Omalizumab outcomes for up to 6 years in pediatric patients with severe persistent allergic asthma.
Pediatr Allergy Immunol
; 32(5): 980-991, 2021 07.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Various studies have assessed omalizumab outcomes in the clinical practice setting but follow-up and/or number of patients included were limited. We aim to describe the long-term outcomes of pediatric patients with severe persistent allergic asthma receiving omalizumab in the largest real-life cohort reported to date.METHODS:
ANCHORS was a multicenter, observational, retrospective cohort study conducted in 25 Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonology units in Spain. We collected data of patients < 18 years and initiating omalizumab between 2006 and 2018, from the year prior to omalizumab initiation to discontinuation or last available follow-up. The primary outcome was the evolution of the annual number of moderate-to-severe exacerbations compared with the baseline period.RESULTS:
Of the 484 patients included, 101 (20.9%) reached 6 years of treatment. The mean ± standard deviation number of exacerbations decreased during the first year of treatment (7.9 ± 6.6 to 1.1 ± 2.0, P < .001) and remained likewise for up to 6 years. The other clinical parameters assessed also improved significantly during the first year and stabilized or continued to improve thereafter. The percentage of patients experiencing adverse events was consistently low, and the main reason for discontinuation was good disease evolution.CONCLUSION:
In this large, long-term, observational study, moderate-to-severe exacerbations decreased significantly from the first year of treatment with omalizumab. The beneficial effect was maintained in the long term, along with a good safety profile. Our results position omalizumab as an effective long-term treatment in pediatric patients with severe persistent allergic asthma.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Asma
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Antiasmáticos
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Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados
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Omalizumab
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatr Allergy Immunol
Assunto da revista:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
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PEDIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha