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Moore WC, Kornmann O, Humbert M, Poirier C, Bel EH, Kaneko N, Smith SG, Martin N, Gilson MJ, Price RG, Bradford ES, Liu MC. Stopping versus continuing long-term mepolizumab treatment in severe eosinophilic asthma (COMET study). Eur Respir J 2021; 59:13993003.00396-2021. [PMID: 34172470 PMCID: PMC8733344 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00396-2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Background The long-term efficacy and safety of mepolizumab for treatment of severe eosinophilic asthma are well established. Here, we examine the clinical impact of stopping mepolizumab after long-term use. Methods COMET (NCT02555371) was a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, multicentre study. Patients who had completed COLUMBA (NCT01691859) or COSMEX (NCT02135692) and received continuous mepolizumab treatment for ≥3 years were randomised 1:1 to stop (switch to placebo) or continue subcutaneous mepolizumab 100 mg every 4 weeks for 52 weeks. Primary end-point: time to first clinically significant exacerbation; secondary end-points: time to first exacerbation requiring hospitalisation/emergency department visit, time to decrease in asthma control (≥0.5-point increase in Asthma Control Questionnaire-5 score from COMET baseline) and blood eosinophil count ratio to COMET baseline. Safety was assessed. Results Patients stopping (n=151) versus continuing (n=144) mepolizumab had significantly shorter times to first clinically significant exacerbation (hazard ratio 1.61, 95% CI 1.17–2.22; p=0.004) and decrease in asthma control (hazard ratio 1.52, 95% CI 1.13–2.02; p=0.005), and higher blood eosinophil counts at week 52 (270 versus 40 cells·µL−1; ratio (stopping versus continuing) 6.19, 95% CI 4.89–7.83; p<0.001). Differences in efficacy outcomes between groups were observed when assessed from week 12 (16 weeks after last mepolizumab dose). Exacerbations requiring hospitalisation/emergency department visit were rare. Adverse events in patients continuing mepolizumab were consistent with previous studies. For patients who stopped mepolizumab, the safety profile was consistent with other eosinophilic asthma populations. Conclusion Patients who stopped mepolizumab had an increase in exacerbations and reduced asthma control versus those who continued. This randomised study demonstrates increased exacerbation risk and a decrease in asthma control in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma who stop mepolizumab treatment after long-term use, when compared with those who continue treatment.https://bit.ly/3fsxGV2
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- Wendy C Moore
- Department of Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- IKF Pneumologie Frankfurt, Clinical Research Centre Respiratory Diseases, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France.,Assistance Publique- Hôpitaux de Paris, Service de Pneumologie et Soins Intensifs Respiratoires, Hôpital Bicêtre, Paris, France.,INSERM U999, Paris, France
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- Département de Médecine, Service de Pneumologie, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Japan
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Global Medical Affairs, GSK, Brentford, Middlesex, UK.,Institute for Lung Health, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Respiratory Research and Development, GSK, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.,Affiliation at time of study. Current affiliation: Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Austin, TX, USA
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- Divisions of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Lemiere C, Taillé C, Lee JK, Smith SG, Mallett S, Albers FC, Bradford ES, Yancey SW, Liu MC. Impact of baseline clinical asthma characteristics on the response to mepolizumab: a post hoc meta-analysis of two Phase III trials. Respir Res 2021; 22:184. [PMID: 34158028 PMCID: PMC8218390 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-021-01767-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Severe asthma is associated with a broad range of phenotypes and clinical characteristics. This analysis assessed whether select baseline patient characteristics could prognosticate mepolizumab efficacy in severe eosinophilic asthma. METHODS This was a post hoc meta-analysis of data from the Phase III MENSA (NCT01691521/MEA115588) and MUSCA (NCT02281318/200862) studies. Patients aged ≥ 12 years with severe eosinophilic asthma and a history of exacerbations were randomised to receive placebo (MENSA/MUSCA), mepolizumab 75 mg intravenously (MENSA) or 100 mg subcutaneously (SC) (MENSA/MUSCA) every 4 weeks for 32 (MENSA) or 24 (MUSCA) weeks. The primary endpoint was the annual rate of clinically significant exacerbations; other outcomes included the proportion of patients with no exacerbations and changes from baseline in pre-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1), St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) total score and Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ)-5 score. Analyses were performed by baseline age of asthma onset (< 18 years; 18-40 years; ≥ 40 years); lung function (% predicted FEV1 ≤ 60; 60-80; > 80); airway reversibility (reversible [≥ 12% change in FEV1]; non-reversible [< 12% change in FEV1]); perennial and/or seasonal allergen sensitivity (yes/no); asthma control (uncontrolled [ACQ-5 score ≥ 1.5]; partial/complete control [ACQ-5 score < 1.5]). RESULTS Overall, 936 patients received mepolizumab 100 mg SC or placebo. Across age at asthma onset, lung function and airway reversibility subgroups, mepolizumab reduced the rate of clinically significant exacerbations by 49-63% versus placebo. Improvements in lung function, SGRQ total score and ACQ-5 score were also seen with mepolizumab versus placebo across most age and lung function subgroups. Clinically significant exacerbations were reduced with mepolizumab versus placebo irrespective of season or allergen sensitivity; SGRQ total and ACQ-5 scores were generally improved across seasons. CONCLUSIONS Mepolizumab efficacy was consistent for patients with varying age at asthma onset, lung function, airway reversibility and allergen sensitivities at baseline. Our results indicate that mepolizumab is likely to be beneficial for patients with severe eosinophilic asthma with a broad range of baseline clinical characteristics; large-scale real-world studies are needed to confirm the external validity of these findings. Trial registration Post hoc meta-analysis of data from MENSA (NCT01691521/MEA115588) and MUSCA (NCT02281318/200862).
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- Catherine Lemiere
- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Bichat, AP-HP-Nord, Paris, France.,INSERM U1152, Université de Paris, Paris, France.,INSERM 12, F-CRIN, Clinical Research Initiative In Severe Asthma: A Level for Innovation & Science (CRISALIS), Toulouse, France
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Stockley Park, Uxbridge, UK
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- Respiratory Medical Franchise, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.,Avillion US Inc., Northbrook, IL, USA
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.,Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Austin, TX, USA
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Divisions of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
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Pavord ID, Chapman KR, Bafadhel M, Sciurba FC, Bradford ES, Schweiker Harris S, Mayer B, Rubin DB, Yancey SW, Paggiaro P. Mepolizumab for Eosinophil-Associated COPD: Analysis of METREX and METREO. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2021; 16:1755-1770. [PMID: 34163157 PMCID: PMC8215850 DOI: 10.2147/copd.s294333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 05/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Background A pre-specified meta-analysis of individual patient data from the 52-week METREX and METREO trials, which investigated mepolizumab for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in patients with blood eosinophil counts ≥150 cells/µL (screening) or ≥300 cells/µL (prior year) and frequent exacerbations, enables more robust characterization of mepolizumab efficacy in COPD and exploration of the relationship between blood eosinophil count and treatment responses. Methods In METREX (117106/NCT02105948) and METREO (117113/NCT02105961), randomized patients received mepolizumab or placebo added to existing inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)–based triple maintenance therapy. The annual rate of moderate/severe exacerbations (primary endpoint) was compared between subcutaneous (SC) mepolizumab 100 mg versus placebo (primary comparison of interest) and all doses (100 mg and 300 mg SC) versus placebo in patients with blood eosinophil counts ≥150 cells/µL at screening or ≥300 cells/µL in the prior year. Secondary/other endpoints included time to first moderate/severe exacerbation, exacerbations leading to emergency department visit/hospitalization and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). A predictive model of the relationship between screening blood eosinophil counts and exacerbation rates included data from all randomized patients. Results In total, 1510 patients were randomized in METREX and METREO and 1136 patients were included in the pre-specified meta-analysis. From the meta-analysis, mepolizumab 100 mg SC significantly reduced annual moderate/severe exacerbation rates versus placebo by 18% (rate ratio: 0.82; 95% confidence interval: 0.71, 0.95; p=0.006) and delayed time to first moderate/severe exacerbation (hazard ratio: 0.80 [0.68, 0.94]; p=0.006). Mepolizumab 100 mg SC versus placebo numerically reduced exacerbations leading to ED visits/hospitalization and improved HRQoL. A modelling approach demonstrated increasing efficacy for moderate/severe exacerbations with increasing screening blood eosinophil count; this relationship was more pronounced for exacerbations requiring oral corticosteroids (post hoc). The all-doses comparison had similar results. Conclusion Mepolizumab reduces exacerbations in patients with eosinophil-associated COPD. Results suggest that blood eosinophil counts (≥150 cells/µL at screening or ≥300 cells/µL in the prior year) allow for identification of patients with COPD who experience exacerbations while treated with maximal ICS-based triple maintenance therapy who are likely to benefit from mepolizumab. ![]()
