Claus Bachert, Joseph K Han, Martin Desrosiers, Peter W Hellings, Nikhil Amin, Stella E Lee, Joaquim Mullol, Leon S Greos, John V Bosso, Tanya M Laidlaw, Anders U Cervin, Jorge F Maspero, Claire Hopkins, Heidi Olze, G Walter Canonica, Pierluigi Paggiaro, Seong H Cho, Wytske J Fokkens, Shigeharu Fujieda, Mei Zhang, Xin Lu, Chunpeng Fan, Steven Draikiwicz, Siddhesh A Kamat, Asif Khan, Gianluca Pirozzi, Naimish Patel, Neil M H Graham, Marcella Ruddy, Heribert Staudinger, David Weinreich, Neil Stahl, George D Yancopoulos, Leda P Mannent
BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) generally have a high symptom burden and poor health-related quality of life, often requiring recurring systemic corticosteroid use and repeated sinus surgery. Dupilumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody that inhibits signalling of interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13, key drivers of type 2 inflammation, and has been approved for use in atopic dermatitis and asthma. In these two studies, we aimed to assess efficacy and safety of dupilumab in patients with CRSwNP despite previous treatment with systemic corticosteroids, surgery, or both...
November 2, 2019: Lancet