staudinger H, Turner S, Vijverberg S, Winders T, Yasinska V, Roberts G. Development of Core Outcome Measures sets for paediatric and adult Severe Asthma (COMSA). Eur Respir J 2022; 61:13993003.00606-2022. [PMID: 36229046 PMCID: PMC10069873 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00606-2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Effectiveness studies with biological therapies for asthma lack standardised outcome measures. The COMSA (Core Outcome Measures sets for paediatric and adult Severe Asthma) working group sought to develop Core Outcome Measures (COM) sets to facilitate better synthesis of data and appraisal of biologics in paediatric and adult asthma clinical studies. METHODS COMSA utilised a multi-stakeholder consensus process among patients with severe asthma, adult, and paediatric clinicians, pharmaceutical representatives and health regulators from across Europe. Evidence included a systematic review of development, validity, and reliability of selected outcome measures plus a narrative review and a pan-European survey to better understand patients' and carers' views about outcome measures. It was discussed using a modified GRADE Evidence to Decision framework. Anonymous voting was conducted using predefined consensus criteria. RESULTS Both adult and paediatric COM sets include forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) as z scores, annual frequency of severe exacerbations and maintenance oral corticosteroid use. Additionally, the paediatric COM set includes the Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire, and Asthma Control Test (ACT) or Childhood-ACT while the adult COM includes the Severe Asthma Questionnaire and the Asthma Control Questionnaire-6 (symptoms and rescue medication use reported separately). CONCLUSIONS This patient-centred collaboration has produced two COM sets for paediatric and adult severe asthma. It is expected that they will inform the methodology of future clinical trials, enhance comparability of efficacy and effectiveness of biological therapies, and help assess their socioeconomic value. COMSA will inform definitions of non-response and response to biological therapy for severe asthma.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ekaterina Khaleva
- Clinical and Experimental Sciences and Human Development in Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Clinical and Experimental Sciences and Human Development in Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Institute for Lung Health, Leicester NIHR BRC, University of Leicester, UK
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- Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health and National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College; Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge and Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge and Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Sir Henry Wellcome Laboratories, Southampton, UK
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- CHU Lille, Unité de Pneumologie et Allergologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, Lille, France.,Univ. Lille, U1019 - UMR 8204 - CIIL - Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille, France
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- National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Biological Sciences, Division of Infection, Immunity & Respiratory Medicine, The University of Manchester, and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Unit and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, King's College Hospital, London, UK
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- Children's Center Bethel, Department of Pediatrics, University Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health and Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Beatrix Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergology, Groningen, the Netherlands.,University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Science and Education Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, University of Manchester, NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Pulmonology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc & pole of pulmonology, ENT and dermatology, Institute of experimental and clinical research (IREC), UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Respiratory Research Unit, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Mother and Child Health, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy
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- Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines, Division of Allergology, Langen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Philipps University of Marburg (UMR), Marburg, Germany
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Groningen, the Netherlands.,University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Children and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pneumology, Allergology, Cystic fibrosis, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Research and Early Development, Respiratory & Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Global Medical Affairs Respiratory, Allergy & GI, Sanofi Genzyme, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge and Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
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- University Children's Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland
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- University of Leicester, Department of Respiratory Sciences, Leicester NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (Respiratory theme), Leicester, UK
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- Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology Department, Hôpitaux pédiatriques de Nice CHU-Lenval, Nice, France.,Université Côte d'Azur, France
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- Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines, Division of Allergology, Langen, Germany
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- Wellcome-Wolfson Centre for Experimental Medicine School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, UK
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- Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines, Division of Allergology, Langen, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Science and Education Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Pediatric Clinic, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Dept. of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Emma's Children Hospital, AmsterdamUMC, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines, Division of Allergology, Langen, Germany
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- COpenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Pediatrics, Slagelse Sygehus, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.,Institute of inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham
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- Patient and Public Involvement, Sweden.,Faculty of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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- School of Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Department of Paediatrics/ Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations, Brussels, Belgium