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- Ian D Pavord
- Nuffield Department of Medicine and Oxford Respiratory NIHR BRC, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Asthma & Airway Centre, UHN and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine and Oxford Respiratory NIHR BRC, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Critical Care, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Gibson PG, Prazma CM, Chupp GL, Bradford ES, Forshag M, Mallett SA, Yancey SW, Smith SG, Bel EH. Mepolizumab improves clinical outcomes in patients with severe asthma and comorbid conditions. Respir Res 2021; 22:171. [PMID: 34098955 PMCID: PMC8182929 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-021-01746-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Comorbidities can complicate the management of severe asthma; therefore, the presence of comorbid conditions or traits often need to be considered when considering treatment options for patients with severe asthma. The aim of this analysis is to investigate the efficacy of mepolizumab in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma and comorbidities. METHODS This was a post hoc analysis (GSK ID:209140) of data from the Phase IIb/III studies DREAM, MENSA, SIRIUS, and MUSCA. Patients aged ≥ 12 years with severe eosinophilic asthma were randomized to: mepolizumab 750, 250, or 75 mg intravenously or placebo (DREAM); mepolizumab 75 mg intravenously or 100 mg subcutaneously or placebo (MENSA); or mepolizumab 100 mg subcutaneously or placebo (SIRIUS and MUSCA) every 4 weeks for 24 weeks in SIRIUS and MUSCA, 32 weeks in MENSA or 52 weeks in DREAM. In this analysis the primary endpoint was the annual rate of clinically significant exacerbations; secondary endpoints were Asthma Control Questionnaire-5 score, St George's Respiratory Questionnaire total score, and pre-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s at study end. Subgroups were based on comorbidities at baseline. RESULTS Overall, 1878 patients received placebo (n = 689) or mepolizumab (n = 1189). Across all comorbidity subgroups mepolizumab reduced the rate of clinically significant exacerbations by 44-68% versus placebo, improved Asthma Control Questionnaire-5 score by 0.27-0.59 points, and improved St George's Respiratory Questionnaire total score by 5.0-11.6 points. Pre-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s was improved by 27.1-286.9 mL in all but one comorbidity subgroup, the diabetes mellitus subgroup. CONCLUSIONS Mepolizumab reduces exacerbations, and improves asthma control, health-related quality of life, and lung function in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma despite comorbid conditions, including upper respiratory conditions, psychopathologies, cardiovascular conditions, gastroesophageal reflux disease, diabetes mellitus, and obesity. TRIAL REGISTRATION https://clinicaltrials.gov/ DREAM, MEA112997/NCT01000506; MENSA, MEA115588/NCT01691521; SIRIUS, MEA115575/NCT01842607; MUSCA, 200862/NCT02281318.
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- Peter G Gibson
- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
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- Respiratory Medical Franchise, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA. .,GSK, 5 Moore Drive, PO Box 13398, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709-3398, USA.
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- Yale Center for Asthma and Airways Disease (YCAAD), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Respiratory Medical Franchise, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Amsterdam University Medical Center, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Lugogo N, Liu MC, Pavord I, Mitchell PD, Smith SG, Mallett S, Albers FC, Bradford ES, Yancey SW, Bel EH. Clinical effects of mepolizumab in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma according to background therapy: A meta-analysis. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2021; 9:3506-3509.e3. [PMID: 34111572 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Njira Lugogo
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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- Divisions of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, Baltimore, Md
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- Respiratory Medicine Unit and Oxford Respiratory NIHR BRC, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Research and Development, Statistics, Programming, and Data Standards, GSK, Stockley Park West, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Roufosse F, Kahn JE, Rothenberg ME, Wardlaw AJ, Klion AD, Kirby SY, Gilson MJ, Bentley JH, Bradford ES, Yancey SW, Steinfeld J, Gleich GJ. Efficacy and safety of mepolizumab in hypereosinophilic syndrome: A phase III, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2020; 146:1397-1405. [PMID: 32956756 PMCID: PMC9579892 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.08.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Anti-IL-5 therapy is a potential treatment for patients with hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES), although its clinical efficacy is unclear. OBJECTIVE We sought to investigate the clinical efficacy and safety of mepolizumab versus placebo in patients with HES. METHODS This randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III trial was conducted across 39 centers in 13 countries. Eligible patients had FIP1L1-PDGFRA-negative HES, experienced 2 or more flares (worsening of HES-related symptoms or blood eosinophil count requiring therapeutic escalation) in the previous 12 months, and had a screening blood eosinophil count greater than or equal to 1000 cells/μL. Patients were randomized (1:1) to subcutaneous mepolizumab (300 mg) or placebo every 4 weeks for 32 weeks, plus existing HES therapy. The primary outcome was the proportion of patients with 1 or more flares (worsening of HES-related symptoms necessitating therapy escalation or ≥2 courses of blinded rescue oral corticosteroids) during the study; in addition, patients who withdrew early from the study were counted as having a flare. Safety end points were also assessed. RESULTS The proportion of patients experiencing 1 or more flares/withdrawing from the study was 50% lower with mepolizumab versus placebo (15 of 54 [28%] vs 30 of 54 [56%]; P = .002). Logistic regression analysis was consistent with the primary analysis (odds ratio, 0.28; 95% CI, 0.12-0.64; P = .003). Similar proportions of patients in the mepolizumab and placebo groups experienced on-treatment adverse events (48 of 54 [89%] vs 47 of 54 [87%]). CONCLUSIONS Compared with placebo, mepolizumab significantly reduced the occurrence of flares in patients with HES, with no new safety signals identified.
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- Florence Roufosse
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Université Versailles-Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines, Boulogne-Billancourt
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
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Pavord ID, Menzies-Gow A, Buhl R, Chanez P, Dransfield M, Lugogo N, Keene ON, Bradford ES, Yancey SW. Clinical Development of Mepolizumab for the Treatment of Severe Eosinophilic Asthma: On the Path to Personalized Medicine. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2020; 9:1121-1132.e7. [PMID: 32889223 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.08.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The development of mepolizumab, an anti-IL-5 monoclonal antibody for the treatment of severe eosinophilic asthma, is an example of a clinical development program that evolved over time based on sound, basic scientific principles. Initial clinical data on the effects of mepolizumab on lung function in a general asthmatic population were disappointing. However, it became clear that mepolizumab may be more effective against other clinical endpoints, particularly asthma exacerbations, in patients with more severe disease. Furthermore, a developing understanding of asthma disease pathobiology led to the identification of an appropriate target population and predictive biomarker for mepolizumab treatment: patients with severe eosinophilic asthma and blood eosinophil count. Mepolizumab use provides clinically meaningful benefits in this target population, fulfilling an unmet need. This Clinical Commentary Review describes the clinical development of mepolizumab and details of how this program informed the development of other biologic therapies in patients with severe asthma. This account highlights how a personalized approach toward treatment of patients with severe eosinophilic asthma, supported by a large body of scientific evidence, ultimately led to new and effective treatments and improved patient outcomes.
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- Ian D Pavord
- Nuffield Department of Medicine and Oxford Respiratory NIHR BRC, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany
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- Aix-Marseille Université, INSERM CV2N, APHM CIC NORD, Marseille, France
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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- Biostatistics, GSK, Stockley Park, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC.
