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Jackson DJ, Bacharier LB, Phipatanakul W, Sher L, Domingo C, Papadopoulos N, Modena B, Li N, Xia C, Kamal MA, Dillon M, Wolfe K, Gall R, Amin N, Mannent LP, Laws E, Rowe PJ, Jacob-Nara JA, Deniz Y, Lederer DJ, Hardin M, Xu C. Dupilumab pharmacokinetics and effect on type 2 biomarkers in children with moderate-to-severe asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2023:S1081-1206(23)00180-1. [PMID: 36958470 DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2023.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Type 2 inflammation is common in children with asthma. Dupilumab, a human antibody, blocks signaling of interleukin-4/-13, key and central drivers of type 2 inflammation. In the VOYAGE (NCT02948959) study, dupilumab reduced severe asthma exacerbations and improved lung function in children aged 6-11 years with uncontrolled, moderate-to-severe asthma. OBJECTIVE To assess pharmacokinetics of dupilumab and type 2 biomarker changes in children with type 2 asthma in VOYAGE. METHODS Patients were randomized to dupilumab 100 mg (≤30 kg) or 200 mg (>30 kg) or placebo every 2 weeks (q2w) for 52 weeks. Dupilumab concentrations and changes in type 2 biomarkers were assessed at each visit. RESULTS Dupilumab concentrations in serum reached steady state by Week 12, with mean concentrations of 51.2 mg/L and 79.4 mg/L in children receiving dupilumab 100 mg q2w and 200 mg q2w, respectively (therapeutic range in adults and adolescents: 29-80 mg/L). Reductions in type 2 biomarkers were comparable between regimens, and greater in patients treated with dupilumab vs placebo. In children treated with dupilumab 100 mg and 200 mg q2w, median percent changes (Q1, Q3) from baseline at Week 52 were, respectively, -78.6% (-86.3, -69.80) and -78.6% (-84.9, -70.1) for serum total IgE, -53.6% (-66.4, -34.6) and -43.7% (-58.6, -28.5) for TARC, -25.7% (-60.0, 27.6) and -33.3% (-60.6, 16.6) for blood eosinophils, and -47.7% (-73.8, 18.9) and -55.6% (-73.6, -20.0) for FeNO. CONCLUSION Weight-tiered dose regimens achieved mean concentrations within the dupilumab therapeutic range. Median decreases in type 2 biomarker levels were similar between dose regimens. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02948959.
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- Daniel J Jackson
- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
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- Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, California
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- Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, New York
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, New York
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, New York
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, New York
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, New York
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Fowler J, Sugarman J, Sher L, Zang C, Werth JL, Myers DE, Graham D, Marfo AA, Takiya L. Impact of Crisaborole on Sleep Outcomes in Pediatric Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Atopic Dermatitis. Dermatol Ther (Heidelb) 2023; 13:951-960. [PMID: 36811773 DOI: 10.1007/s13555-023-00899-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Using data from three clinical trials, the effect of crisaborole treatment on sleep outcomes for pediatric patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) and their families was examined. METHODS This analysis comprised patients aged 2 to < 16 years from the double-blind phase 3 CrisADe CORE 1 (NCT02118766) and CORE 2 (NCT02118792) studies, families of patients aged 2 to < 18 years from CORE 1 and CORE 2, and patients aged 3 months to < 2 years from the open-label phase 4 CrisADe CARE 1 study (NCT03356977), all with mild-to-moderate AD who received crisaborole ointment 2% twice daily for 28 days. Sleep outcomes were assessed via the Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index and Dermatitis Family Impact questionnaires in CORE 1 and CORE 2 and the Patient-Oriented Eczema Measure questionnaire in CARE 1. RESULTS In CORE 1 and CORE 2, a significantly lower proportion of crisaborole-treated patients than vehicle-treated patients reported sleep disruption at day 29 (48.5% versus 57.7%, p = 0.001). The proportion of families whose sleep was affected by their child's AD in the preceding week was also significantly lower in the crisaborole group (35.8% versus 43.1%, p = 0.02) at day 29. At day 29 in CARE 1, the proportion of crisaborole-treated patients who experienced ≥ 1 night of disturbed sleep in the previous week decreased by 32.1% from baseline. CONCLUSION These results suggest that crisaborole improves sleep outcomes in pediatric patients with mild-to-moderate AD and their families.
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- Joseph Fowler
- Dermatology Specialists Research LLC and University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Palos Verdes Medical Group, Rolling Hills Estates, CA, USA
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Spergel J, Sher L, Durrani S, Dellon E, Rothenberg M, Sun X, Beazley B, Patel K, Shabbir A. Dupilumab improves type 2 comorbidity outcomes in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis and comorbid disease at baseline: from Parts A and B of LIBERTY-EoE-TREET. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2022.12.622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Boguniewicz M, Sher L, Paller A, Chen Z, Shah P, Rodriguez-Marco A. Dupilumab Efficacy in Children With Atopic Dermatitis Aged 6 Months to 5 Years With and Without Atopic Comorbidities. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2022.12.461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Sher L. Prevention of suicidal behavior in diabetes: the role of primary care. QJM 2022; 115:789-792. [PMID: 35861432 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcac173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Studies in different countries suggest that the rates of suicide ideation, attempts and death are increased in patients with diabetes in comparison to the general population. Suicidal behavior in patients with diabetes is a significant but underappreciated problem. Elevated suicide risk in individuals with diabetes may be related to comorbid psychiatric disorders, particularly depression. Considerable evidence suggests a bidirectional relationship between diabetes and depression: individuals with diabetes are at elevated risk of developing depression and patients with depression are more likely to develop diabetes. Frequent comorbidity of diabetes and depression may be related to psychosocial and neurobiological factors. Other comorbid psychiatric conditions including anxiety and alcohol use disorders may also increase suicide risk in diabetes. Primary care physicians are likely the key to suicide prevention efforts in individuals with diabetes since they see almost half of individuals who die by suicide within 1 month of their suicide. The management of potentially suicidal patients with diabetes in primary care comprises six major components: management of diabetes and its complications, especially conditions associated with pain; diagnosis and treatment of comorbid psychiatric disorders; frequent assessment of suicide risk; restricting access to the means of suicide; specific treatments to reduce the predisposition to attempt suicide; and referral to psychiatric care. Suicide prevention in individuals with diabetes and other medical disorders is a difficult but critically important task.
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- L Sher
- From the James J. Peters VA Medical Center, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Pl, New York, NY 10029, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Sher L. Gender differences in suicidal behavior. QJM 2022; 115:59-60. [PMID: 33964149 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcab131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- L Sher
- From the Inpatient Psychiatry, James J. Peters Veterans' Administration Medical Center, 130 W. Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Boguniewicz M, Sher L, Paller AS, Siegfried EC, Soong W, Chen Z, Prescilla R, Shumel B. 27406 Dupilumab improves signs and symptoms of severe atopic dermatitis in children aged 6–11 years with and without comorbid asthma. J Am Acad Dermatol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2021.06.580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Castro M, Kerwin E, Miller D, Pedinoff A, Sher L, Cardenas P, Knorr B, Lawrence D, Ossa D, Wang W, Maspero JF. Efficacy and safety of fevipiprant in patients with uncontrolled asthma: Two replicate, phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials (ZEAL-1 and ZEAL-2). EClinicalMedicine 2021; 35:100847. [PMID: 33997741 PMCID: PMC8099656 DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND These studies assessed the efficacy and safety of fevipiprant, an oral antagonist of the prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) receptor (DP2), compared with placebo when added to standard-of-care (SoC) asthma therapy in patients with uncontrolled asthma. METHODS ZEAL-1 (NCT03215758) and ZEAL-2 (NCT03226392) are two replicate, phase 3, multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group studies in which fevipiprant 150 mg once daily (o.d.) or placebo was added to SoC asthma therapy in patients aged ≥12 years with uncontrolled asthma. Primary endpoint: change from baseline in pre-dose forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) after 12 weeks' treatment. Key secondary endpoints: daytime asthma symptom score, short-acting β-agonist (SABA) use and Asthma Quality-of-Life Questionnaire (AQLQ+12) score after 12-weeks treatment. FINDINGS 662 patients in ZEAL-1 and 685 patients in ZEAL-2 completed the treatment period. In ZEAL-1, the least squares (LS) mean change from baseline in pre-dose FEV1 was 112 mL in fevipiprant vs 71 mL in placebo group (difference [∆]:41 mL; 95% CI: -6, 88; adjusted p-value 0·088). In ZEAL-2, the LS mean change in pre-dose FEV1 was 126 mL and 157 mL in the fevipiprant and placebo groups, respectively (∆:-31 mL; 95% CI: -80, 18; adjusted p-value 0·214). For both studies, there were no statistically significant differences in the key secondary objectives between the treatment groups. INTERPRETATION The ZEAL studies did not demonstrate significant improvement in lung function or other clinical outcomes. These results suggest that DP2 receptor inhibition with fevipiprant is not effective in the studied patient population.
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- Mario Castro
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
- Corresponding author.
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- Clinical Research Institute of Southern Oregon, Medford, OR, USA
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- Northeast Medical Research Associates, Inc., North Dartmouth, MA, USA
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- Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA, USA
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA
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- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Allergy and Respiratory Research Unit, Fundación CIDEA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Sher L, Rewerska B, Acocella A, Gudi G, Salhi Y, Mbow M, Changela K, Mozaffarian N. 472 Telazorlimab in atopic dermatitis: Phase 2b study shows improvement at 16 weeks. J Invest Dermatol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.02.496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A significant number of coronavirus disease SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) patients continue to have symptoms related to COVID-19 after the acute phase of illness. This post-COVID condition is sometimes called 'post-COVID syndrome', 'long COVID' or 'post-acute COVID-19'. Persistent psychiatric symptoms among COVID-19 survivors such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic symptoms and cognitive impairment may be related to psychological factors and neurobiological injury. COVID-19 related neurological symptoms including anosmia, ageusia, dizziness, headache and seizures may persist for a long time after the acute COVID-19 illness. Many COVID-19 survivors experience persistent physical symptoms such as cough, fatigue, dyspnea and pain after recovering from their initial illness. There is a high probability that symptoms of psychiatric, neurological and physical illnesses, as well as inflammatory damage to the brain in individuals with post-COVID syndrome increase suicidal ideation and behavior in this patient population. COVID-19 survivors without post-COVID syndrome may also be at elevated suicide risk. Studies of suicidality in COVID-19 survivors are urgently needed and will be a new area of suicide research. An appropriate management of psychiatric, neurological and medical conditions may reduce suicide risk among COVID-19 survivors with or without post-COVID syndrome.
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- L Sher
- From the Inpatient Psychiatry, James J. Peters Veterans’ Administration Medical Center, 130 W. Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Serafini G, Aguglia A, Amerio A, Sher L, Amore M. Psychopathological consequences related to COVID-19 infection: The most relevant reactions of the general population. Eur Psychiatry 2021. [PMCID: PMC9528506 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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IntroductionAs a result of the emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak caused by acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the Chinese city of Wuhan, a situation of socio-economic crisis and profound psychological distress rapidly occurred worldwide.ObjectivesThis work aimed to comprehensively review the current literature about the impact of COVID-19 infection on the mental health in the general population.MethodsA detailed review has been conducted in order to identify the main psychopatological consequences related to Covid-19 infection in the general population.ResultsVarious psychological problems and important consequences in terms of mental health including stress, anxiety, depression, frustration, uncertainty during COVID-19 outbreak emerged progressively. The psychological impact of quarantine related to COVID-19 infection has been additionally documented together with the most relevant psychological reactions in the general population related to COVID-19 outbreak.Conclusions
The role of risk and protective factors against the potential to develop psychiatric disorders in vulnerable individuals with Covid-19 infection need to be carefully addressed in the clinical practice.
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Boguniewicz M, Sher L, Paller A, Siegfried E, Chen Z, Prescilla R, Shumel B. Dupilumab Improves Signs And Symptoms Of Severe Atopic Dermatitis In Children Aged 6–11 Years With And Without Comorbid Asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.12.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Sher L, Corren J, Pavord I, Daizadeh N, Ortiz B, Djandji M, Deniz Y, Rowe P. Long-Term Efficacy of Dupilumab in Patients With Asthma With an Allergic Phenotype Rolled Over From LIBERTY ASTHMA QUEST: LIBERTY ASTHMA TRAVERSE Study. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.12.238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Boguniewicz M, Beck LA, Sher L, Guttman-Yassky E, Thaçi D, Blauvelt A, Worm M, Corren J, Soong W, Lio P, Rossi AB, Lu Y, Chao J, Eckert L, Gadkari A, Hultsch T, Ruddy M, Mannent LP, Graham NMH, Pirozzi G, Chen Z, Ardeleanu M. Dupilumab Improves Asthma and Sinonasal Outcomes in Adults with Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2021; 9:1212-1223.e6. [PMID: 33453450 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.12.059] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Dupilumab has demonstrated efficacy with acceptable safety in clinical trials in patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD). OBJECTIVE To assess dupilumab's impact on asthma and sinonasal conditions in adult patients with moderate to severe AD in four randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trials. METHODS In LIBERTY AD SOLO 1 (NCT02277743), SOLO 2 (NCT02755649), CHRONOS (NCT02260986), and CAFÉ (NCT02755649), patients received placebo, dupilumab 300 mg every 2 weeks (q2w), or dupilumab 300 mg weekly (qw). In CHRONOS and CAFÉ, patients received concomitant topical corticosteroids. This post hoc analysis assessed Asthma Control Questionnaire-5 (ACQ-5) scores in patients with asthma, Sino-Nasal Outcome Test-22 (SNOT-22) scores in patients with sinonasal conditions, and AD signs and symptoms in all patients. RESULTS Of the 2444 patients, 463 had asthma with baseline ACQ-5 ≥ 0.5 (19%); 1171 had sinonasal conditions (48%); and 311 had both (13%). At week 16, ACQ-5 scores (least squares mean change from baseline [standard error]) improved by 0.27 (0.07), 0.59 (0.08), and 0.56 (0.07) in placebo-, q2w-, and qw-treated patients with asthma, respectively, whereas SNOT-22 scores improved by 5.1 (0.8), 9.9 (0.9), and 10.8 (0.8) in patients with sinonasal conditions (P < .01 for all dupilumab vs placebo). Improvements in ACQ-5 and SNOT-22 were also seen in patients with both conditions. Dupilumab also significantly improved AD signs and symptoms among all subgroups. CONCLUSIONS In this first analysis of patients with comorbid moderate to severe AD, asthma, and/or chronic sinonasal conditions, dupilumab improved all three diseases in a clinically meaningful and statistically significant manner (vs placebo), based on validated outcome measures.
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- Mark Boguniewicz
- National Jewish Health, Denver, Colo; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colo.
