Aeroallergen Sensitization, Serum IgE, and Eosinophilia as Predictors of Response to Omalizumab Therapy during the Fall Season among Children with Persistent Asthma

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-3-2020

Publication Title

J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Perennial aeroallergen sensitization is associated with greater asthma morbidity and is required for treatment with omalizumab.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the predictive relationship between the number of aeroallergen sensitizations, total serum IgE, and serum eosinophil count, and response to omalizumab in children and adolescents with asthma treated during the fall season.

METHODS: This analysis includes inner-city patients with persistent asthma and recent exacerbations aged 6-20 years comprising the placebo and omalizumab-treated groups in two completed randomized clinical trials, the Inner-City Anti-IgE Therapy for Asthma (ICATA) study and the Preventative Omalizumab or Step-Up Therapy for Fall Exacerbations (PROSE) study. Logistic regression modeled the relationship between greater degrees of markers of allergic inflammation and the primary outcome of fall season asthma exacerbations.

RESULTS: The analysis included 761 participants who were 62% male and 59% African American with a median age of 10 years. Fall asthma exacerbations were significantly higher in children with greater numbers of aeroallergen-specific sensitizations in the placebo group (OR 1.33, 95% CI 1.11-1.60, p

CONCLUSIONS: In preventing fall season asthma exacerbations, treatment with omalizumab was most beneficial in children with a greater degree of allergic inflammation.

PubMed ID

32376491

ePublication

ePub ahead of print

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