Asthma

Tezepelumab therapy cessation leads to a gradual increase in biomarkers and clinical outcomes, suggesting a potential disease-modifying effect....

Sep 27, 2023

Among patients with severe asthma, the need for biologic therapy varies by clinical stage. Mepolizumab is the preferred choice....

Sep 27, 2023

Patients with severe eosinophilic asthma taking benralizumab may reduce high-dose inhaled corticosteroids/formoterol while maintaining symptom control....

Sep 26, 2023

Results from the VDAART study showed sufficient prenatal and postnatal vitamin D intake may reduce the risk of atopic asthma in children by the age of 6. “Studies have demonstrated ...

Jun 06, 2023

BACKGROUND Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EG) can be associated with parasitic infections, atopic drug reactions, or atopic diseases, such as asthma. This report describes 25-year-old and 27-...

Mar 20, 2023

Patients with both type 2 (T2)-high and T2-low severe asthma experience a high disease burden and a high economic burden, which indicates an unmet treatment need, according to findings publi...

Jan 11, 2023

The following is a summary of "Airway autoantibodies are determinants of asthma severity” published in the December 2022 issue of Respiratory by Salter et al. The need for steroid t...

Dec 28, 2022

The following is a summary of "An observational study to determine the relationship between cough frequency and markers of inflammation in severe asthma” published in the December 2022 iss...

Dec 28, 2022

A need exists for personalized, genetic ancestry-informed respiratory equations for predicting an individual’s lung function. Guideline-recommended spirometry reference equations, w...

Sep 13, 2022

Patients with asthma who had combined impairment of both forced vital capacity and area under the reactance curve had notably worse asthma control. Standard care for severe asthma aim...

Sep 08, 2022

Pharmacists embedded within primary care or specialty clinics can assist patients and their caregivers in teaching proper inhaler technique. Pharmacist-led education on inhaler techni...

Aug 08, 2022

Initial and consistent fractured exhaled nitric oxide measurements can help identify asthma-related morbidity in children living in urban areas.   Asthma affects every age group, ...

Jun 08, 2022

High-intensity interval training resulted in a 24% reduction in daily inhaled corticosteroids after 6 months without compromising asthma control, according to a new randomized controlled tri...

May 18, 2022

Patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma demonstrated overall 2.8-fold higher odds of improved clinical responses to tezepelumab than placebo, including exacerbation reduction, better asthm...

May 18, 2022

The phase 3 Liberty Asthma VOYAGE trial reported that dupilumab reduced severe asthma exacerbation rates and also improved overall lung function in children with moderate-to-severe asthma, i...

May 18, 2022

In patients with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe asthma, the risk of asthmatic exacerbation was significantly reduced when patients used a fixed-dose inhaler with a combination of albuterol ...

May 18, 2022

Only one-third of patients with asthma treated with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) had a regular or post-exacerbation follow-up visit within a 15-month period. This was the case, regardless o...

Apr 26, 2022

Clinicians should consider extending telemedicine in routine clinical practice to manage severe asthma, as well as other chronic respiratory diseases. Research has shown that patients...

Apr 14, 2022

Support from parents and healthcare providers is critical in helping adolescents manage their asthma care, according to a study published in the Journal of Asthma. Researchers explored wh...

Apr 04, 2022

Most adolescents with severe asthma who transitioned from a pediatric pulmonology care center to an adult facility were able to successfully manage their asthma and preserve respiratory func...

Apr 04, 2022