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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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Phenotype-Driven Therapeutics in Severe Asthma.

TL;DR: This review discusses severe asthma phenotypes from unbiased clustering approaches and the most recent scientific evidence on novel treatments to provide a guide in personalizing severe asthma treatment.
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Management of asthma during pregnancy

TL;DR: The aim of this review article is to summarize the most recent literature about the immunological changes that occur during pregnancy, physiological and clinical implications of asthma on pregnancy, and asthma management and medication use in pregnant women.
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Approaches to stepping up and stepping down care in asthmatic patients

TL;DR: For treating symptoms related to the variability of asthma on a day-to-day basis, inhaled corticosteroids used concomitantly with a β-agonist have been evaluated, although this treatment is not currently approved in the United States.
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Loss of asthma control after cessation of omalizumab treatment: real life data.

TL;DR: The data indicate that the withdrawal of OMA therapy after the successful long-term therapy may cause severe asthma exacerbations, and the decision regarding cessation of Oma treatment should be undertaken individually after careful weighing benefits and risks.
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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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