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Engelkes M, de Ridder MA, Svensson E, Berencsi K, Prieto-Alhambra D, Lapi F, Giaquinto C, Picelli G, Boudiaf N, Albers FC, Cockle SM, Bradford ES, Suruki RY, Brusselle GG, Rijnbeek PR, Sturkenboom MC, Verhamme KM. Multinational cohort study of mortality in patients with asthma and severe asthma. Respir Med 2020; 165:105919. [PMID: 32174450 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2020.105919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2019] [Revised: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Data on the risk of death following an asthma exacerbation are scarce. With this multinational cohort study, we assessed all-cause mortality rates, mortality rates following an exacerbation, and patient characteristics associated with all-cause mortality in asthma. METHODS Asthma patients aged ≥18 years and with ≥1 year of follow-up were identified in 5 European electronic databases from the Netherlands, Italy, UK, Denmark and Spain during the study period January 1, 2008-December 31, 2013. Patients with asthma-COPD overlap were excluded. Severe asthma was defined as use of high dose ICS + use of a second controller. Severe asthma exacerbations were defined as emergency department visits, hospitalizations or systemic corticosteroid use, all for reason of asthma. RESULTS The cohort consisted of 586,436 asthma patients of which 42,611 patients (7.3%) had severe asthma. The age and sex standardized all-cause mortality rates ranged between databases from 5.2 to 9.5/1000 person-years (PY) in asthma, and between 11.3 and 14.8/1000 PY in severe asthma. The all-cause mortality rate in the first week following a severe asthma exacerbation ranged between 14.1 and 59.9/1000 PY. Mortality rates remained high in the first month following a severe asthma exacerbation and decreased thereafter. Higher age, male gender, comorbidity, smoking, and previous severe asthma exacerbations were associated with mortality. CONCLUSION All-cause mortality following a severe exacerbation is high, especially in the first month following the event. Smoking cessation, comorbidity-management and asthma-treatment focusing on the prevention of exacerbations might reduce associated mortality.
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- GREMPAL Research Group, Idiap Jordi Gol Primary Care Research Institute, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Musculoskeletal Pharmaco and Device Epidemiology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), University of Oxford, UK
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- Research and Development, GlaxoSmithKline, Middlesex, UK
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- Global Respiratory Franchise, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
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- Research and Development, GlaxoSmithKline, Brentford, UK
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- Research and Development, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; Departments of Epidemiology and Respiratory Medicine, ErasmusMC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Howarth P, Chupp G, Nelsen LM, Bradford ES, Bratton DJ, Smith SG, Albers FC, Brusselle G, Bachert C. Severe eosinophilic asthma with nasal polyposis: A phenotype for improved sinonasal and asthma outcomes with mepolizumab therapy. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2020; 145:1713-1715. [PMID: 32084443 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Revised: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Peter Howarth
- Global Medical, Global Specialty & Primary Care, Brentford, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
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- Yale Center for Asthma and Airways Disease (YCAAD), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Respiratory Medical Franchise, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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Gupta A, Pouliquen I, Austin D, Price RG, Kempsford R, Steinfeld J, Bradford ES, Yancey SW. Subcutaneous mepolizumab in children aged 6 to 11 years with severe eosinophilic asthma. Pediatr Pulmonol 2019; 54:1957-1967. [PMID: 31502421 PMCID: PMC6972599 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES There are no published reports for anti-interleukin-5 therapy in children <12 years with asthma. The primary objective of this study was to characterize the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of mepolizumab following subcutaneous (SC) administration in children 6 to 11 years-of-age with severe eosinophilic asthma. HYPOTHESIS Mepolizumab SC pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in children with severe eosinophilic asthma are comparable with adults. STUDY DESIGN Multinational, nonrandomised, open-label (NCT02377427). PATIENT SELECTION Children 6 to 11 years-of-age with severe eosinophilic asthma (blood eosinophil count ≥150 cells/µL at screening or ≥300 cells/µL <12 months of screening) and ≥2 exacerbations in the prior year. METHODOLOGY Children received mepolizumab SC 40 mg (bodyweight <40 kg) or 100 mg (≥40 kg) every 4 weeks for 12 weeks. RESULTS Thirty-six children received mepolizumab (40 mg, n = 26; 100 mg, n = 10). Mepolizumab exposures were higher and apparent clearance lower than predicted based on prior existing data. Derived mepolizumab exposures normalized to mean bodyweight for the 40 mg and 100 mg dose groups were 454 μg * day/mL and 675 μg * day/mL, respectively. At week 12, blood eosinophils were reduced by 89% and 83% from baseline to 42 and 55 cells/µL, respectively. Mepolizumab was well tolerated; no new safety signals were observed compared with previous adult/adolescent studies. CONCLUSION In children 6 to 11 years-of-age with severe eosinophilic asthma, mepolizumab SC 40 or 100 mg provided bodyweight-adjusted drug exposure within twofold of target adult exposure as well as marked reductions to blood eosinophil counts similar to adults, and although not designed to evaluate efficacy outcomes, demonstrated a positive clinical profile.
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- Atul Gupta
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King's College London, London, UK
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- Clinical Pharmacology Modelling and Simulation, GSK, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK
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- Clinical Pharmacology Modelling and Simulation, GSK, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK
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- Clinical Pharmacology Modelling and Simulation, R&D Medicines Research Centre, GSK, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK
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- Respiratory TAU & Flexible Discovery Unit, GSK, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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Yancey SW, Ortega HG, Keene ON, Bradford ES. Efficacy of add-on mepolizumab in adolescents with severe eosinophilic asthma. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 2019; 15:53. [PMID: 31507641 PMCID: PMC6724286 DOI: 10.1186/s13223-019-0366-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Adolescents (12-17 years of age) with severe eosinophilic asthma experience frequent exacerbations and reduced lung function leading to poor health-related quality of life. Mepolizumab is approved for add-on maintenance therapy in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma ≥ 6 years of age in the EU and ≥ 12 years of age in other regions (including the USA), based on a Phase II/III program demonstrating reduced exacerbation rates with 4-weekly treatment. A total of 34 adolescent patients were recruited across the Phase III mepolizumab trials. Consistent with outcomes in the overall population, there was a reduction in the annual rate of clinically significant exacerbations, along with a reduction in blood eosinophil counts in response to mepolizumab in adolescent patients. The safety profile in adolescent patients was consistent with that seen in the overall population. Data from the Phase III clinical development program provide evidence for comparable efficacy and safety of mepolizumab between adolescents with severe eosinophilic asthma and the overall population. Clinical trial registration DREAM, NCT01000506 [MEA112997]; MENSA, NCT01691521 [MEA115588]; SIRIUS, NCT01691508 [MEA115575]; MUSCA, NCT02281318 [200862]; COSMOS, NCT01842607 [MEA115661].
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- Steven W Yancey
- 1Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, 5 Moore Drive, PO Box 13398, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA
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- Respiratory US Medical Affairs, GSK, La Jolla, CA USA.,Present Address: GossamerBio, San Diego, CA USA
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- 1Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, 5 Moore Drive, PO Box 13398, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA
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Khurana S, Brusselle GG, Bel EH, FitzGerald JM, Masoli M, Korn S, Kato M, Albers FC, Bradford ES, Gilson MJ, Price RG, Humbert M. Long-term Safety and Clinical Benefit of Mepolizumab in Patients With the Most Severe Eosinophilic Asthma: The COSMEX Study. Clin Ther 2019; 41:2041-2056.e5. [PMID: 31447130 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2019.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Revised: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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PURPOSE The goal of this study was to assess the long-term safety and efficacy of mepolizumab in patients with the most severe eosinophilic asthma. METHODS This multicenter, open-label, long-term, Phase IIIb study (COSMEX [COSMOS Extension]; 201312/NCT02135692) enrolled patients from the 52-week, open-label extension study COSMOS (A Study to Determine Long-term Safety of Mepolizumab in Asthmatic Subjects) that previously enrolled patients from the double-blinded, placebo-controlled Phase III studies MENSA (Mepolizumab as Adjunctive Therapy in Patients with Severe Asthma) and SIRIUS (Steroid Reduction with Mepolizumab Study). To enter COSMEX, patients had to have life-threatening/seriously debilitating asthma before entering MENSA or SIRIUS and to have completed these previous studies with demonstrated improvement while receiving mepolizumab. In COSMEX, patients received mepolizumab 100 mg subcutaneously every 4 weeks as add-on therapy for up to 172 weeks. Primary endpoints were adverse event frequency and exacerbation rate per year; also assessed were forced expiratory volume in 1 s, Asthma Control Questionnaire-5 score, and daily oral corticosteroid (OCS) use. FINDINGS Of the 340 patients enrolled, 339 received mepolizumab; median treatment duration within this extension study was 2.2 years, equating to 718 patient-years of additional exposure. No new safety signals were identified. Patients receiving mepolizumab throughout this study and previous studies had lasting reductions in exacerbation rate and daily OCS use and improvements in forced expiratory volume in 1 s and Asthma Control Questionnaire-5 score. In COSMEX, the on-treatment exacerbation rate (95% CI) was 0.93 (0.81-1.06) event/year for clinically significant exacerbations, 0.13 (0.10-0.18) event/year for exacerbations requiring hospitalization/emergency department visit, and 0.07 (0.05-0.10) event/year for exacerbations requiring hospitalization. In patients requiring systemic/oral corticosteroids with ≥128 weeks of continuous enrollment across SIRIUS, COSMOS, and COSMEX, mepolizumab maintained the median daily OCS dose at 1.3-2.8 mg during COSMEX, with additional patients no longer requiring OCS after extended mepolizumab treatment. IMPLICATIONS This study indicates that long-term mepolizumab treatment is well tolerated and associated with sustained clinical benefits in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02135692.
