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Extent of sinus involvement in patients with bilateral nasal polyposis (NP) : baseline sinus ct scan results from a phase 2a study
Efficacy of Dupilumab in a Phase 2 Randomized Trial of Adults With Active Eosinophilic Esophagitis.
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an allergen-mediated inflammatory disease with no approved treatment in the United States. Dupilumab, a VelocImmune-derived human monoclonal antibody against the interleukin (IL) 4 receptor, inhibits IL4 and IL13 signaling. Dupilumab is effective in the treatment of allergic, atopic, and type 2 diseases, so we assessed its efficacy and safety in patients with EoE.
We performed a phase 2 study of adults with active EoE (2 episodes of dysphagia/week with peak esophageal eosinophil density of 15 or more eosinophils per high-power field), from May 12, 2015, through November 9, 2016, at 14 sites. Participants were randomly assigned to groups that received weekly subcutaneous injections of dupilumab (300 mg, n = 23) or placebo (n = 24) for 12 weeks. The primary endpoint was change from baseline to week 10 in Straumann Dysphagia Instrument (SDI) patient-reported outcome (PRO) score. We also assessed histologic features of EoE (peak esophageal intraepithelial eosinophil count and EoE histologic scores), endoscopically visualized features (endoscopic reference score), esophageal distensibility, and safety.
The mean SDI PRO score was 6.4 when the study began. In the dupilumab group, SDI PRO scores were reduced by a mean value of 3.0 at week 10 compared with a mean reduction of 1.3 in the placebo group (P = .0304). At week 12, dupilumab reduced the peak esophageal intraepithelial eosinophil count by a mean 86.8 eosinophils per high-power field (reduction of 107.1%; P < .0001 vs placebo), the EoE-histologic scoring system (HSS) severity score by 68.3% (P < .0001 vs placebo), and the endoscopic reference score by 1.6 (P = .0006 vs placebo). Dupilumab increased esophageal distensibility by 18% vs placebo (P < .0001). Higher proportions of patients in the dupilumab group developed injection-site erythema (35% vs 8% in the placebo group) and nasopharyngitis (17% vs 4% in the placebo group).
In a phase 2 trial of patients with active EoE, dupilumab reduced dysphagia, histologic features of disease (including eosinophilic infiltration and a marker of type 2 inflammation), and abnormal endoscopic features compared with placebo. Dupilumab increased esophageal distensibility and was generally well tolerated. ClinicalTrials.gov, Number: NCT02379052
Conjunctivitis in dupilumab clinical trials
Background Dupilumab blocks the shared receptor component for interleukin (IL)-4
and IL-13. It is approved in the U.S.A. for patients aged ≥ 12 years with moderate-tosevere atopic dermatitis (AD) uncontrolled by topical prescription medicines or who
cannot use topical medicines, for patients in Japan whose AD is uncontrolled with
existing therapies, for patients with moderate-to-severe AD in Europe who are candidates for systemic therapy and for patients aged ≥ 12 years for maintenance treatment
of moderate-to-severe asthma uncontrolled with their current medicines. AD trials
have reported increased incidence of conjunctivitis for dupilumab vs. placebo.
Objectives To characterize further the occurrence and risk factors of conjunctivitis
in dupilumab clinical trials.
Methods We evaluated randomized placebo-controlled trials of dupilumab in AD
(n = 2629), asthma (n = 2876), chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps
(CRSwNP) (n = 60) and eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) (n = 47).
Results In most AD trials, dupilumab-treated patients had higher conjunctivitis incidence than placebo controls. Higher baseline AD severity and previous history of conjunctivitis were associated with increased conjunctivitis incidence. Conjunctivitis was
mostly mild to moderate. Most cases recovered or resolved during the treatment period; two patients permanently discontinued dupilumab due to conjunctivitis or keratitis. Common treatments included ophthalmic corticosteroids, antibiotics, and
antihistamines or mast cell stabilizers. Most cases were diagnosed by the investigators.
In asthma and CRSwNP trials, the incidence of conjunctivitis was lower for both
dupilumab and placebo than in AD trials; dupilumab did not increase the incidence
compared with placebo. In the EoE trial, no patients had conjunctivitis.
Conclusions Conjunctivitis was more frequent with dupilumab treatment in most
AD trials. In dupilumab trials in other type 2 diseases, incidence of conjunctivitis was overall very low, and was similar for dupilumab and placebo. In AD, the
incidence of conjunctivitis was associated with AD severity and prior history of
conjunctivitis. The aetiology and treatment of conjunctivitis in dupilumab-treated
patients require further study
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