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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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Airway inflammation and eotaxin in exhaled breath condensate of patients with severe persistent allergic asthma during omalizumab therapy

TL;DR: Downregulation of eotaxin expression in the airways through limitation of eosinophilic inflammation could be essential in the beneficial effect of anti-IgE therapy with omalizumab in asthma patients.
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Recent changes in the drug treatment of allergic asthma

TL;DR: Personalised medicine and targeted therapies may hold the key to long-term control in patients with severe allergic asthma, despite advances in understanding of the disease.
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"Real-life" Efficacy and Safety Aspects of 4-Year Omalizumab Treatment for Asthma.

TL;DR: Omalizumab therapy resulted in better asthma control, and was effective and well tolerated as an add-on therapy for patients with moderate-to-severe asthma.

Review article Managing patients with chronic severe asthma: Rise to the challenge ☆

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a review of the evidence regarding various therapeutic modalities for chronic severe asthma and also provide a practical approach to diagnosis and management for the benefit of those who have a specific interest in this problematic condition.
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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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