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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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Anti-IgE therapy for asthma: an audit at atertiary care centre in Saudi Arabia.

TL;DR: Despite several benefits, notably a reduction in utilization of health services and asthma medication, anti-IgE therapy is probably underutilized locally and there is room for improvement in the prescription practices, particularly in dosing and the setting for delivery.
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Bronchial asthma developing after 15 years of immunosuppressive treatment following renal transplantation.

TL;DR: A 42-year-old woman who underwent renal transplantation from her mother at the age of 26 due to IgA nephropathy developed bronchial asthma for the first time after performing house-cleaning activities and was treated with corticosteroids and antiasthmatic agents.
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Target Selection and Validation in Drug Discovery

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The epidemiology of acute asthma managed by ambulance paramedics in the prehospital setting in Western Australia

Nick Gibson
TL;DR: A review of clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, and hospital care of Asthma in Australia and abroad: a review of outcome studies, 2.6.3 CONTENTS 6 MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS and DEFINITIONS 9 STATISTICAL AB BREVIations and de defines 11
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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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