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- Sandhya Khurana
- Department of Medicine/Pulmonary, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, United Kingdom
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- Pulmonary Department, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Chest Disease Clinical and Research Institute, Kishiwada City Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Respiratory Medical Franchise, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Respiratory Research and Development, GlaxoSmithKline, Stockley Park, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Assistance Publique -Hôpitaux de Paris, Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, Paris, France; Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France; INSERM U999, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Paris, France
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Albers FC, Papi A, Taillé C, Bratton DJ, Bradford ES, Yancey SW, Kwon N. Mepolizumab reduces exacerbations in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma, irrespective of body weight/body mass index: meta-analysis of MENSA and MUSCA. Respir Res 2019; 20:169. [PMID: 31362741 PMCID: PMC6664536 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-019-1134-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND We assessed the efficacy of the licensed mepolizumab dose (100 mg subcutaneously [SC]) in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma according to body weight/body mass index (BMI). METHODS This was a post hoc individual patient-level meta-analysis of data from the Phase 3 studies MENSA (MEA115588/NCT01691521) and MUSCA (200862/NCT02281318). Patients aged ≥12 years with severe eosinophilic asthma and a history of exacerbations were randomised to 4-weekly placebo, mepolizumab 75 mg intravenously (IV) or 100 mg SC (MENSA) or placebo or mepolizumab 100 mg SC (MUSCA) for 32 (MENSA) or 24 (MUSCA) weeks. The primary endpoint was the annual rate of clinically significant exacerbations; other outcomes included the proportion of patients with no exacerbations, lung function, St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) and Asthma Control Questionnaire-5 (ACQ-5) scores and blood eosinophil counts. Analyses were performed by baseline body weight and BMI (≤60, > 60-75, > 75-90, > 90, < 100, ≥100 kg; ≤25, > 25-30, > 30, < 36, ≥36 kg/m2). RESULTS Overall, 936 patients received placebo or mepolizumab 100 mg SC. Across all body weight/BMI categories, mepolizumab reduced the rate of clinically significant exacerbations by 49-70% versus placebo. Improvements with mepolizumab versus placebo were also seen in lung function in all body weight/BMI categories except > 90 kg; improvements in SGRQ and ACQ-5 scores were seen across all categories. CONCLUSIONS Mepolizumab 100 mg SC has consistent clinical benefits in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma across a range of body weights and BMIs. Data show that the fixed-dose regimen of mepolizumab is suitable, without the need for weight-based dosing. TRIAL REGISTRATION This manuscript is a post hoc meta-analysis of data from the Phase 3 studies MENSA and MUSCA. ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01691521 (MEA115588; MENSA). Registered September 24, 2012. ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02281318 (200862; MUSCA). Registered November 3, 2014.
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- Frank C Albers
- Respiratory Medical Franchise, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA. .,Present address: Avillion US Inc., Northbrook, IL, USA.
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- Research Center on Asthma and COPD, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bichat, Service de Pneumologie et Centre de Référence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, INSERM UMR1152, Paris, France
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Respiratory Medical Franchise, GSK, Brentford, Middlesex, UK
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Shabbir S, Pouliquen IJ, Bentley JH, Bradford ES, C Kaisermann M, Albayaty M. The Pharmacokinetics and Relative Bioavailability of Mepolizumab 100 mg Liquid Formulation Administered Subcutaneously to Healthy Participants: A Randomized Trial. Clin Pharmacol Drug Dev 2019; 9:375-385. [PMID: 31317668 PMCID: PMC7187405 DOI: 10.1002/cpdd.726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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This study compared the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of a new liquid formulation of mepolizumab with the established lyophilized formulation. In this open‐label, parallel‐group, single‐dose study (NCT03014674; GSK ID: 204958), healthy participants were randomized (1:1:1) to receive a single mepolizumab dose (100 mg) administered subcutaneously as liquid in a single‐use prefilled syringe or single‐use prefilled autoinjector, or as a lyophilized formulation. Maximum plasma concentration, area under the plasma concentration–time curve from time zero (predose) to time of last quantifiable concentration (AUC0–t), and AUC from time zero to infinity (AUC0–∞) as well as additional PK parameters, safety assessments, and blood eosinophil count were evaluated. In total, 244 participants received study drug. All PK parameters were similar across the 3 groups; 90% confidence intervals for maximum plasma concentration, AUC0–t, and AUC0–∞ treatment ratios (liquid prefilled syringe or autoinjector vs lyophilized formulation) were within conventional bioequivalence bounds (0.80‐1.25), demonstrating statistical PK comparability. On‐treatment adverse event incidence was 29% to 38%. Mepolizumab liquid formulation administered via prefilled syringe or autoinjector had similar PK properties to the lyophilized formulation, with no safety concerns identified.
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- PAREXEL International, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK
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Nelsen LM, Cockle SM, Gunsoy NB, Jones P, Albers FC, Bradford ES, Mullerova H. Impact of exacerbations on St George's Respiratory Questionnaire score in patients with severe asthma: post hoc analyses of two clinical trials and an observational study. J Asthma 2019; 57:1006-1016. [PMID: 31251094 DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2019.1630640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Objective: To assess the effect of asthma exacerbations and mepolizumab treatment on health status of patients with severe asthma using the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ).Methods: Post hoc analyses were conducted using data from two randomized controlled trials in patients ≥12 years old with severe eosinophilic asthma randomized to receive placebo or mepolizumab 75 mg intravenously (32-week MENSA study) or 100 mg subcutaneously (MENSA/24-week MUSCA studies), and an observational single-visit study in patients with severe asthma (IDEAL). Linear regression models assessed the impact of historical exacerbations on baseline SGRQ total and domain scores (using data from each of the three studies), and within-study severe exacerbations and mepolizumab treatment on end-of-study SGRQ scores (using data from MENSA/MUSCA).Results: Overall, 1755 patients were included (MENSA, N = 540; MUSCA, N = 551; IDEAL, N = 664). In all studies, higher numbers of historical exacerbations were associated with worse baseline SGRQ total scores. Each additional historical exacerbation (beyond the second [MENSA/MUSCA]) or first [IDEAL] was associated with worsening mean total SGRQ scores of +1.5, +1.1 at baseline and +2.3 within the year prior to study enrollment. During MENSA and MUSCA, each within-study severe exacerbation was associated with a worsening in total SGRQ score of +2.4 and +3.4 points at study end. Independent of exacerbation reduction, mepolizumab accounted for an improvement in total SGRQ score of -5.3 points (MENSA) and -6.2 points (MUSCA).Conclusions: These findings support an association between a higher number of exacerbations and worse health status in patients with severe (eosinophilic) asthma.
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- Linda M Nelsen
- Patient Centered Outcomes, Value Evidence and Outcomes, GSK, Collegeville, PA, USA
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- Respiratory Medical, GSK House, Brentford, UK
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- Respiratory Medical Franchise, GSK SK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Real World Evidence and Epidemiology, GSK, Stockley Park, Uxbridge, UK
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Prazma CM, Bel EH, Price RG, Bradford ES, Albers FC, Yancey SW. Oral corticosteroid dose changes and impact on peripheral blood eosinophil counts in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma: a post hoc analysis. Respir Res 2019; 20:83. [PMID: 31053134 PMCID: PMC6499981 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-019-1056-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND An inverse relationship between oral corticosteroid (OCS) dose and peripheral blood eosinophil (PBE) count is widely recognized in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma; however, there are limited data available to quantify this relationship. This post hoc analysis of the SIRIUS study (NCT01691508) examined the impact of weekly incremental OCS dose reductions on PBE counts during the 3-8-week optimization phase of the study. METHODS SIRIUS was a randomized, double-blind study involving patients with severe asthma (≥12 years old), which included an initial OCS dose optimization phase prior to randomization. Regression analysis assuming a linear relationship between change in OCS dose and change in log (PBE count) during the optimization phase was used to estimate the changes in PBE count following specific decreases in OCS dose. RESULTS All 135 patients from the SIRIUS intent-to-treat population were included in this analysis. During the optimization period, 44% (60/135) of patients reduced their OCS dose, with an increase in geometric mean PBE count of 110 cells/μL (200 to 310 cells/μL; geometric mean ratio from beginning to end of the optimization phase: 1.52) recorded in these patients. The model estimated that reduction of daily OCS dose by 5 mg/day led to a 41% increase in PBE count (mean ratio to beginning of optimization phase: 1.41 [95% confidence interval (CI); 1.22, 1.63]). CONCLUSION These data confirmed and quantified the inverse association between OCS dose and PBE count. These insights will help to inform clinicians when tapering OCS doses in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma.
