Benralizumab efficacy and safety in severe asthma: A randomized trial in Asia.
Respir Med
; : 107611, 2024 Apr 01.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Benralizumab is indicated as add-on therapy in patients with uncontrolled, severe eosinophilic asthma; it has not yet been evaluated in a large Asian population with asthma in a clinical trial.OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of benralizumab in patients with severe asthma in Asia.METHODS:
MIRACLE (NCT03186209) was a randomized, Phase 3 study in China, South Korea, and the Philippines. Patients aged 12-75 years with severe asthma receiving medium-to-high-dose inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting ß2-agonists, stratified (21) by baseline blood eosinophil count (bEOS) (≥300/µL; <300/µL), were randomized (11) to benralizumab 30 mg or placebo. Endpoints included annual asthma exacerbation rate (AAER; primary endpoint), change from baseline at Week 48 in pre-bronchodilator (BD) forced expiratory volume in 1 second (pre-BD FEV1) and total asthma symptom score (TASS). Safety was evaluatedâ¯≤â¯Week 56.RESULTS:
Of 695 patients randomized, 473 had baseline bEOS ≥300/µL (benralizumab nâ¯=â¯236; placebo nâ¯=â¯237). In this population, benralizumab significantly reduced AAER by 74% (rate ratio 0.26 [95% CI 0.19, 0.36], pâ¯<â¯0.0001) and significantly improved pre-BD FEV1 (least squares difference [LSD] 0.25 L [95% CI 0.17, 0.34], pâ¯<â¯0.0001) and TASS (LSD -0.25 [-0.45, -0.05], pâ¯=â¯0.0126) versus placebo. In patients with baseline bEOS <300/µL, there were numerical improvements in AAER, pre-BD FEV1, and TASS with benralizumab versus placebo. The frequency of adverse events was similar for benralizumab (76%) and placebo (80%) in the overall population.CONCLUSIONS:
MIRACLE data reinforces the efficacy and safety of benralizumab for severe eosinophilic asthma in an Asian population, consistent with the global Phase 3 results.
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