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
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- Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif
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- Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY; Laboratory for Investigative Dermatology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY
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- Institute and Comprehensive Center for Inflammation Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Allergy Center Charité, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Alabama Allergy and Asthma Center, Birmingham, Ala
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- Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Tarrytown, NY
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Tarrytown, NY
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Vickery BP, Vereda A, Nilsson C, du Toit G, Shreffler WG, Burks AW, Jones SM, Fernández-Rivas M, Blümchen K, O'B Hourihane J, Beyer K, Anagnostou A, Assa'ad AH, Ben-Shoshan M, Bird JA, Carr TF, Carr WW, Casale TB, Chong HJ, Ciaccio CE, Dorsey MJ, Fineman SM, Fritz SB, Greiner AN, Greos LS, Hampel FC, Ibáñez MD, Jeong DK, Johnston DT, Kachru R, Kim EH, Lanser BJ, Leonard SA, Maier MC, Mansfield LE, Muraro A, Ohayon JA, Oude Elberink JNG, Petroni DH, Pongracic JA, Portnoy JM, Rachid R, Rupp NT, Sanders GM, Sharma HP, Sharma V, Sher ER, Sher L, Sindher SB, Siri D, Spergel JM, Sprikkelman AB, Sussman GL, Tsoumani M, Varshney P, Vitalpur G, Wang J, Yang WH, Zubeldia JM, Smith A, Ryan R, Adelman DC. Continuous and Daily Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy: Results from a 2-Year Open-Label Follow-On Study. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2020; 9:1879-1889.e13. [PMID: 33359589 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND The randomized, controlled PALISADE trial demonstrated the benefit of daily oral immunotherapy with Peanut (Arachis Hypogaea) allergen powder-dnfp (PTAH, formerly AR101) in peanut-allergic children and adolescents. OBJECTIVE ARC004, the open-label follow-on study to PALISADE, used 5 dosing cohorts to explore PTAH treatment beyond 1 year and alternative dosing regimens in peanut-allergic individuals. METHODS Active arm (PTAH-continuing) PALISADE participants who tolerated 300-mg peanut protein at the exit double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge and placebo arm (PTAH-naive) participants could enter ARC004. PTAH-continuing participants were assigned to receive daily (cohorts 1 and 3A) or non-daily (cohorts 2, 3B, and 3C) dosing regimens; PTAH-naive participants were built up to 300 mg/d PTAH, followed by maintenance dosing. At study completion, participants underwent an exit double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge with doses up to 2000 mg peanut protein. Data were assessed using descriptive statistics. RESULTS Overall, 358 (87.5%) eligible participants (4-17 years) entered ARC004 (PTAH-continuing, n = 256; PTAH-naive, n = 102). Among PTAH-continuing participants, exposure-adjusted adverse event rates were 12.94 to 17.54/participant-year and 25.95 to 42.49/participant-year in daily and non-daily dosing cohorts, respectively; most participants (83%) experienced mild or moderate adverse events. Daily dosing cohorts appeared to have higher desensitization rates than non-daily dosing cohorts. Of all PTAH-continuing cohorts, cohort 3A had the longest daily dosing duration and the highest desensitization rates. Changes in immune markers with PTAH continuation demonstrated ongoing immunomodulation. Outcomes in PTAH-naive participants mirrored those of the PALISADE active arm. CONCLUSIONS Continued daily PTAH treatment beyond 1 year showed sustained safety and efficacy. Ongoing immunomodulation was observed during the second year of treatment.
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- Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina Food Allergy Initiative, Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Ark
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- Adolescent Medicine, Division of Allergology, Pneumology and Cystic Fibrosis, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland; Infant Centre and Pediatrics and Child Health, University College Cork, HRB Clinical Research Facility-Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonology, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité Universtãtsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- McGill University Health Centre - Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Banner University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, Ariz 647
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- Allergy & Asthma Associates of Southern California dba Southern California Research, Mission Viejo, Calif
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- University of South Florida, Asthma, Allergy & Immunology Clinical Research Unit, Tampa, Fla
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- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pa
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- University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif
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- Colorado Allergy and Asthma Centers, PC, Denver, Colo
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- Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Hospital Universitario Niño Jesús, Alergology Department, Madrid, Spain
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- UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, Santa Monica, Calif
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CTRC, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Baker Allergy, Asthma and Dermatology Research Center, LLC, Portland, Ore
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- Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova e UOSD Allergie Alimentari, Padova, Italy
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- University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergology, Groningen, Netherlands
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- National Allergy and Asthma Research, LLC, N. Charleston, SC
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- Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Peninsula Research Associates, Inc., Rolling Hills Estates, Calif
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- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, LPCH at El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, Calif
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- Sneeze, Wheeze, & Itch Associates, LLC, Normal, Ill
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- University Medical Center Groningen, Beatrix Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Pulmonology & Allergology, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Gordon Sussman Clinical Research, Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust eWythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Specially for Children Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Clinic, Austin, Texas
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- Indiana University North Hospital, Riley Children's Specialists, Carmel, Ind
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Clinical Research Unit, New York, NY
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- Ottawa Allergy Research Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Alergology Department, Madrid, Spain
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- Aimmune Therapeutics, London, United Kingdom
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- Aimmune Therapeutics, Brisbane, Calif; Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.
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Simpson EL, Paller AS, Siegfried EC, Boguniewicz M, Sher L, Gooderham MJ, Beck LA, Guttman-Yassky E, Pariser D, Blauvelt A, Weisman J, Lockshin B, Hultsch T, Zhang Q, Kamal MA, Davis JD, Akinlade B, Staudinger H, Hamilton JD, Graham NMH, Pirozzi G, Gadkari A, Eckert L, Stahl N, Yancopoulos GD, Ruddy M, Bansal A. Efficacy and Safety of Dupilumab in Adolescents With Uncontrolled Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis: A Phase 3 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Dermatol 2020; 156:44-56. [PMID: 31693077 PMCID: PMC6865265 DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2019.3336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 62.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Importance Adolescents with atopic dermatitis (AD) have high disease burden negatively affecting quality of life, with limited treatment options. The efficacy and safety of dupilumab, a monoclonal antibody, approved for treatment in adolescent patients with inadequately controlled AD, remain unknown in this patient population. Objective To assess the efficacy and safety of dupilumab monotherapy in adolescents with moderate to severe inadequately controlled AD. Design, Setting, and Participants A randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, phase 3 clinical trial was conducted at 45 US and Canadian centers between March 21, 2017, and June 5, 2018. A total of 251 adolescents with moderate to severe AD inadequately controlled by topical medications or for whom topical therapy was inadvisable were included. Interventions Patients were randomized (1:1:1; interactive-response system; stratified by severity and body weight) to 16-week treatment with dupilumab, 200 mg (n = 43; baseline weight <60 kg), or dupilumab, 300 mg (n = 39; baseline weight ≥60 kg), every 2 weeks; dupilumab, 300 mg, every 4 weeks (n = 84); or placebo (n = 85). Main Outcomes and Measures Proportion of patients with 75% or more improvement from baseline in Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI-75) (scores range from 0 to 72, with higher scores indicating greater severity) and Investigator's Global Assessment (IGA) 0 or 1 on a 5-point scale (scores range from 0 to 4, with higher scores indicating greater severity) at week 16. Results A total of 251 patients were randomized (mean [SD] age, 14.5 [1.7] years; 148 [59.0%] male). Of 250 patients with data available on concurrent allergic conditions, most had comorbid type 2 diseases (asthma, 134 [53.6%]; food allergies, 60.8%; allergic rhinitis, 65.6%). A total of 240 patients (95.6%) completed the study. Dupilumab achieved both coprimary end points at week 16. The proportion of patients with EASI-75 improvement from baseline increased (every 2 weeks, 41.5%; every 4 weeks, 38.1%; placebo, 8.2%) with differences vs placebo of 33.2% (95% CI, 21.1%-45.4%) for every 2 weeks and 29.9% (95% CI, 17.9%-41.8%) for every 4 weeks (P < .001). Efficacy of the every-2-week regimen was generally superior to the every-4-week regimen. Patients in the dupilumab arms had higher percentage values of conjunctivitis (every 2 weeks, 9.8%; every 4 weeks, 10.8%; placebo, 4.7%) and injection-site reactions (every 2 weeks, 8.5%; every 4 weeks, 6.0%; placebo, 3.5%), and lower nonherpetic skin infections (every 2 weeks, 9.8%; every 4 weeks, 9.6%; placebo, 18.8%). Conclusions and Relevance In this study, dupilumab significantly improved AD signs, symptoms, and quality of life in adolescents with moderate to severe AD, with an acceptable safety profile. Placebo-corrected efficacy and safety of dupilumab were similar in adolescents and adults. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03054428.