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- Charlene M Prazma
- Respiratory Medical Franchise, GSK, Research Triangle Park, 5 Moore Drive, PO Box 13398, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, 27709, USA.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, Raleigh-Durham, NC, USA
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- Respiratory Medical Franchise, GSK, Research Triangle Park, 5 Moore Drive, PO Box 13398, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, 27709, USA
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, Raleigh-Durham, NC, USA
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Yancey SW, Bradford ES, Keene ON. Disease burden and efficacy of mepolizumab in patients with severe asthma and blood eosinophil counts of ≥150-300 cells/μL. Respir Med 2019; 151:139-141. [PMID: 31047111 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2019.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Revised: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND In patients with severe eosinophilic asthma, treatment decisions can be determined by blood eosinophil counts; however, a specific blood eosinophil threshold has not been defined for starting mepolizumab treatment. METHODS We summarized the disease burden and efficacy of mepolizumab in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma and baseline blood eosinophil counts of ≥150-300 cells/μL and ≥300 cells/μL using data from the mepolizumab clinical development program (DREAM [NCT01000506], MENSA [NCT01691521], SIRIUS [NCT01691508] and MUSCA [NCT02281318]). RESULTS The morbidity of asthma in patients with baseline blood eosinophil counts ≥150-300 cells/μL was similar to that in patients with blood eosinophil counts ≥300 cells/μL, with similar rates of exacerbations (2.8-3.5 events/year versus 2.8-3.8 events/year, respectively), asthma related emergency room visits, intubations and near fatal events. Use of maintenance oral corticosteroids (OCS) was similar across blood eosinophil count subgroups. Reductions in the rates of clinically significant exacerbations with mepolizumab versus placebo ranged from 27 to 49% in patients with blood eosinophil counts of ≥150-300 cells/μL for DREAM, MENSA and MUSCA. The odds of achieving a reduction in OCS in SIRIUS was 2.03 (95% CI: 0.53, 7.75) versus 1.79 (95% CI: 0.71, 4.52) in patients with blood eosinophil counts ≥150-300 cells/μL and ≥300 cells/μL, respectively. CONCLUSION There is a high unmet clinical need in patients with blood eosinophil counts ≥150-300 cells/μL, and a clinically meaningful benefit is seen with mepolizumab in this subgroup. Mepolizumab is an efficacious treatment option for patients with blood eosinophil counts ≥150 cells/μL.
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- Steven W Yancey
- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
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Yancey SW, Albers F, Bratton DJ, Bradford ES, Kwon N, Chanez P, Licskai C, Quirce S. Efficacy Of 100 Mg SC Mepolizumab For Severe Eosinophilic Asthma (SEA) Across Blood Eosinophil Counts: Meta-Analysis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.12.308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Bradford ES, Taillé C, Bratton DJ, Yancey SW, Kwon N, Albers F, Papi A. Efficacy Of 100 Mg SC Mepolizumab For Severe Eosinophilic Asthma (SEA) Across Body Weight: Meta-Analysis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.12.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Steinfeld J, Bradford ES, Brown J, Mallett S, Yancey SW, Akuthota P, Cid MC, Gleich GJ, Jayne D, Khoury P, Langford CA, Merkel PA, Moosig F, Specks U, Weller PF, Wechsler ME. Evaluation of clinical benefit from treatment with mepolizumab for patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2018; 143:2170-2177. [PMID: 30578883 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.11.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Revised: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND In a recent phase III trial (NCT02020889) 53% of mepolizumab-treated versus 19% of placebo-treated patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) achieved protocol-defined remission. OBJECTIVE We sought to investigate post hoc the clinical benefit of mepolizumab in patients with EGPA using a comprehensive definition of benefit encompassing remission, oral glucocorticoid (OGC) dose reduction, and EGPA relapses. METHODS The randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group trial recruited patients with relapsing/refractory EGPA receiving stable OGCs (prednisolone/prednisone, ≥7.5-50 mg/d) for 4 or more weeks. Patients received 300 mg of subcutaneous mepolizumab or placebo every 4 weeks for 52 weeks. Clinical benefit was defined post hoc as follows: remission at any time (2 definitions used), 50% or greater OGC dose reduction during weeks 48 to 52, or no EGPA relapses. The 2 remission definitions were Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score of 0 plus OGC dose of 4 mg/d or less (remission 1/clinical benefit 1) or 7.5 mg/d or less (remission 2/clinical benefit 2). Clinical benefit was assessed in all patients and among subgroups with a baseline blood eosinophil count of less than 150 cells/μL, baseline OGC dosage of greater than 20 mg/d, or weight of greater than 85 kg. RESULTS With mepolizumab versus placebo, 78% versus 32% of patients experienced clinical benefit 1, and 87% versus 53% of patients experienced clinical benefit 2 (both P < .001). Significantly more patients experienced clinical benefit 1 with mepolizumab versus placebo in the blood eosinophil count less than 150 cells/μL subgroup (72% vs 43%, P = .033) and weight greater than 85 kg subgroup (68% vs 23%, P = .005); in the OGC greater than 20 mg/d subgroup, results were not significant but favored mepolizumab (60% vs 36%, P = .395). CONCLUSION When a comprehensive definition of clinical benefit was applied to data from a randomized controlled trial, 78% to 87% of patients with EGPA experienced benefit with mepolizumab.
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- Jonathan Steinfeld
- Respiratory TAU & Flexible Discovery Unit, GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Research and Development, Immuno-Inflammation TAU, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
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- Research & Development, Statistics, Programming and Data Standards, GlaxoSmithKline, Stockley Park West, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, Calif
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- Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Departments of Dermatology and Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Human Eosinophil Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md
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- Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Rheumazentrum, Schleswig-Holstein Mitte, Neumünster, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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- Divisions of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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Khatri S, Moore W, Gibson PG, Leigh R, Bourdin A, Maspero J, Barros M, Buhl R, Howarth P, Albers FC, Bradford ES, Gilson M, Price RG, Yancey SW, Ortega H. Assessment of the long-term safety of mepolizumab and durability of clinical response in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2018; 143:1742-1751.e7. [PMID: 30359681 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Revised: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mepolizumab has demonstrated favorable safety and efficacy profiles in placebo-controlled trials of 12 months' duration or less; however, long-term data are lacking. OBJECTIVE We sought to evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of mepolizumab in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma (SEA). METHODS COLUMBA (Open-label Long Term Extension Safety Study of Mepolizumab in Asthmatic Subjects, NCT01691859) was an open-label extension study in patients with SEA previously enrolled in DREAM (Dose Ranging Efficacy And Safety With Mepolizumab in Severe Asthma, NCT01000506). Patients received 100 mg of subcutaneous mepolizumab every 4 weeks plus standard of care until a protocol-defined stopping criterion was met. Safety end points included frequency of adverse events (AEs), serious AEs, and AEs of special interest. Efficacy end points included annualized exacerbation rates, changes from baseline in Asthma Control Questionnaire 5 scores, and blood eosinophil counts. Immunogenicity was also assessed. RESULTS Overall, 347 patients were enrolled for an average of 3.5 years (maximum, 4.5 years; total exposure, 1201 patient-years). On-treatment AEs were reported in 94% of patients (exposure-adjusted rate, 3688 events/1000 patient-years). The most frequently reported on-treatment AEs were respiratory tract infection, headache, bronchitis, and asthma worsening. Seventy-nine (23%) patients experienced 1 or more on-treatment serious AEs; there were 6 deaths, none of which were assessed as related to mepolizumab. For patients with 156 weeks or greater enrollment, the exacerbation rate was 0.74 events/y (weeks 0-156), a 56% reduction from the off-treatment period between DREAM and COLUMBA. For all patients, at the first postbaseline assessment, the mean Asthma Control Questionnaire 5 score was reduced by 0.47 points, and blood eosinophil counts were reduced by 78%, with similar improvements maintained throughout the study. The immunogenicity profile (8% anti-drug antibodies) was consistent with previous studies. CONCLUSION These data support the long-term safety and efficacy of mepolizumab in patients with SEA.
