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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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Novel strategies for the treatment of asthma

TL;DR: An overview of the broad spectrum of novel inhaled, oral, systemic, and invasive treatment strategies for asthma is provided.
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Assessment of Long-term Omalizumab Treatment in Patients with Severe Allergic Asthma Long-term Omalizumab Treatment in Severe Asthma

TL;DR: This study showed that long-term therapy with omalizumab for up to 3 years was well tolerated with significant improvement both in symptoms and lung functions.
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Immunopharmacological modulation of mast cells.

TL;DR: The development of pharmacologic agents based on this new wave of knowledge holds promise for the treatment of several mast cell-mediated disorders.
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Changes in asthma control, work productivity, and impairment with omalizumab: 5-year EXCELS study results.

TL;DR: On average, patients in the Evaluating Clinical Effectiveness and Long-term Safety in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Asthma observational study who initiated omalizumab experienced clinically significant improvement in asthma control, which was observed within 6 months and persisted for 5 years.
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Revision of omalizumab dosing table for dosing every 4 instead of 2 weeks for specific ranges of bodyweight and baseline IgE

TL;DR: Double the dose of omalizumab, in a subset of patients receiving 225-300 mg of o malizumAB (every 2 weeks dosing regimen) can efficiently suppress free IgE without compromising safety or efficacy.
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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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