Bronchial Asthma
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients must meet all of the following criteria 1) Patients with severe or refractory bronchial asthma whose asthma symptoms cannot be controlled by existing therapy and who will be treated with tezepelumab between the start of the study and November 1, 2024. 2) Patients 18 years of age or older.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria 1) Patients treated with bronchial thermoplasty 2) Patients with comorbidities requiring systemic steroids or immunosuppressive agents (except when systemic steroids are used as maintenance therapy for asthma) 3) Patients who are deemed inappropriate as research subjects by the investigator.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Annualized asthma exacerbation rate (AAER) during the 52 weeks after treatment initiation. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Asthma exacerbation frequency during weeks 0 to 12, and ACQ-6 score, FEV1, PEF, FeNO, blood eosinophil count, and total IgE at weeks 12 and 52. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Nagasaki University Hospital Respiratory Medicine