2015
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-015-8490-y
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Off-Label Uses of Omalizumab

Abstract: The off-label use of medicines is a common and extensive clinical practice. Omalizumab has been licensed for use in severe allergic asthma and chronic urticaria. Omalizumab dosing was based on body weight and baseline serum IgE concentration. All patients are required to have a baseline IgE between 30 and 700 IU/ml and body weight not more than 150 kg. The use of off-label drugs may lead to several problems including adverse effects and an increased risk/benefit balance. In this article, there are summarized o… Show more

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“…Recent trends have espoused biologic therapies for a multitude of inflammatory conditions, including the application of omalizumab in a number of other IgE-mediated conditions, including chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). 1,2 The association between asthma and CRS is well known. Overall, 20% to 33% of patients with CRS also exhibit asthma, a rate approximately 4 times greater than that observed in the general population.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recent trends have espoused biologic therapies for a multitude of inflammatory conditions, including the application of omalizumab in a number of other IgE-mediated conditions, including chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). 1,2 The association between asthma and CRS is well known. Overall, 20% to 33% of patients with CRS also exhibit asthma, a rate approximately 4 times greater than that observed in the general population.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[31,32] Treatment options are mainly oral and/or topical superpotent corticosteroids frequently combined with immunomodulants such as dapsone and tetracyclines or immunosuppressant agents like azathioprine and methotrexate. [33,34] Recent reports about the successful treatment of individual BP patients with the anti-IgE antibody omalizumab [35][36][37][38][39][40] suggest a pathogenic relevance of IgE autoantibodies.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, we believe that proper counseling, tailored information and useful advice to manage CRSwNP symptoms are the basic elements for efficacious management of such a complex disease. On the other hand, emerging data 32 33 are now available from studies about the possibility of targeting therapy to different endotype of CRS with NP, focusing on prominent cytokines, which are key features of eosinophilic CRSwNP. With the availability of various hmAbs to specifically target cytokines and their receptors, we cannot exclude a refinement of our approach integrating indication, and in particular to control severe disease.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%