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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
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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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Dissertation

Immunopathological and Structural Alterations in Difficult to Control Asthma

TL;DR: New histopathological data that are associated with clinical control in asthma are provided, including a down-regulation of structures involved in airway narrowing and hyperreactivity, including airway smooth muscle, neuroendocrine epithelial cells, and nerve fibres.
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Asthma bronchiale – Verschreibung von Ambra grisea aufgrund eines auffallenden Lokalsymptoms

TL;DR: In this paper, aktuelle schulmedizinische und homopathischen Strategien bei der Behandung von Asthma bronchiale wird die homoopathische Behandlung eines Patienten mit thiser Erkrankung beschrieben.
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Asthma des Erwachsenen

TL;DR: In inhaled glucocorticosteroids remain the most effective anti-inflammatory treatment, but in addition innovative therapies such as anti-IgE therapy have been approved for subgroups with allergic and uncontrolled disease.
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Xolair: A New Monoclonal Drug Anti-IgE Antibody for the Treatment of Allergic Asthma

TL;DR: Xolair, administrated as an additional therapy, strongly improved the severe persistent IgE-mediated asthma and improved the patient life quality, by inducing positive effects on symp-toms and pulmonary function.
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Asthma and Respiratory Allergic Disease

TL;DR: This chapter discusses the current state of the art in the understanding of allergic immunity and particularly the role of innate immunity as the major conduit linking the host response to the respirable environment.
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Evaluation of impairment of health related quality of life in asthma: development of a questionnaire for use in clinical trials.

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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