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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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Asthma Control in General Practice

Jean Holohan, +1 more
TL;DR: A worldwide network of individuals, organisations, and public health officials to disseminate information about the care of patients with asthma while at the same time assuring a mechanism to incorporate the results of scientific investigations into asthma care using evidence-based knowledge.

Effets rhino sinusiens des biothérapies chez l'asthmatique sévère

TL;DR: Les biotherapies indiquees dans l’asthme severe de type anti IL5 et anti IgE ont egalement une efficacite sur les symptomes de rhinosinusite chronique, avec un impact majeur sur la qualite de vie des patients.
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The many faces of severe asthma.

TL;DR: In the present issue of Allergy several original contributions provide novel information on difficult asthma phenotypes, both in adults and in children.
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Medical Management of Asthma

TL;DR: According to a new classification, patients with asthma should be categorized as controlled, partly controlled or uncontrolled, which recognizes that asthma is a disease with variable presentation where an individual’s asthma symptoms may change over months or years.
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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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