Clinical remission and control in severe asthma: agreements and disagreements

Annamaria Bosi, Carlo Lombardi, Cristiano Caruso, Marcello Cottini, Ilaria Baglivo, Stefania Colantuono, Francesco Menzella

Article Type

Review

Published

This narrative review aims to frame the evolution of the debated concept of clinical remission as an ambitious and now concretely achievable outcome in modern asthma management, to highlight correct management of inhaled therapies, oral corticosteroids and biological drugs in this context, and, finally, to provide clinicians with insights that could be useful to achieve remission in the greatest possible number of patients.

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Rapid response on facial psoriasis to bimekizumab: case series

Nicoletta Bernardini, Annunziata Dattola, Giacomo Caldarola, Diego Orsini, Chiara Assorgi, Alessandra D’Amore, Giulia Maretti, Antonio Giovanni Richetta, Ersilia Tolino, Nevena Skroza, Concetta Potenza

Article Type

Case Series

Published

This case series represents the first clinical real-life experience of rapid and successful management of facial psoriasis with bimekizumab in six patients.

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Severe hypereosinophilia in a patient treated with dupilumab and shift to mepolizumab: the importance of multidisciplinary management. A case report and literature review

Sara Munari, Giulia Ciotti, Walter Cestaro, Lorenzo Corsi, Silvia Tonin, Andrea Ballarin, Ariel Floriani, Cristina Dartora, Annamaria Bosi, Matteo Tacconi, Francesco Gialdini, Michele Gottardi, Francesco Menzella

Article Type

Review

Published

This article describes a case of severe hypereosinophilia in a patient with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps and asthma treated with dupilumab and a subsequent therapeutic shift to mepolizumab that led to maintenance of symptom control and concomitant normalization of blood eosinophil count.

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Bilastine for the treatment of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and urticaria: results from an international Delphi study

Giorgio Walter Canonica, Piotr Kuna, Marcus Maurer, Ralph Mösges, Zoltan Novak, Nikolaus Papadopoulos, Pablo Rodriguez del Rio, the Delphi Study Group

Article Type

Original Research

Published

This study analyses available evidence supporting the use of bilastine amongst second-generation antihistamines for the symptomatic treatment of allergic rhinitis and urticaria in adults and children.

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