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- Eric L Simpson
- Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland
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- Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.,Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver
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- Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, California
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- Skin Centre for Dermatology, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.,Probity Medical Research, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.,Laboratory for Inflammatory Skin Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.,Laboratory for Investigative Dermatology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York
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- Department of Dermatology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk
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- US Dermatology Partners, Rockville, Maryland.,Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Tarrytown, New York
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Tarrytown, New York
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Tarrytown, New York
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Paller AS, Siegfried EC, Thaçi D, Wollenberg A, Cork MJ, Arkwright PD, Gooderham M, Beck LA, Boguniewicz M, Sher L, Weisman J, O'Malley JT, Patel N, Hardin M, Graham NM, Ruddy M, Sun X, Davis JD, Kamal MA, Khokhar FA, Weinreich DM, Yancopoulos GD, Beazley B, Bansal A, Shumel B. Efficacy and safety of dupilumab with concomitant topical corticosteroids in children 6 to 11 years old with severe atopic dermatitis: A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial. J Am Acad Dermatol 2020; 83:1282-1293. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.06.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Revised: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Beck LA, Thaçi D, Deleuran M, Blauvelt A, Bissonnette R, de Bruin-Weller M, Hide M, Sher L, Hussain I, Chen Z, Khokhar FA, Beazley B, Ruddy M, Patel N, Graham NMH, Ardeleanu M, Shumel B. Dupilumab Provides Favorable Safety and Sustained Efficacy for up to 3 Years in an Open-Label Study of Adults with Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis. Am J Clin Dermatol 2020; 21:567-577. [PMID: 32557382 PMCID: PMC7371647 DOI: 10.1007/s40257-020-00527-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Management of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD) commonly requires long-term treatment. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to report the safety and efficacy of dupilumab treatment for up to 3 years in adults with moderate-to-severe AD. METHODS This ongoing, multicenter, open-label extension study (LIBERTY AD OLE; NCT01949311) assessed dupilumab treatment in adults previously enrolled in dupilumab trials. Patients received dupilumab 300 mg weekly up to 148 weeks. The primary outcome was safety. RESULTS Of 2677 patients enrolled and treated, 347 reached week 148. Mean self-reported drug compliance was 98.2%. Safety data were consistent with previously reported trials (270.1 adverse events [AEs]/100 patient-years; 6.9 serious AEs/100 patient-years) and the known dupilumab safety profile. Common AEs (≥ 5% of patients) included nasopharyngitis, AD, upper respiratory tract infection, conjunctivitis, headache, oral herpes, and injection-site reactions. AD signs and symptoms showed sustained improvements during treatment with mean (standard deviation, mean percentage change from parent study baseline) Eczema Area and Severity Index 1.4 (3.2, - 95.4%) and weekly Pruritus Numerical Rating Scale 2.2 (1.8, - 65.4%) at week 148. LIMITATIONS No control arm; fewer patients at later time points; regimen different from the approved 300 mg every 2 weeks dose. CONCLUSION These safety and efficacy results support dupilumab as a continuous long-term treatment for adults with moderate-to-severe AD. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01949311. Dupilumab provides favorable safety and sustained efficacy for up to 3 years in an open-label study of adults with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (MP4 139831 kb).
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- Lisa A Beck
- Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- National Expertise Center of Atopic Dermatitis, Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA, USA
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 777 Old Saw Mill River Rd, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, USA
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 777 Old Saw Mill River Rd, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, USA
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 777 Old Saw Mill River Rd, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, USA
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 777 Old Saw Mill River Rd, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, USA
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 777 Old Saw Mill River Rd, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, USA
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 777 Old Saw Mill River Rd, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, USA
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 777 Old Saw Mill River Rd, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, USA.
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Beck L, Blauvelt A, Sher L, Hussain I, Rossi A, Chen Z, Shumel B. 408 Long-term treatment with dupilumab minimizes use of systemic immunosuppressants as rescue medications in adults with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis. J Invest Dermatol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.03.416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Serafini G, Parmigiani B, Amerio A, Aguglia A, Sher L, Amore M. The psychological impact of COVID-19 on the mental health in the general population. QJM 2020; 113:hcaa201. [PMID: 32569360 PMCID: PMC7337855 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcaa201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 564] [Impact Index Per Article: 141.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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As a result of the emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak caused by acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the Chinese city of Wuhan, a situation of socio-economic crisis and profound psychological distress rapidly occurred worldwide. Various psychological problems and important consequences in terms of mental health including stress, anxiety, depression, frustration, uncertainty during COVID-19 outbreak emerged progressively. This work aimed to comprehensively review the current literature about the impact of COVID-19 infection on the mental health in the general population. The psychological impact of quarantine related to COVID-19 infection has been additionally documented together with the most relevant psychological reactions in the general population related to COVID-19 outbreak. The role of risk and protective factors against the potential to develop psychiatric disorders in vulnerable individuals has been addressed as well. The main implications of the present findings have been discussed.
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- G Serafini
- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- James J. Peters Veterans Administration Medical Center, 130 W. Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Pl, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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Sher L, Soong W, Mina-Osorio P, Prescilla R, Chen Z, Bansal A. Dupilumab in Adolescents With Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis and a History of Allergic Rhinitis: Subgroup Analysis From a Phase 3 Trial. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.12.267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Castro M, Maspero J, Sher L, Rabe K, Casale T, Rice M, Ruddy M, Rowe P, Deniz Y. Dupilumab Reduces Oral Corticosteroid Use and Severe Exacerbations and Improves Lung Function in Patients With Oral Corticosteroid-Dependent Severe Asthma With and Without Comorbid Allergic Rhinitis in the Phase 3 LIBERTY ASTHMA VENTURE Study. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.12.361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Bird J, Sher L, Griffin N, Vereda A, Smith A, Ohayon J. P308 RESPONSE TO AR101 BY BASELINE PEANUT-SPECIFIC IGE AND SKIN PRICK TEST: RESULTS FROM PALISADE. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2019.08.315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Castro M, Hanania N, Quirce S, Sher L, Maspero J, Rice M, Djandji M, Ballard M, Rowe P, Deniz Y, Teper A. DUPILUMAB REDUCES SEVERE ASTHMA EXACERBATION RATE AND IMPROVES LUNG FUNCTION REGARDLESS OF AGE AT ONSET OF ASTHMA: THE LIBERTY ASTHMA QUEST STUDY. Chest 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.08.870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Suicide is a major medical and social problem. Decades of suicide research have mostly focused on risk factors for suicidal behaviour while overlooking protective factors such as resilience that may help to address this important public health issue. Resilience is the capacity and dynamic process of adaptively overcoming stress and adversity while maintaining normal psychological and physical functioning. Studies conducted over the past 10-15 years suggest that resilience is a protective factor against suicide risk. Resilience is becoming a focus of suicide research and prevention. Building resilience should be a part of universal, selective, and indicated suicide prevention interventions. Promoting resilience may reduce suicide risk in the general population, in groups at elevated suicide risk, and among high-risk individuals. Building resilience in the general population may reduce the incidence of stress-related disorders and, consequently, suicidal behaviour. Improving resilience should be a part of a treatment plan of every psychiatric patient. Mental health professionals will probably have the best success in reducing suicide risk in psychiatric patients if they actively concentrate on increasing stress resilience using both psychosocial and pharmacological interventions. It is critically important to move forward the development of pharmacological and psychological interventions for enhancing resilience.