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- Sumita Khatri
- Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunologic Disease, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Priority Research Center for Healthy Lungs and Center of Excellence in Severe Asthma, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
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- Department of Medicine and Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France; Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Fundación Cidea Allergy and Respiratory Research Unit, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- School of Medicine, Universidad de Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile; Hospital Carlos van Buren, Valparaiso, Chile
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- Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany
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- Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton and NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom; Global Respiratory Franchise, GSK House, Brentford, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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- Respiratory Medical Franchise, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Respiratory Research and Development, GSK, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Statistics, GSK, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Oxford Respiratory NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Gunsoy NB, Cockle SM, Yancey SW, Keene ON, Bradford ES, Albers FC, Pavord ID. Evaluation of Potential Continuation Rules for Mepolizumab Treatment of Severe Eosinophilic Asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2017; 6:874-882.e4. [PMID: 29258789 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2017.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2017] [Revised: 11/08/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mepolizumab significantly reduces exacerbations in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma. The early identification of patients likely to receive long-term benefit from treatment could ensure effective resource allocation. OBJECTIVE To assess potential continuation rules for mepolizumab in addition to initiation criteria defined as 2 or more exacerbations in the previous year and blood eosinophil counts of 150 cells/μL or more at initiation or 300 cells/μL or more in the previous year. METHODS This post hoc analysis included data from 2 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies (NCT01000506 and NCT01691521) of mepolizumab in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma (N = 1,192). Rules based on blood eosinophils, physician-rated response to treatment, FEV1, Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ-5) score, and exacerbation reduction were assessed at week 16. To assess these rules, 2 key metrics accounting for the effects observed in the placebo arm were developed. RESULTS Patients not meeting continuation rules based on physician-rated response, FEV1, and the ACQ-5 score still derived long-term benefit from mepolizumab. Nearly all patients failing to reduce blood eosinophils had counts of 150 cells/μL or less at baseline. For exacerbations, assessment after 16 weeks was potentially premature for predicting future exacerbations. CONCLUSION There was no evidence of a reliable physician-rated response, ACQ-5 score, or lung function-based continuation rule. The added value of changes in blood eosinophils at week 16 over baseline was marginal. Initiation criteria for mepolizumab treatment provide the best method for assessing patient benefit from mepolizumab treatment, and treatment continuation should be reviewed on the basis of a predefined reduction in long-term exacerbation frequency and/or oral corticosteroid dose.
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- Necdet B Gunsoy
- Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Stockley Park, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
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- Value Evidence and Outcomes, GlaxoSmithKline, Brentford, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Stockley Park, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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- Respiratory Medical Franchise, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Respiratory Medical Franchise, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Respiratory Medicine Unit, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Pavord ID, Chanez P, Criner GJ, Kerstjens HAM, Korn S, Lugogo N, Martinot JB, Sagara H, Albers FC, Bradford ES, Harris SS, Mayer B, Rubin DB, Yancey SW, Sciurba FC. Mepolizumab for Eosinophilic Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. N Engl J Med 2017; 377:1613-1629. [PMID: 28893134 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1708208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 344] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with an eosinophilic phenotype may benefit from treatment with mepolizumab, a monoclonal antibody directed against interleukin-5. METHODS We performed two phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group trials comparing mepolizumab (100 mg in METREX, 100 or 300 mg in METREO) with placebo, given as a subcutaneous injection every 4 weeks for 52 weeks in patients with COPD who had a history of moderate or severe exacerbations while taking inhaled glucocorticoid-based triple maintenance therapy. In METREX, unselected patients in the modified intention-to-treat population with an eosinophilic phenotype were stratified according to blood eosinophil count (≥150 per cubic millimeter at screening or ≥300 per cubic millimeter during the previous year). In METREO, all patients had a blood eosinophil count of at least 150 per cubic millimeter at screening or at least 300 per cubic millimeter during the previous year. The primary end point was the annual rate of moderate or severe exacerbations. Safety was also assessed. RESULTS In METREX, the mean annual rate of moderate or severe exacerbations in the modified intention-to-treat population with an eosinophilic phenotype (462 patients) was 1.40 per year in the mepolizumab group versus 1.71 per year in the placebo group (rate ratio, 0.82; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.68 to 0.98; adjusted P=0.04); no significant between-group differences were found in the overall modified intention-to-treat population (836 patients) (rate ratio, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.85 to 1.12; adjusted P>0.99). In METREO, the mean annual rate of moderate or severe exacerbations was 1.19 per year in the 100-mg mepolizumab group, 1.27 per year in the 300-mg mepolizumab group, and 1.49 per year in the placebo group. The rate ratios for exacerbations in the 100-mg and 300-mg mepolizumab groups versus the placebo group were 0.80 (95% CI, 0.65 to 0.98; adjusted P=0.07) and 0.86 (95% CI, 0.70 to 1.05; adjusted P=0.14), respectively. A greater effect of mepolizumab, as compared with placebo, on the annual rate of moderate or severe exacerbations was found among patients with higher blood eosinophil counts at screening. The safety profile of mepolizumab was similar to that of placebo. CONCLUSIONS Mepolizumab at a dose of 100 mg was associated with a lower annual rate of moderate or severe exacerbations than placebo among patients with COPD and an eosinophilic phenotype. This finding suggests that eosinophilic airway inflammation contributes to COPD exacerbations. (Funded by GlaxoSmithKline; METREX and METREO ClinicalTrials.gov numbers, NCT02105948 and NCT02105961 .).
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/adverse effects
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/immunology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/therapeutic use
- Biomarkers/blood
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Double-Blind Method
- Drug Therapy, Combination
- Eosinophils
- Female
- Glucocorticoids/therapeutic use
- Humans
- Injections, Subcutaneous
- Intention to Treat Analysis
- Leukocyte Count
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/drug therapy
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/immunology
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- Ian D Pavord
- From the Respiratory Medicine Unit and Oxford Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford (I.D.P.), and Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge (B.M.) - both in the United Kingdom; the Department of Respiratory Medicine and CIC Nord, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (P.C.); the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia (G.J.C.); the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (H.A.M.K.); the Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany (S.K.); the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Durham (N.L.), and the Respiratory Medical Franchise (F.C.A.) and the Respiratory Therapeutic Area (E.S.B., S.S.H., D.B.R., S.W.Y.), GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park - all in North Carolina; the Department of Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Université Catholique de Louvain, Namur, Namur, Belgium (J.-B.M.); the Division of Allergology and Respiratory Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo (H.S.); and the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (F.C.S.)
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- From the Respiratory Medicine Unit and Oxford Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford (I.D.P.), and Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge (B.M.) - both in the United Kingdom; the Department of Respiratory Medicine and CIC Nord, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (P.C.); the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia (G.J.C.); the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (H.A.M.K.); the Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany (S.K.); the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Durham (N.L.), and the Respiratory Medical Franchise (F.C.A.) and the Respiratory Therapeutic Area (E.S.B., S.S.H., D.B.R., S.W.Y.), GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park - all in North Carolina; the Department of Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Université Catholique de Louvain, Namur, Namur, Belgium (J.-B.M.); the Division of Allergology and Respiratory Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo (H.S.); and the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (F.C.S.)
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- From the Respiratory Medicine Unit and Oxford Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford (I.D.P.), and Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge (B.M.) - both in the United Kingdom; the Department of Respiratory Medicine and CIC Nord, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (P.C.); the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia (G.J.C.); the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (H.A.M.K.); the Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany (S.K.); the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Durham (N.L.), and the Respiratory Medical Franchise (F.C.A.) and the Respiratory Therapeutic Area (E.S.B., S.S.H., D.B.R., S.W.Y.), GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park - all in North Carolina; the Department of Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Université Catholique de Louvain, Namur, Namur, Belgium (J.-B.M.); the Division of Allergology and Respiratory Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo (H.S.); and the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (F.C.S.)
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- From the Respiratory Medicine Unit and Oxford Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford (I.D.P.), and Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge (B.M.) - both in the United Kingdom; the Department of Respiratory Medicine and CIC Nord, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (P.C.); the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia (G.J.C.); the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (H.A.M.K.); the Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany (S.K.); the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Durham (N.L.), and the Respiratory Medical Franchise (F.C.A.) and the Respiratory Therapeutic Area (E.S.B., S.S.H., D.B.R., S.W.Y.), GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park - all in North Carolina; the Department of Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Université Catholique de Louvain, Namur, Namur, Belgium (J.-B.M.); the Division of Allergology and Respiratory Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo (H.S.); and the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (F.C.S.)
