Listen in as Drs Michael Wechsler and Geoffrey Chupp discuss real-world examples of how they use precision medicine in their own clinics to treat moderate to severe asthma.

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Resources

Theophylline (Rx) https://reference.medscape.com/drug/theo-24-theochron-theophylline-343447

Merged Affinity Network Association Clustering: Joint Multi-Omic/Clinical Clustering to Identify Disease Endotypes https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8195153/

How Is the Type 2 (T2 High) Subtype of Asthma? https://www.medscape.com/answers/137501-198413/how-is-the-type-2-t2-high-subtype-of-asthma

Targeting Interleukins to Treat Severe Asthma https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/771133_4

Asthma Workup https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/296301-workup

ImmunoCAP for IgE-Mediated Hyperreactivity Analysis https://www.bioagilytix.com/immunocap-platform-for-immunogenicity-testing/

Bronchiectasis https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/296961-overview

T-Helper Type 2–Driven Inflammation Defines Major Subphenotypes of Asthma https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2742757/

Efficacy and Safety of Tralokinumab in Patients With Severe Uncontrolled Asthma: A Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2b Trial https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2213-2600(15)00197-6

Mepolizumab for Prednisone-Dependent Asthma With Sputum Eosinophilia https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa0805435

Mepolizumab and Exacerbations of Refractory Eosinophilic Asthma https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa0808991

Effect of Azithromycin on Asthma Exacerbations and Quality of Life in Adults With Persistent Uncontrolled Asthma (AMAZES): A Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)31281-3/fulltext

A Randomized, Open-Label, Pragmatic Study to Assess Reliever-Triggered Inhaled Corticosteroid in African American/Black and Hispanic/Latinx Adults With Asthma: Design and Methods of the PREPARE Trial https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8130188/

PrecISE (Precision Interventions for Severe and/or Exacerbation-Prone Asthma) Network Study https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04129931