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- L Sher
- James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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Deleuran M, Thaçi D, Beck LA, de Bruin-Weller M, Blauvelt A, Forman S, Bissonnette R, Reich K, Soong W, Hussain I, Foley P, Hide M, Bouaziz JD, Gelfand JM, Sher L, Schuttelaar MLA, Wang C, Chen Z, Akinlade B, Gadkari A, Eckert L, Davis JD, Rajadhyaksha M, Staudinger H, Graham NMH, Pirozzi G, Ardeleanu M. Dupilumab shows long-term safety and efficacy in patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis enrolled in a phase 3 open-label extension study. J Am Acad Dermatol 2019; 82:377-388. [PMID: 31374300 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2019.07.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Significant unmet need exists for long-term treatment of moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD). OBJECTIVE To assess the long-term safety and efficacy of dupilumab in patients with AD. METHODS This ongoing, multicenter, open-label extension study (NCT01949311) evaluated long-term dupilumab treatment in adults who had previously participated in phase 1 through 3 clinical trials of dupilumab for AD. This analysis examined patients given 300 mg dupilumab weekly for up to 76 weeks at data cutoff (April 2016). Safety was the primary outcome; efficacy was also evaluated. RESULTS Of 1491 enrolled patients (1042.9 patient-years), 92.9% were receiving treatment at cutoff. The safety profile was consistent with previously reported trials (420.4 adverse events/100 patient-years and 8.5 serious adverse events/100 patient-years), with no new safety signals; common adverse events included nasopharyngitis, conjunctivitis, and injection-site reactions. Sustained improvement was seen up to 76 weeks in all efficacy outcomes, including measures of skin inflammation, pruritus, and quality of life. LIMITATIONS Lack of control arm, limited number of patients with 76 weeks or longer of treatment (median follow-up, 24 weeks), and patients not receiving the approved dose regimen of 300 mg every 2 weeks. CONCLUSION The safety and efficacy profile from this study supports the role of dupilumab as continuous long-term treatment for patients with moderate to severe AD.
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- University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Forman Dermatology and Skin Cancer Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Center for Translational Research in Inflammatory Skin Diseases, Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Skinflammation Center, Hamburg, Germany; Dermatologikum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Alabama Allergy & Asthma Center, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Vital Prospects Clinical Research Institute, PC, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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- University of Melbourne, Skin & Cancer Foundation, Inc., Carlton, Australia
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- Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, California
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Basking Ridge, New Jersey
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Tarrytown, New York
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Tarrytown, New York
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Maspero JF, Katelaris CH, Busse WW, Castro M, Corren J, Chipps BE, Peters AT, Pavord ID, Ford LB, Sher L, Rabe KF, Rice MS, Rowe P, Lu Y, Harel S, Jagerschmidt A, Khan AH, Kamat S, Pirozzi G, Amin N, Ruddy M, Graham NMH, Mannent LP, Teper A. Dupilumab Efficacy in Uncontrolled, Moderate-to-Severe Asthma with Self-Reported Chronic Rhinosinusitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2019; 8:527-539.e9. [PMID: 31351189 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2019.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Revised: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Dupilumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody, blocks the shared receptor component for IL-4 and IL-13 signaling, key drivers of type 2 inflammation. In the phase 3 study (NCT02414854), add-on dupilumab 200 mg/300 mg every 2 weeks, versus placebo, significantly reduced severe asthma exacerbations and improved pre-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) and quality-of-life measures in patients with uncontrolled, moderate-to-severe asthma, with greater efficacy observed in those with a high baseline type 2 phenotype. OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy and safety of dupilumab in patients with uncontrolled, moderate-to-severe asthma with or without self-reported comorbid chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS or non-CRS). METHODS Comorbid CRS was self-reported by patients using an e-diary. Annualized severe exacerbation rates, changes from baseline in pre- and post-bronchodilator FEV1, patient-reported outcomes, type 2 biomarkers, and safety were assessed. RESULTS CRS was self-reported by 382 of 1902 (20.1%) patients. Dupilumab 200 mg/300 mg reduced annualized severe exacerbation rates by 63%/61%, respectively, in patients with CRS, and by 42%/40% in patients without CRS (all P < .001 vs placebo). Dupilumab also improved lung function and patient-reported asthma control and quality of life, and suppressed type 2 biomarkers versus placebo in both subgroups. Clinical responses were rapid, with near-maximal responses observed at the earliest measured time points and sustained at week 52. Improvements observed in the CRS subgroup were similar to or numerically greater than those in the non-CRS subgroup. CONCLUSION Dupilumab showed efficacy and was generally well tolerated in patients with uncontrolled, moderate-to-severe asthma with or without CRS.
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- Campbelltown Hospital, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia; Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis
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- Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Mo
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- Capital Allergy and Respiratory Disease Center, Sacramento, Calif
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- Division of Allergy-Immunology and the Sinus and Allergy Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill
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- Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif
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- LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Grosshansdorf, Germany; Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Kiel, Germany
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY
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- L Sher
- James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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Suicide is one of the leading causes of premature death among individuals with schizophrenia and psychotic spectrum disorders (1). Suicide and suicide attempts occur at a significantly greater rate in schizophrenia than in the general population. Common estimates are that 10% of people with schizophrenia will eventually have a completed suicide, and that attempts are made at two to five times that rate. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- James J. Peters Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- James J. Peters Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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Johnston DT, Sher L, Fineman SM, Griffin NM, Zawadzki R, Rosén K, Siri DD. Prevalence of Comorbidities with Peanut Allergy: Results from a Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial (PALISADE). J Allergy Clin Immunol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.12.824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Maspero JF, Corren J, Ford LB, Sher L, Chipps BE, Peters AT, Rice M, Rowe P, Lu Y, Harel S, Staudinger H, Amin N, Ruddy M, Graham NM, Teper A. Dupilumab Suppresses Type 2 Biomarkers in Asthma Patients With and Without Comorbid Chronic Rhinosinusitis With or Without Nasal Polyposis (CRS/NP): Post Hoc Analysis of LIBERTY ASTHMA QUEST. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.12.299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sher L, Rutter SB, New AS, Siever LJ, Hazlett EA. Gender differences and similarities in aggression, suicidal behaviour, and psychiatric comorbidity in borderline personality disorder. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2019; 139:145-153. [PMID: 30353921 DOI: 10.1111/acps.12981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We examined gender differences and similarities in aggression, impulsivity, suicidal behaviour, and psychiatric comorbidity in men and women with borderline personality disorder (BPD) compared with healthy controls. METHOD A community sample of 511 participants (healthy controls: 81 men and 82 women; BPD patients: 145 men and 203 women) were rigorously characterized using structured diagnostic interviews and symptom severity assessments. RESULTS In comparison with women with BPD, men were less educated, had higher total Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS), BIS-motoric impulsiveness and BIS-non-planning impulsiveness subscale, total Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ), and BPAQ-physical aggression subscale scores. Men with BPD were more likely to have comorbid narcissistic, antisocial, paranoid, and schizotypal personality disorders, alcohol and substance use disorders but less likely to have dependent and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders compared to women with BPD. There was a trend toward higher maximum lethality of suicide attempts in men suicide attempters compared with women suicide attempters but no difference between men and women with regard to the proportion of suicide attempters or the number of suicide attempts. CONCLUSION Men with BPD are more impaired and may be at higher risk of dying by suicide compared to women with BPD.
