Clinical remission in severe asthma with biologic therapy : an analysis from the UK Severe Asthma Registry

Copyright ©The authors 2023..

BACKGROUND: Novel biologic therapies have revolutionised the management of severe asthma with more ambitious treatment aims. Here we analyse the definition of clinical remission as a suggested treatment goal and consider the characteristics associated with clinical remission in a large, real-world severe asthma cohort.

METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis of severe asthma patients registered in the UK Severe Asthma Registry (UKSAR) who met strict national access criteria for biologics. Patients had a pre-biologics baseline assessment and annual review. The primary definition of clinical remission applied included Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ)-5 <1.5 and no oral corticosteroids for disease control and forced expiratory volume in 1 s above lower limit of normal or no more than 100 mL less than baseline.

RESULTS: 18.3% of patients achieved the primary definition of remission. The adjusted odds of remission on biologic therapy were 7.44 (95% CI 1.73-31.95)-fold higher in patients with type 2 (T2)-high biomarkers. The adjusted odds of remission were lower in patients who were female (OR 0.61, 95% CI 0.45-0.93), obese (OR 0.49, 95% CI 0.24-0.65) or had ACQ-5 ≥1.5 (OR 0.19, 95% CI 0.12-0.31) pre-biologic therapy. The likelihood of remission reduced by 14% (95% CI 0.76-0.97) for every 10-year increase in disease duration. 12-21% of the cohort attained clinical remission depending on the definition applied; most of those who did not achieve remission failed to meet multiple criteria.

CONCLUSIONS: 18.3% of patients achieved the primary definition of clinical remission. Remission was more likely in T2-high biomarker patients with shorter duration of disease and less comorbidity. Further research on the optimum time to commence biologics in severe asthma is required.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Eur Respir J. 2023 Dec 14;62(6):. - PMID 38097202

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:62

Enthalten in:

The European respiratory journal - 62(2023), 6 vom: 04. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

McDowell, P Jane [VerfasserIn]
McDowell, Ron [VerfasserIn]
Busby, John [VerfasserIn]
Eastwood, M Chad [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Pujan H [VerfasserIn]
Jackson, David J [VerfasserIn]
Mansur, Adel [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Mitesh [VerfasserIn]
Burhan, Hassan [VerfasserIn]
Doe, Simon [VerfasserIn]
Chaudhuri, Rekha [VerfasserIn]
Gore, Robin [VerfasserIn]
Dodd, James W [VerfasserIn]
Subramanian, Deepak [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Heaney, Liam G [VerfasserIn]
UK Severe Asthma Registry [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Anti-Asthmatic Agents
Biological Products
Biomarkers
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.12.2023

Date Revised 09.01.2024

published: Electronic-Print

CommentIn: Eur Respir J. 2023 Dec 14;62(6):. - PMID 38097202

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1183/13993003.00819-2023

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363498591