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- From the Respiratory Medicine Unit and Oxford Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford (I.D.P.), and Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge (B.M.) - both in the United Kingdom; the Department of Respiratory Medicine and CIC Nord, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (P.C.); the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia (G.J.C.); the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (H.A.M.K.); the Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany (S.K.); the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Durham (N.L.), and the Respiratory Medical Franchise (F.C.A.) and the Respiratory Therapeutic Area (E.S.B., S.S.H., D.B.R., S.W.Y.), GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park - all in North Carolina; the Department of Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Université Catholique de Louvain, Namur, Namur, Belgium (J.-B.M.); the Division of Allergology and Respiratory Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo (H.S.); and the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (F.C.S.)
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- From the Respiratory Medicine Unit and Oxford Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford (I.D.P.), and Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge (B.M.) - both in the United Kingdom; the Department of Respiratory Medicine and CIC Nord, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (P.C.); the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia (G.J.C.); the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (H.A.M.K.); the Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany (S.K.); the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Durham (N.L.), and the Respiratory Medical Franchise (F.C.A.) and the Respiratory Therapeutic Area (E.S.B., S.S.H., D.B.R., S.W.Y.), GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park - all in North Carolina; the Department of Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Université Catholique de Louvain, Namur, Namur, Belgium (J.-B.M.); the Division of Allergology and Respiratory Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo (H.S.); and the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (F.C.S.)
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- From the Respiratory Medicine Unit and Oxford Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford (I.D.P.), and Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge (B.M.) - both in the United Kingdom; the Department of Respiratory Medicine and CIC Nord, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (P.C.); the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia (G.J.C.); the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (H.A.M.K.); the Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany (S.K.); the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Durham (N.L.), and the Respiratory Medical Franchise (F.C.A.) and the Respiratory Therapeutic Area (E.S.B., S.S.H., D.B.R., S.W.Y.), GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park - all in North Carolina; the Department of Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Université Catholique de Louvain, Namur, Namur, Belgium (J.-B.M.); the Division of Allergology and Respiratory Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo (H.S.); and the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (F.C.S.)
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- From the Respiratory Medicine Unit and Oxford Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford (I.D.P.), and Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge (B.M.) - both in the United Kingdom; the Department of Respiratory Medicine and CIC Nord, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (P.C.); the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia (G.J.C.); the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (H.A.M.K.); the Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany (S.K.); the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Durham (N.L.), and the Respiratory Medical Franchise (F.C.A.) and the Respiratory Therapeutic Area (E.S.B., S.S.H., D.B.R., S.W.Y.), GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park - all in North Carolina; the Department of Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Université Catholique de Louvain, Namur, Namur, Belgium (J.-B.M.); the Division of Allergology and Respiratory Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo (H.S.); and the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (F.C.S.)
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- From the Respiratory Medicine Unit and Oxford Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford (I.D.P.), and Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge (B.M.) - both in the United Kingdom; the Department of Respiratory Medicine and CIC Nord, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (P.C.); the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia (G.J.C.); the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (H.A.M.K.); the Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany (S.K.); the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Durham (N.L.), and the Respiratory Medical Franchise (F.C.A.) and the Respiratory Therapeutic Area (E.S.B., S.S.H., D.B.R., S.W.Y.), GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park - all in North Carolina; the Department of Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Université Catholique de Louvain, Namur, Namur, Belgium (J.-B.M.); the Division of Allergology and Respiratory Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo (H.S.); and the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (F.C.S.)
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- From the Respiratory Medicine Unit and Oxford Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford (I.D.P.), and Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge (B.M.) - both in the United Kingdom; the Department of Respiratory Medicine and CIC Nord, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (P.C.); the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia (G.J.C.); the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (H.A.M.K.); the Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany (S.K.); the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Durham (N.L.), and the Respiratory Medical Franchise (F.C.A.) and the Respiratory Therapeutic Area (E.S.B., S.S.H., D.B.R., S.W.Y.), GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park - all in North Carolina; the Department of Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Université Catholique de Louvain, Namur, Namur, Belgium (J.-B.M.); the Division of Allergology and Respiratory Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo (H.S.); and the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (F.C.S.)
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- From the Respiratory Medicine Unit and Oxford Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford (I.D.P.), and Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge (B.M.) - both in the United Kingdom; the Department of Respiratory Medicine and CIC Nord, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (P.C.); the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia (G.J.C.); the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (H.A.M.K.); the Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany (S.K.); the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Durham (N.L.), and the Respiratory Medical Franchise (F.C.A.) and the Respiratory Therapeutic Area (E.S.B., S.S.H., D.B.R., S.W.Y.), GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park - all in North Carolina; the Department of Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Université Catholique de Louvain, Namur, Namur, Belgium (J.-B.M.); the Division of Allergology and Respiratory Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo (H.S.); and the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (F.C.S.)
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- From the Respiratory Medicine Unit and Oxford Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford (I.D.P.), and Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge (B.M.) - both in the United Kingdom; the Department of Respiratory Medicine and CIC Nord, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (P.C.); the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia (G.J.C.); the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (H.A.M.K.); the Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany (S.K.); the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Durham (N.L.), and the Respiratory Medical Franchise (F.C.A.) and the Respiratory Therapeutic Area (E.S.B., S.S.H., D.B.R., S.W.Y.), GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park - all in North Carolina; the Department of Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Université Catholique de Louvain, Namur, Namur, Belgium (J.-B.M.); the Division of Allergology and Respiratory Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo (H.S.); and the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (F.C.S.)
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- From the Respiratory Medicine Unit and Oxford Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford (I.D.P.), and Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge (B.M.) - both in the United Kingdom; the Department of Respiratory Medicine and CIC Nord, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (P.C.); the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia (G.J.C.); the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (H.A.M.K.); the Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany (S.K.); the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Durham (N.L.), and the Respiratory Medical Franchise (F.C.A.) and the Respiratory Therapeutic Area (E.S.B., S.S.H., D.B.R., S.W.Y.), GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park - all in North Carolina; the Department of Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Université Catholique de Louvain, Namur, Namur, Belgium (J.-B.M.); the Division of Allergology and Respiratory Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo (H.S.); and the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (F.C.S.)
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- From the Respiratory Medicine Unit and Oxford Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford (I.D.P.), and Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge (B.M.) - both in the United Kingdom; the Department of Respiratory Medicine and CIC Nord, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (P.C.); the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia (G.J.C.); the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (H.A.M.K.); the Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany (S.K.); the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Durham (N.L.), and the Respiratory Medical Franchise (F.C.A.) and the Respiratory Therapeutic Area (E.S.B., S.S.H., D.B.R., S.W.Y.), GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park - all in North Carolina; the Department of Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Université Catholique de Louvain, Namur, Namur, Belgium (J.-B.M.); the Division of Allergology and Respiratory Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo (H.S.); and the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (F.C.S.)
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- From the Respiratory Medicine Unit and Oxford Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford (I.D.P.), and Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge (B.M.) - both in the United Kingdom; the Department of Respiratory Medicine and CIC Nord, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France (P.C.); the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia (G.J.C.); the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (H.A.M.K.); the Pulmonary Department, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany (S.K.); the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, Durham (N.L.), and the Respiratory Medical Franchise (F.C.A.) and the Respiratory Therapeutic Area (E.S.B., S.S.H., D.B.R., S.W.Y.), GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park - all in North Carolina; the Department of Pneumology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Université Catholique de Louvain, Namur, Namur, Belgium (J.-B.M.); the Division of Allergology and Respiratory Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo (H.S.); and the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (F.C.S.)