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- L Sher
- James J. Peters Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- James J. Peters Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- James J. Peters Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- James J. Peters Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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Vickery BP, Vereda A, Casale TB, Beyer K, du Toit G, Hourihane JO, Jones SM, Shreffler WG, Marcantonio A, Zawadzki R, Sher L, Carr WW, Fineman S, Greos L, Rachid R, Ibáñez MD, Tilles S, Assa’ad AH, Nilsson C, Rupp N, Welch MJ, Sussman G, Chinthrajah S, Blumchen K, Sher E, Spergel JM, Leickly FE, Zielen S, Wang J, Sanders GM, Wood RA, Cheema A, Bindslev-Jensen C, Leonard S, Kachru R, Johnston DT, Hampel FC, Kim EH, Anagnostou A, Pongracic JA, Ben-Shoshan M, Sharma HP, Stillerman A, Windom HH, Yang WH, Muraro A, Zubeldia JM, Sharma V, Dorsey MJ, Chong HJ, Ohayon J, Bird JA, Carr TF, Siri D, Fernández-Rivas M, Jeong DK, Fleischer DM, Lieberman JA, Dubois AEJ, Tsoumani M, Ciaccio CE, Portnoy JM, Mansfield LE, Fritz SB, Lanser BJ, Matz J, Oude Elberink HNG, Varshney P, Dilly SG, Adelman DC, Burks AW. AR101 Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy. N Engl J Med 2018; 379:1991-2001. [PMID: 30449234 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1812856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 417] [Impact Index Per Article: 69.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Peanut allergy, for which there are no approved treatment options, affects patients who are at risk for unpredictable and occasionally life-threatening allergic reactions. METHODS In a phase 3 trial, we screened participants 4 to 55 years of age with peanut allergy for allergic dose-limiting symptoms at a challenge dose of 100 mg or less of peanut protein (approximately one third of a peanut kernel) in a double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge. Participants with an allergic response were randomly assigned, in a 3:1 ratio, to receive AR101 (a peanut-derived investigational biologic oral immunotherapy drug) or placebo in an escalating-dose program. Participants who completed the regimen (i.e., received 300 mg per day of the maintenance regimen for approximately 24 weeks) underwent a double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge at trial exit. The primary efficacy end point was the proportion of participants 4 to 17 years of age who could ingest a challenge dose of 600 mg or more, without dose-limiting symptoms. RESULTS Of the 551 participants who received AR101 or placebo, 496 were 4 to 17 years of age; of these, 250 of 372 participants (67.2%) who received active treatment, as compared with 5 of 124 participants (4.0%) who received placebo, were able to ingest a dose of 600 mg or more of peanut protein, without dose-limiting symptoms, at the exit food challenge (difference, 63.2 percentage points; 95% confidence interval, 53.0 to 73.3; P<0.001). During the exit food challenge, the maximum severity of symptoms was moderate in 25% of the participants in the active-drug group and 59% of those in the placebo group and severe in 5% and 11%, respectively. Adverse events during the intervention period affected more than 95% of the participants 4 to 17 years of age. A total of 34.7% of the participants in the active-drug group had mild events, as compared with 50.0% of those in the placebo group; 59.7% and 44.4% of the participants, respectively, had events that were graded as moderate, and 4.3% and 0.8%, respectively, had events that were graded as severe. Efficacy was not shown in the participants 18 years of age or older. CONCLUSIONS In this phase 3 trial of oral immunotherapy in children and adolescents who were highly allergic to peanut, treatment with AR101 resulted in higher doses of peanut protein that could be ingested without dose-limiting symptoms and in lower symptom severity during peanut exposure at the exit food challenge than placebo. (Funded by Aimmune Therapeutics; PALISADE ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02635776 .).
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- L Sher
- James J. Peters Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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Sher L, Flory J, Bierer L, Makotkine I, Yehuda R. Dehydroepiandrosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate levels in combat veterans with or without a history of suicide attempt. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2018; 138:55-61. [PMID: 29790155 DOI: 10.1111/acps.12897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to determine whether combat veterans who have made a suicide attempt postdeployment can be distinguished from combat veterans who have never made a suicide attempt based on differences in psychological and biological variables. METHODS Demographic and clinical parameters of suicide attempters and non-attempters were assessed. Blood samples were assayed for dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS). RESULTS Suicide attempters had higher Scale for Suicidal Ideation and Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)-suicidal thoughts item scores in comparison with non-attempters. There was a trend toward higher MADRS scores in the suicide attempter group compared with non-attempters. Suicide attempters had significantly lower levels of DHEA and DHEAS compared with non-attempters. Scale for Suicidal Ideation scores in all study participants combined negatively correlate with DHEA and DHEAS levels. DHEAS levels negatively correlate with Scale for Suicidal Ideation scores in suicide non-attempters but not in suicide attempters. DHEA/DHEAS ratios positively correlate with total adolescence aggression scores, total adulthood aggression scores, and total aggression scale scores in suicide attempters but not in suicide non-attempters. CONCLUSION There are psychobiological differences between combat veterans with or without a history of suicidal behaviour.
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- L Sher
- James J. Peters Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- James J. Peters Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- James J. Peters Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- James J. Peters Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- James J. Peters Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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Rabe KF, Nair P, Brusselle G, Maspero JF, Castro M, Sher L, Zhu H, Hamilton JD, Swanson BN, Khan A, Chao J, Staudinger H, Pirozzi G, Antoni C, Amin N, Ruddy M, Akinlade B, Graham NMH, Stahl N, Yancopoulos GD, Teper A. Efficacy and Safety of Dupilumab in Glucocorticoid-Dependent Severe Asthma. N Engl J Med 2018; 378:2475-2485. [PMID: 29782224 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1804093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 680] [Impact Index Per Article: 113.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Dupilumab is a fully human anti-interleukin-4 receptor α monoclonal antibody that blocks both interleukin-4 and interleukin-13 signaling. Its effectiveness in reducing oral glucocorticoid use in patients with severe asthma while maintaining asthma control is unknown. METHODS We randomly assigned 210 patients with oral glucocorticoid-treated asthma to receive add-on dupilumab (at a dose of 300 mg) or placebo every 2 weeks for 24 weeks. After a glucocorticoid dose-adjustment period before randomization, glucocorticoid doses were adjusted in a downward trend from week 4 to week 20 and then maintained at a stable dose for 4 weeks. The primary end point was the percentage reduction in the glucocorticoid dose at week 24. Key secondary end points were the proportion of patients at week 24 with a reduction of at least 50% in the glucocorticoid dose and the proportion of patients with a reduction to a glucocorticoid dose of less than 5 mg per day. Severe exacerbation rates and the forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) before bronchodilator use were also assessed. RESULTS The percentage change in the glucocorticoid dose was -70.1% in the dupilumab group, as compared with -41.9% in the placebo group (P<0.001); 80% versus 50% of the patients had a dose reduction of at least 50%, 69% versus 33% had a dose reduction to less than 5 mg per day, and 48% versus 25% completely discontinued oral glucocorticoid use. Despite reductions in the glucocorticoid dose, in the overall population, dupilumab treatment resulted in a severe exacerbation rate that was 59% (95% confidence interval [CI], 37 to 74) lower than that in the placebo group and resulted in an FEV1 that was 0.22 liters (95% CI, 0.09 to 0.34) higher. Injection-site reactions were more common with dupilumab than with placebo (9% vs. 4%). Transient blood eosinophilia was observed in more patients in the dupilumab group than in the placebo group (14% vs. 1%). CONCLUSIONS In patients with glucocorticoid-dependent severe asthma, dupilumab treatment reduced oral glucocorticoid use while decreasing the rate of severe exacerbations and increasing the FEV1. Transient eosinophilia was observed in approximately 1 in 7 dupilumab-treated patients. (Funded by Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals; LIBERTY ASTHMA VENTURE ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02528214 .).
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- Klaus F Rabe
- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
| | - George D Yancopoulos
- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
| | - Ariel Teper
- From LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada (P.N.); Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium (G.B.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.F.M.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (L.S.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (H.Z., B.N.S., H.S., G.P., C.A., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (J.D.H., J.C., N.A., M.R., B.A., N.M.H.G., N.S., G.D.Y.); and Sanofi, Chilly Mazarin, France (A.K.)