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- European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Pulmonary Medicine; AOUP "Policlinico Paolo Giaccone", University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology & Allergy. Amsterdam UMC, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Respiratory Care, Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, Brighton, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Children's Hospital Zurich and Childhood Research Center, Zurich, Switzerland.,Division of Paediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Therapeutic Area Immunology and Inflammation, Sanofi Genzyme, Bridgewater, USA
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- Women and children division, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, UK.,Child Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Emma's Children Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Allergy & Asthma Network, Vienna, VA, USA.,Global Allergy & Airways Patient Platform, Vienna, AT
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge and Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Clinical and Experimental Sciences and Human Development in Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK .,Paediatric Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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Turner S, Cotton SC, Emele CD, Thomas R, Fielding S, Gaillard EA, de Jongste JC, Morgan H, Neilson AR, Norrie J, Pijnenburg M, Price D, Thomas M. Reducing Asthma Attacks in Children using Exhaled Nitric Oxide as a biomarker to inform treatment strategy: a randomised trial (RAACENO). Trials 2019; 20:573. [PMID: 31585544 PMCID: PMC6778366 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-019-3500-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Childhood asthma is a common condition. Currently there is no validated objective test which can be used to guide asthma treatment in children. This study tests the hypothesis that the addition of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) monitoring in addition to standard care reduces the number of exacerbations (or attacks) in children with asthma. Methods This is a multi-centre, randomised controlled study. Children will be included of age 6–16 years who have a diagnosis of asthma, currently use inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) and have had an exacerbation in the previous 12 months. Exclusion criteria include being unable to provide FENO measurement at baseline assessment, having another chronic respiratory condition and being currently treated with maintenance oral steroids. Participants will be recruited in both primary and secondary care settings and will be randomised to either receive asthma treatment guided by FENO plus symptoms (FENO group) or asthma treatment guided by symptoms only (standard care group). Within the FENO group, different treatment decisions will be made dependent on changes in FENO. Participants will attend assessments 3, 6, 9 and 12 months post randomisation. The primary outcome is asthma exacerbation requiring prescription and/or use of an oral corticosteroid over 12 months as recorded by the participant/parent or in general practitioner records. Secondary outcomes include time to first attack, number of attacks, asthma control score and quality of life. Adherence to ICS treatment is objectively measured by an electronic logging device. Participants are invited to participate in a “phenotyping” assessment where skin prick reactivity and bronchodilator response are determined and a saliva sample is collected for DNA extraction. Qualitative interviews will be held with participants and research nurses. A health economic evaluation will take place. Discussion This study will evaluate whether FENO can provide an objective index to guide and stratify asthma treatment in children. Trial registration ISRCTN, ISRCTN67875351. Registered on 12 April 2017. Prospectively registered.
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Affiliation(s)
- S Turner
- Child Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
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- Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Medical Statistics Team, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Postgraduate Education Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Health Economics Research Unit, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute Pte Ltd, Singapore, Singapore.,Centre of Academic Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Primary Care and Population Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.,NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Southampton, UK
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Garcia-Marcos L, Edwards J, Kennington E, Aurora P, Baraldi E, Carraro S, Gappa M, Louis R, Moreno-Galdo A, Peroni DG, Pijnenburg M, Priftis KN, Sanchez-Solis M, Schuster A, Walker S. Priorities for future research into asthma diagnostic tools: A PAN-EU consensus exercise from the European asthma research innovation partnership (EARIP). Clin Exp Allergy 2019; 48:104-120. [PMID: 29290104 DOI: 10.1111/cea.13080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
The diagnosis of asthma is currently based on clinical history, physical examination and lung function, and to date, there are no accurate objective tests either to confirm the diagnosis or to discriminate between different types of asthma. This consensus exercise reviews the state of the art in asthma diagnosis to identify opportunities for future investment based on the likelihood of their successful development, potential for widespread adoption and their perceived impact on asthma patients. Using a two-stage e-Delphi process and a summarizing workshop, a group of European asthma experts including health professionals, researchers, people with asthma and industry representatives ranked the potential impact of research investment in each technique or tool for asthma diagnosis and monitoring. After a systematic review of the literature, 21 statements were extracted and were subject of the two-stage Delphi process. Eleven statements were scored 3 or more and were further discussed and ranked in a face-to-face workshop. The three most important diagnostic/predictive tools ranked were as follows: "New biological markers of asthma (eg genomics, proteomics and metabolomics) as a tool for diagnosis and/or monitoring," "Prediction of future asthma in preschool children with reasonable accuracy" and "Tools to measure volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath."
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- L Garcia-Marcos
- Respiratory and Allergy Units, Arrixaca University Children's Hospital, University of Murcia & IMIB Research Institute, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.,Department of Respiratory, Critical Care and Anaesthesia Unit, University College London (UCL) Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- Women's and Children's Health Department, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Women's and Children's Health Department, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Children's Hospital & Research Institute, Marienhospital Wesel, Wesel, Germany
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
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- Paediatric Pulmonology Unit, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Paediatrics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Paediatrics/Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatrics, Athens University Medical School, Attikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Respiratory and Allergy Units, Arrixaca University Children's Hospital, University of Murcia & IMIB Research Institute, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital, Düsseldorf, Germany
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