Features of severe asthma response to anti-IL5/IL5r therapies : identikit of clinical remission

Copyright © 2024 Carpagnano, Portacci, Nolasco, Detoraki, Vatrella, Calabrese, Pelaia, Montagnolo, Scioscia, Valenti, D’Amato, Caiaffa, Triggiani, Scichilone and Crimi..

Introduction: Clinical remission (CliR) achievement has been recognized as a new potential outcome in severe asthma. Nevertheless, we still lack a detailed profile of what features could better identify patients undergoing clinical remission. In this study, we aim to address this issue, tracing a possible identikit of patients fulfilling remission criteria.

Methods: We enrolled 266 patients with severe eosinophilic asthma (SEA) treated with a 12-month course of anti-IL5/IL5 receptor (IL5r) monoclonal antibodies. Patients with no exacerbation, OCS withdrawal, ACT ≥ 20 and FEV1 ≥ 80% after 1 year of biologic treatment were classified as in clinical remission.

Results: 30.5% of the enrolled patients achieved remission after biologic administration. CliR group showed a lower number of baseline asthma exacerbations and better lung function parameters, with a trend for higher ACT scores and a less frequent history of a positive skin prick test. CliR achievement was unlikely in presence of a higher BMI, a positive skin prick test, an increased number of asthma exacerbations before biologic treatment, anti-muscarinic administration, and a previous diagnosis of EGPA, bronchiectasis or osteoporosis. In contrast, a better lung function, an increased blood eosinophilic count, the presence of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps and a more frequent use of reliever therapy predicts remission development. Changes in exacerbations number, OCS use, ACT scores and FEV1% between remittent and non-remittent patients arise at specific follow up timepoints and are positively associated with CliR achievement.

Discussion: anti-IL5/IL5r biologics can induce CliR in a proportion of patients with SEA. Patients achieving remission demonstrate specific clinical, functional and inflammatory features, as well as a specific moment of improvement in all the CliR items.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in immunology - 15(2024) vom: 28., Seite 1343362

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Carpagnano, Giovanna Elisiana [VerfasserIn]
Portacci, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Nolasco, Santi [VerfasserIn]
Detoraki, Aikaterini [VerfasserIn]
Vatrella, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Calabrese, Cecilia [VerfasserIn]
Pelaia, Corrado [VerfasserIn]
Montagnolo, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Scioscia, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Valenti, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
D'Amato, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Caiaffa, Maria Filomena [VerfasserIn]
Triggiani, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Scichilone, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Crimi, Claudia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-IL5
Anti-IL5 receptor
Biologics
Clinical remission
Corticosteroids
Exacerbations
FEV1
Journal Article
Receptors, Interleukin-5
Severe asthma

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Date Completed 09.02.2024

Date Revised 10.04.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2024.1343362

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368167577