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Castro M, Corren J, Pavord ID, Maspero J, Wenzel S, Rabe KF, Busse WW, Ford L, Sher L, FitzGerald JM, Katelaris C, Tohda Y, Zhang B, Staudinger H, Pirozzi G, Amin N, Ruddy M, Akinlade B, Khan A, Chao J, Martincova R, Graham NMH, Hamilton JD, Swanson BN, Stahl N, Yancopoulos GD, Teper A. Dupilumab Efficacy and Safety in Moderate-to-Severe Uncontrolled Asthma. N Engl J Med 2018; 378:2486-2496. [PMID: 29782217 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1804092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1084] [Impact Index Per Article: 180.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Dupilumab is a fully human anti-interleukin-4 receptor α monoclonal antibody that blocks both interleukin-4 and interleukin-13 signaling. We assessed its efficacy and safety in patients with uncontrolled asthma. METHODS We randomly assigned 1902 patients 12 years of age or older with uncontrolled asthma in a 2:2:1:1 ratio to receive add-on subcutaneous dupilumab at a dose of 200 or 300 mg every 2 weeks or matched-volume placebos for 52 weeks. The primary end points were the annualized rate of severe asthma exacerbations and the absolute change from baseline to week 12 in the forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) before bronchodilator use in the overall trial population. Secondary end points included the exacerbation rate and FEV1 in patients with a blood eosinophil count of 300 or more per cubic millimeter. Asthma control and dupilumab safety were also assessed. RESULTS The annualized rate of severe asthma exacerbations was 0.46 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.39 to 0.53) among patients assigned to 200 mg of dupilumab every 2 weeks and 0.87 (95% CI, 0.72 to 1.05) among those assigned to a matched placebo, for a 47.7% lower rate with dupilumab than with placebo (P<0.001); similar results were seen with the dupilumab dose of 300 mg every 2 weeks. At week 12, the FEV1 had increased by 0.32 liters in patients assigned to the lower dose of dupilumab (difference vs. matched placebo, 0.14 liters; P<0.001); similar results were seen with the higher dose. Among patients with a blood eosinophil count of 300 or more per cubic millimeter, the annualized rate of severe asthma exacerbations was 0.37 (95% CI, 0.29 to 0.48) among those receiving lower-dose dupilumab and 1.08 (95% CI, 0.85 to 1.38) among those receiving a matched placebo (65.8% lower rate with dupilumab than with placebo; 95% CI, 52.0 to 75.6); similar results were observed with the higher dose. Blood eosinophilia occurred after the start of the intervention in 52 patients (4.1%) who received dupilumab as compared with 4 patients (0.6%) who received placebo. CONCLUSIONS In this trial, patients who received dupilumab had significantly lower rates of severe asthma exacerbation than those who received placebo, as well as better lung function and asthma control. Greater benefits were seen in patients with higher baseline levels of eosinophils. Hypereosinophilia was observed in some patients. (Funded by Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals; LIBERTY ASTHMA QUEST ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02414854 .).
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Affiliation(s)
- Mario Castro
- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
| | - Jonathan Corren
- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
| | - Ian D Pavord
- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
| | - Jorge Maspero
- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
| | - Sally Wenzel
- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
| | - Klaus F Rabe
- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
| | - William W Busse
- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
| | - Linda Ford
- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
| | - Lawrence Sher
- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
| | - J Mark FitzGerald
- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
| | - Constance Katelaris
- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
| | - Yuji Tohda
- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
| | - Bingzhi Zhang
- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
| | - Heribert Staudinger
- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
| | - Gianluca Pirozzi
- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
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- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
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- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
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- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
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- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
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- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
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- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
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- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
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- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
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- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
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- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
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- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
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- From the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (M.C.); David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (J. Corren), and Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates (L.S.) - both in California; Oxford Respiratory National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (I.D.P.); Fundación CIDEA (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Alérgicas y Respiratorias), Buenos Aires (J.M.); the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.W.); LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel - both in Germany (K.F.R.); the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (W.W.B.); the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bellevue, NE (L.F.); the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.M.F.); Campbelltown Hospital and Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.); the Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osakasayama, Japan (Y.T.); Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ (B.Z., H.S., G.P., B.N.S., A.T.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (N.A., M.R., B.A., J. Chao, N.M.H.G., J.D.H., N.S., G.D.Y.); Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France (A.K.); and Sanofi, Prague, Czech Republic (R.M.)
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Odom C, Walyzada F, Sher L. Impact of hospital murder-suicide on behavior of patients and staff. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2018; 137:528. [PMID: 29878351 DOI: 10.1111/acps.12876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- C Odom
- Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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- James J. Peters Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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Kerwin E, Wachtel A, Sher L, Nyberg J, Darken P, Siddiqui S, Duncan EA, Reisner C, Dorinsky P. Efficacy, safety, and dose response of glycopyrronium administered by metered dose inhaler using co-suspension delivery technology in subjects with intermittent or mild-to-moderate persistent asthma: A randomized controlled trial. Respir Med 2018; 139:39-47. [PMID: 29858000 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2018.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over, Phase II dose-ranging study investigated the efficacy and safety of GP MDI (glycopyrronium administered by metered dose inhaler formulated using co-suspension delivery technology) compared with an open-label active comparator, salmeterol dry powder inhaler (SAL DPI), in subjects with intermittent or mild-to-moderate persistent asthma. METHODS Subjects were randomized to receive five of seven treatments (GP MDI 28.8, 14.4, 7.2, 3.6, and 1.9 μg, placebo MDI, and SAL DPI 50 μg), each for a 14-day period. The primary endpoint was peak change from baseline in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) on Day 15. Secondary endpoints included additional lung function parameters and symptoms (Asthma Control Questionnaire-5). Safety was monitored throughout. RESULTS Of 248 subjects randomized, 211 completed the study. All doses of GP MDI resulted in significant improvements in the primary endpoint compared with placebo MDI in a dose-ordered fashion (range 85-155 mL, p < .0001), without appreciable differences between the two highest doses of GP MDI (28.8 and 14.4 μg) and SAL DPI 50 μg. Improvements in secondary lung function endpoints and symptoms were generally dose-ordered, with GP MDI 28.8 μg showing the greatest improvements. Similar results were observed when endpoints were analyzed based on subjects' background use of inhaled corticosteroids (yes/no). All GP MDI doses were well tolerated with no evidence of a dose-related effect on adverse events. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study suggest that GP MDI could offer an important treatment option for maintenance therapy of asthma, and warrants further investigation in Phase III clinical trials.
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- Edward Kerwin
- Clinical Research Institute of Southern Oregon, Medford, OR, USA.
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- Southern California Institute for Respiratory Diseases, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Peninsula Research Associates, Rolling Hills Estates, CA, USA
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- Pearl - a member of the AstraZeneca Group, Morristown, NJ, USA
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- Pearl - a member of the AstraZeneca Group, Morristown, NJ, USA
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- Pearl - a member of the AstraZeneca Group, Morristown, NJ, USA; AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
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- Pearl - a member of the AstraZeneca Group, Durham, NC, USA
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- L Sher
- James J. Peters Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, James J. Peters Veterans' Administration Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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Abreu LN, Oquendo MA, Galfavy H, Burke A, Grunebaum MF, Sher L, Sullivan GM, Sublette ME, Mann J, Lafer B. Are comorbid anxiety disorders a risk factor for suicide attempts in patients with mood disorders? A two-year prospective study. Eur Psychiatry 2017; 47:19-24. [PMID: 29096128 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Revised: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Comorbid anxiety disorders have been considered a risk factor for suicidal behavior in patients with mood disorders, although results are controversial. The aim of this two-year prospective study was to determine if lifetime and current comorbid anxiety disorders at baseline were risk factors for suicide attempts during the two-year follow-up. METHODS We evaluated 667 patients with mood disorders (504 with major depression and 167 with bipolar disorder) divided in two groups: those with lifetime comorbid anxiety disorders (n=229) and those without (n=438). Assessments were performed at baseline and at 3, 12, and 24 months. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and log-rank test were used to evaluate the relationship between anxiety disorders and suicide attempts. Cox proportional hazard regression was performed to investigate clinical and demographic variables that were associated with suicide attempts during follow-up. RESULTS Of the initial sample of 667 patients, 480 had all three follow-up interviews. During the follow-up, 63 patients (13.1%) attempted suicide at least once. There was no significant difference in survival curves for patients with and without comorbid anxiety disorders (log-rank test=0.269; P=0.604). Female gender (HR=3.66, P=0.001), previous suicide attempts (HR=3.27, P=0.001) and higher scores in the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (HR=1.05, P≤0.001) were associated with future suicide attempts. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that comorbid anxiety disorders were not risk factors for suicide attempts. Further studies were needed to determine the role of anxiety disorders as risk factors for suicide attempts.