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Albers FC, Müllerová H, Gunsoy NB, Shin JY, Nelsen LM, Bradford ES, Cockle SM, Suruki RY. Biologic treatment eligibility for real-world patients with severe asthma: The IDEAL study. J Asthma 2017. [PMID: 28622052 DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2017.1322611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Severe asthma comprises several distinct phenotypes. Consequently, patients with severe asthma can be eligible for more than one biologic treatment targeting Th2 inflammation, such as anti-interleukin (IL)-5 and anti-immunoglobulin (Ig) E. The objective of this study was to describe treatment eligibility and overlap in treatment eligibility for mepolizumab (anti-IL-5), omalizumab (anti-IgE) and reslizumab (anti-IL-5) in patients with severe asthma, who were recruited from clinical practice. METHODS This cross-sectional, single-visit, observational study in six countries enrolled patients with severe asthma (defined by American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society guidelines). Assessable patients were analysed as a total cohort and a sub-cohort, who were not currently receiving omalizumab. Treatment eligibility was defined according to the local prescribing information or protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria. Patients currently receiving omalizumab were automatically categorised as omalizumab-eligible. RESULTS The total cohort comprised 670 patients who met the analysis criteria, of whom 20% were eligible for mepolizumab, 31-41% were eligible for omalizumab (depending on eligibility criteria used), and 5% were eligible for reslizumab. In patients not currently receiving omalizumab (n = 502), proportions eligible for each biologic were similar (mepolizumab: 20%, reslizumab 6%) or lower (omalizumab 7-21%) than those for the total cohort. Overlap in treatment eligibility varied; in mepolizumab-eligible patients not currently receiving omalizumab (n = 101), 27-37% were omalizumab-eligible and 18% were reslizumab-eligible. CONCLUSIONS Treatment eligibility for mepolizumab and omalizumab was higher than that for reslizumab. Although there was some overlap in treatment eligibility, the patient groups eligible for treatment with anti-IL-5 or anti-IgE therapies were often distinct, emphasising the different phenotypes and endotypes in severe asthma.
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- Frank C Albers
- a Respiratory Medical Franchise, GSK , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA
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- b Real World Evidence, GSK , Stockley Park, Uxbridge , Middlesex , UK
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- c Clinical Statistics, GSK , Stockley Park, Uxbridge , Middlesex , UK
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- e Value Evidence and Outcomes, GSK , Collegeville , PA , USA
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- a Respiratory Medical Franchise, GSK , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA
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- f Value Evidence and Outcomes, GSK House , Brentford , Middlesex , UK
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- g Worldwide Epidemiology, GSK , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA.,h Department of Epidemiology, UCB Biosciences , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA
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Chupp GL, Bradford ES, Albers FC, Bratton DJ, Wang-Jairaj J, Nelsen LM, Trevor JL, Magnan A. Reappraisal of the clinical effect of mepolizumab - Authors' reply. Lancet Respir Med 2017; 5:e21. [PMID: 28664853 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(17)30184-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Geoffrey L Chupp
- Yale Center for Asthma and Airways Disease, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8057, USA.
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Respiratory Medical Franchise, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- l'Institut du Thorax, Universite de Nantes, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France
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Chupp GL, Bradford ES, Albers FC, Bratton DJ, Wang-Jairaj J, Nelsen LM, Trevor JL, Magnan A, Ten Brinke A. Efficacy of mepolizumab add-on therapy on health-related quality of life and markers of asthma control in severe eosinophilic asthma (MUSCA): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, multicentre, phase 3b trial. Lancet Respir Med 2017; 5:390-400. [PMID: 28395936 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(17)30125-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 377] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Revised: 03/03/2017] [Accepted: 03/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mepolizumab, an anti-interleukin-5 monoclonal antibody approved as add-on therapy to standard of care for patients with severe eosinophilic asthma, has been shown in previous studies to reduce exacerbations and dependency on oral corticosteroids compared with placebo. We aimed to further assess mepolizumab in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma by examining its effect on health-related quality of life (HRQOL). METHODS We did a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, multicentre, phase 3b trial (MUSCA) in 146 hospitals or research centres in 19 countries worldwide. Eligible participants were patients aged 12 years or older with severe eosinophilic asthma and a history of at least two exacerbations requiring treatment in the previous 12 months before screening despite regular use of high-dose inhaled corticosteroids plus other controller medicines. Exclusion criteria included current smokers or former smokers with a history of at least ten pack-years. We randomly assigned participants (1:1) by country to receive a subcutaneous injection of either mepolizumab 100 mg or placebo, plus standard of care, every 4 weeks for 24 weeks (the final dose was given at week 20). We did the randomisation using an interactive voice response system and a centralised, computer-generated, permuted-block design of block size six. The two treatments were identical in appearance and administered in a masked manner; patients, investigators, other site staff and the entire study team including those assessing outcomes data were also masked to group assignment. The primary endpoint was the mean change from baseline in the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) total score at week 24 in the modified intention-to-treat (modified ITT) population (analysed according to their randomly assigned treatment). Safety was assessed in all patients who received at least one dose of trial medication (analysed according to the actual treatment received). This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02281318. FINDINGS We recruited patients between Dec 11, 2014, and Nov 20, 2015, and the study was undertaken between Dec 11, 2014, and June 10, 2016. The modified ITT population comprised 274 patients assigned to mepolizumab 100 mg and 277 assigned to placebo. Mepolizumab versus placebo showed significant improvements at week 24 from baseline in SGRQ total score (least squares mean [SE] change from baseline -15·6 (1·0) vs -7·9 (1·0), a treatment difference of -7·7 (95% CI -10·5 to -4·9; p<0·0001). No deaths occurred during the study. 192 (70%) of 273 patients who received mepolizumab and 207 (74%) of 278 who received placebo reported at least one on-treatment adverse event, the most common of which were headache (in 45 [16%] given mepolizumab vs 59 [21%] given placebo) and nasopharyngitis (in 31 [11%] given mepolizumab vs 46 [17%] given placebo). 15 (5%) and 22 (8%) patients had an on-treatment serious adverse event in the mepolizumab and placebo groups, respectively; the most common was asthma in both groups (in three [1%] given mepolizumab vs nine [3%] given placebo). INTERPRETATION Mepolizumab was associated with significant improvements in HRQOL in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma, and had a safety profile similar to that of placebo. These results add to and support the use of mepolizumab as a favourable add-on treatment option to standard of care in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma. FUNDING GlaxoSmithKline.
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- Geoffrey L Chupp
- Yale Center for Asthma and Airway Disease, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Respiratory Medical Franchise, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- l'Institut du Thorax, Universite de Nantes, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical Centre Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
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Trevor JL, Bradford ES, Albers FC, Bratton DJ, Wang-Jairaj J, Nelsen LM, Chupp GL, Magnan A, ten Brinke A. Mepolizumab Improves Lung Function and Exacerbation Rates in Severe Eosinophilic Asthma: The Musca Study - a Phase IIIb Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Tria. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.12.912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Cockle SM, Stynes G, Gunsoy NB, Parks D, Alfonso-Cristancho R, Wex J, Bradford ES, Albers FC, Willson J. Comparative effectiveness of mepolizumab and omalizumab in severe asthma: An indirect treatment comparison. Respir Med 2016; 123:140-148. [PMID: 28137490 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2016.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Revised: 11/24/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Severe asthma is a heterogeneous disease. Patients with both eosinophilic and allergic asthma phenotypes may be eligible for treatment with mepolizumab and omalizumab. Evidence on the relative effectiveness of these treatments in this 'overlap' population would be informative for clinical and payer decision making. METHODS A systematic literature review and indirect treatment comparison (Bayesian framework) were performed to assess the comparative effectiveness and tolerability of mepolizumab and omalizumab, as add-ons to standard of care. Studies included in the primary analysis were double-blind, randomized controlled trials, ≥12 weeks' duration enrolling patients with severe asthma with a documented exacerbation history and receiving high-dose inhaled corticosteroids plus ≥1 additional controller. Two populations were examined: patients potentially eligible for 1) both treatments (Overlap population) and 2) either treatment (Trial population). RESULTS In the Overlap population, no differences between treatments in clinically significant exacerbations and exacerbations requiring hospitalization were found, although trends favored mepolizumab (rate ratio [RR]:0.66 [95% credible intervals (Crl):0.37,1.19]; 0.19[0.02,2.32], respectively). In the Trial population, mepolizumab treatment produced greater reductions in clinically significant exacerbations (RR:0.63 [95% CrI:0.45,0.89]) but not exacerbations requiring hospitalization compared with omalizumab (RR:0.58 [95% Crl: 0.16,2.13]), although the trend favored mepolizumab. Both treatments had broadly comparable effects on lung function, and similar tolerability profiles. CONCLUSIONS Whilst this analysis has limitations due to a restricted evidence base and residual heterogeneity, it showed that in patients with severe asthma, mepolizumab seems to be at least as effective as omalizumab and that the tolerability profiles of the two treatments did not meaningfully differentiate.
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- Sarah M Cockle
- Value Evidence and Outcomes, GSK, GSK House, Brentford, Middlesex, UK
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- Value Evidence and Outcomes, GSK, GSK House, Brentford, Middlesex, UK
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- Value Evidence Analytics, GSK, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Global Market Access Solutions, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, London, UK
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Respiratory Therapeutic Area, GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Value Evidence and Outcomes, GSK, GSK House, Brentford, Middlesex, UK.
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