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Benefits of omalizumab as add-on therapy in patients with severe persistent asthma who are inadequately controlled despite best available therapy (GINA 2002 step 4 treatment): INNOVATE

Marc Humbert, +2 more
- pp 425-434
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The article was published on 2017-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 848 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Omalizumab.

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Appropriate selection for omalizumab treatment in patients with severe asthma

TL;DR: Only 42% of the omalizumab-treated patients were appropriately selected according to current guidelines, so it is important to keep this drug in mind as an add-on to asthma therapy in well-selected patients.
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Factors leading to refractory asthma in patients from Saudi Arabia

TL;DR: RA has certain clinical characteristics and associated comorbid conditions as well as precipitating factors that facilitate the identifications of these cases.
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Omalizumab-Therapie bei Jugendlichen mit schwerem allergischem Asthma – eine Anwendungsbeobachtung

TL;DR: Omalizumab zeigte sich als eine wertvolle Zusatztherapie bei Jugendlichen mit schwerem, trotz der Behandlungsstufe 4 bzw.
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Lost in transition: biomarkers of remodeling in patients with asthma.

TL;DR: Given the clinical impact of the remodeling processes, new biomarkers are needed to adequately treat patients with asthma and objectively monitor treatment response beyond symptom control and lung function.
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TL;DR: A questionnaire suitable for all adults with asthma and designed to be responsive to within subject change and therefore may be used as a measure of outcome in clinical trials in asthma is developed.

Allergy, rhinitis, other respiratory diseases Omalizumab, anti-IgE recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody, for the treatment of severe allergic asthma

TL;DR: Omalizumab as discussed by the authors is a recombinant humanized anti-IgE mAb, which forms complexes with free IgE, blocking its interaction with mast cells and basophils.
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The anti-IgE antibody omalizumab reduces exacerbations and steroid requirement in allergic asthmatics

TL;DR: Results indicate that omalizumab therapy safely improves asthma control in allergic asthmatics who remain symptomatic despite regular use of inhaled corticosteroids and simultaneous reduction in Corticosteroid requirement.
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