Nicola A Hanania, Michael Noonan, Jonathan Corren, Phillip Korenblat, Yanan Zheng, Saloumeh K Fischer, Melissa Cheu, Wendy S Putnam, Elaine Murray, Heleen Scheerens, Cecile T J Holweg, Romeo Maciuca, Sarah Gray, Ramona Doyle, Dana McClintock, Julie Olsson, John G Matthews, Karl Yen
INTRODUCTION: In a subset of patients with asthma, standard-of-care treatment does not achieve disease control, highlighting the need for novel therapeutic approaches. Lebrikizumab is a humanised, monoclonal antibody that binds to and blocks interleukin-13 activity. METHODS: LUTE and VERSE were replicate, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies, evaluating multiple doses of lebrikizumab in patients with uncontrolled asthma despite the use of medium-to-high-dose inhaled corticosteroid and a second controller...
August 2015: Thorax