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- L N Abreu
- Bipolar Disorder Research Program (PROMAN), Institute of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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- New York State Psychiatry Institute and Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division (MIND), Columbia University, New York, USA
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- New York State Psychiatry Institute and Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division (MIND), Columbia University, New York, USA
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- New York State Psychiatry Institute and Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division (MIND), Columbia University, New York, USA
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- New York State Psychiatry Institute and Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division (MIND), Columbia University, New York, USA
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- James J. Peters Veterans' Administration Medical Center and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
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- New York State Psychiatry Institute and Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division (MIND), Columbia University, New York, USA
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- New York State Psychiatry Institute and Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division (MIND), Columbia University, New York, USA
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- New York State Psychiatry Institute and Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division (MIND), Columbia University, New York, USA
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- Bipolar Disorder Research Program (PROMAN), Institute of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Calabria CW, Hauswirth DW, Rank M, Sher L, Larenas-Linnemann D. American Academy of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology membership experience with venom immunotherapy in chronic medical conditions and pregnancy, and in young children. Allergy Asthma Proc 2017; 38:121-129. [PMID: 28234049 DOI: 10.2500/aap.2017.38.4024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Few data exist regarding the use of venom immunotherapy (VIT) in specific high-risk chronic medical conditions and pregnancy, and in young children. METHODS A Web-based survey was sent to American Academy of Asthma Allergy & Immunology members to explore their VIT experience in potential high-risk medical conditions and pregnancy, and in young children. Major problems were defined as "activation of underlying disease and/or VIT not well tolerated (systemic adverse events) and/or VIT discontinued for medical reasons." Results were expressed descriptively. RESULTS A total of 697 of 5123 surveys (14%) were completed: 87% of the respondents were based in the United States, and 28% worked in an academic setting. Most respondents (71%) believed that pregnancy was a contraindication for starting VIT. Most were comfortable continuing VIT (51%) if the woman became pregnant after starting therapy. Of the allergists who treated children, many would give VIT down to age 5 years (42%) or younger, ages 1-4 years (35%). The following list is of the specific medical condition, the number of allergists who used VIT in patients with this condition, and the percentage who reported major problems: severe asthma, 212 (4.2%); hypertension, 287 (1.1%); coronary artery disease, 222 (3.6%); arrhythmias, 136 (3.4%); cerebrovascular disease, 104 (5.1%); cancer in remission, 166 (0%); cancer stable but still under treatment, 44 (7.2%); a history of bone marrow transplantation, 15 (4.9%); a history of solid organ transplantation, 29 (3.6%); human immunodeficiency virus, 53 (1.4%); acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, 24 (6.2%); stable autoimmune disease, 164 (2.8%); mastocytosis, 66 (18.4%); elevated serum tryptase, 101 (10.8%); immunodeficiency 59 (2.5%). CONCLUSION Many allergists were comfortable using VIT in young children and continuing but not starting pregnant women on VIT. VIT was commonly used in patients with hypertension, coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, cancer in remission, and stable autoimmune disease. Major problems were most frequently reported in use with mastocytosis, elevated tryptase, and cancer still under treatment.
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Deleuran M, Thaçi D, Beck LA, Forman S, Soong W, Hussain I, Bissonnette R, Bouaziz JD, Gelfand J, Sher L, Chen Z, Akinlade B, Gadkari A, Eckert L, Graham NM, Pirozzi G, Ardeleanu M. Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Open-Label Dupilumab in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.12.915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Pichichero ME, Reiner SA, Yamauchi T, Brook I, Jenkins SG, Gooch WM, Sher L. Controversies in the Medical Management of Persistent and Recurrent Acute Otitis Media Recommendations of a Clinical Advisory Committee. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/00034894001090s801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Streptococcus pneumoniae is the predominant bacterial pathogen associated with acute otitis media (AOM), causing an estimated 7 million cases annually in the United States. Bacterial resistance should be considered when selecting an antimicrobial agent for otitis media. Significant increases in drug-resistant S pneumoniae are documented worldwide, and less than 50% of S pneumoniae strains are fully susceptible to penicillin in some regions of the United States. Although amoxicillin is recommended for uncomplicated AOM, treatment guidelines should be flexible and adaptable, taking into consideration local and regional susceptibility patterns, the age of the patient, the frequency of prior infections, and the response to prior therapy. Resistant organisms are more prevalent in children younger than 2 years of age and in those who have recurrent or persistent AOM. Overdiagnosing AOM, selecting inappropriate empiric therapy, or both, leads to overuse and misuse of antibiotics and causes increased drug resistance. This article reviews persistent and recurrent AOM and discusses the pitfalls of diagnosis and the practical limitations of current treatment recommendations.
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Sher L, Yiu G, Sakov A, Liu S, Caracta C. P139 Fluticasone propionate and fluticasone/salmeterol multidose dry powder inhalers compared with placebo for persistent asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2016.09.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- James J. Peters Veterans' Administration Medical Center and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. ,
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Wenzel S, Ford L, Pearlman D, Spector S, Sher L, Skobieranda F, Wang L, Kirkesseli S, Rocklin R, Bock B, Hamilton J, Ming JE, Radin A, Stahl N, Yancopoulos GD, Graham N, Pirozzi G. Dupilumab in persistent asthma with elevated eosinophil levels. N Engl J Med 2013; 368:2455-66. [PMID: 23688323 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1304048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 928] [Impact Index Per Article: 84.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Moderate-to-severe asthma remains poorly treated. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of dupilumab (SAR231893/REGN668), a fully human monoclonal antibody to the alpha subunit of the interleukin-4 receptor, in patients with persistent, moderate-to-severe asthma and elevated eosinophil levels. METHODS We enrolled patients with persistent, moderate-to-severe asthma and a blood eosinophil count of at least 300 cells per microliter or a sputum eosinophil level of at least 3% who used medium-dose to high-dose inhaled glucocorticoids plus long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs). We administered dupilumab (300 mg) or placebo subcutaneously once weekly. Patients were instructed to discontinue LABAs at week 4 and to taper and discontinue inhaled glucocorticoids during weeks 6 through 9. Patients received the study drug for 12 weeks or until a protocol-defined asthma exacerbation occurred. The primary end point was the occurrence of an asthma exacerbation; secondary end points included a range of measures of asthma control. Effects on various type 2 helper T-cell (Th2)-associated biomarkers and safety and tolerability were also evaluated. RESULTS A total of 52 patients were assigned to the dupilumab group, and 52 patients were assigned to the placebo group. Baseline characteristics were similar in the two groups. Three patients had an asthma exacerbation with dupilumab (6%) versus 23 with placebo (44%), corresponding to an 87% reduction with dupilumab (odds ratio, 0.08; 95% confidence interval, 0.02 to 0.28; P<0.001). Significant improvements were observed for most measures of lung function and asthma control. Dupilumab reduced biomarkers associated with Th2-driven inflammation. Injection-site reactions, nasopharyngitis, nausea, and headache occurred more frequently with dupilumab than with placebo. CONCLUSIONS In patients with persistent, moderate-to-severe asthma and elevated eosinophil levels who used inhaled glucocorticoids and LABAs, dupilumab therapy, as compared with placebo, was associated with fewer asthma exacerbations when LABAs and inhaled glucocorticoids were withdrawn, with improved lung function and reduced levels of Th2-associated inflammatory markers. (Funded by Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01312961.).
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- Division of Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Harutunian G, Sher L, Kalayjian L. Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus in Liver Transplant Patients (P06.266). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p06.266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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