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Comparison of Biologicals in Treatment of Severe Asthma (BiSA)

H

Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Asthma

Treatments

Drug: IL5 Antagonist or anti-IL5R-antibody or Omalizumab

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04158050
HUS/25/2019

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a retrospective clinical study on adult patients (18 years or more) with biological therapy for severe asthma at the Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH). This is a real-life study with a broader patient population than in a randomized controlled trial. Omalizumab has been used for treatment of asthma in HUCH since January 2009, anti-IL5 therapies starting with mepolizumab since April 2016.

Full description

The investigators collect and analyse results of anti-IL5/IL5R and anti-IgE therapies in asthma until October 2019.The investigators compare number of exacerbations, number of glucocorticoid courses, dose of per oral glucocorticoid, number of antibiotic courses, need of emergency care and hospitalizations because of asthma before use of biologicals and at the latest visits of the participants when using biologicals.

Enrollment

64 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • asthma that remains uncontrolled despite moderate to high dose inhaled corticosteroid and additional therapy with at least one other controller medication and need for continuous per oral corticosteroids (OCS) or contraindications (or clinically significant side effects of OCS) against OCS and/or frequent courses (two or more per year) of OCS

Exclusion criteria

  • patients without asthma

Trial design

64 participants in 2 patient groups

anti-IL5/IL5R-therapy group
Description:
Asthma patients, asthma and rhinitis, asthma and nasal polyps and anti-IL5/IL5R
Treatment:
Drug: IL5 Antagonist or anti-IL5R-antibody or Omalizumab
anti-IgE-therapy group
Description:
Asthma patients, asthma and rhinitis, asthma and nasal polyps and anti-IgE-therapy
Treatment:
Drug: IL5 Antagonist or anti-IL5R-antibody or Omalizumab

Trial documents
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Trial contacts and locations

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