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01-12-2020 | Bronchial Asthma | Short report
In patients with severe asthma with eosinophilia in reslizumab clinical trials, high peripheral blood eosinophil levels are associated with low FEV1 reversibility
Published in: Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology | Issue 1/2020
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Background
A post hoc analysis of two randomized, placebo–controlled, Phase 3 trials of intravenous reslizumab, an anti-interleukin-5 (IL-5) biologic for severe eosinophilic asthma.
Methods
Relationships between baseline blood eosinophil levels (EOS), forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) reversibility to β2-agonists and treatment outcomes were assessed.
Results
Mean baseline FEV1 reversibility was numerically lower among patients with high (≥ 400 cells/µL) versus low baseline EOS. Reslizumab produced clinically significant improvement in FEV1, exacerbation rates and patient-reported outcomes after 52 weeks, including in patients with high EOS and low FEV1 reversibility (≤ 14%) to β2-agonists at baseline.
Conclusions
Clinical trial eligibility criteria stipulating minimum FEV1 reversibility to β2-agonists of ≥ 12% might exclude patients who would benefit from treatment with anti-IL-5 biologics.