Department of Respiratory Medicine, CHU Liege, Liège, Belgium.
Dermatology, Medicard, Libramont, Belgium.
J Med Case Rep. 2024 Jan 31;18(1):63. doi: 10.1186/s13256-023-04255-8.
BACKGROUND: The advent of biologics has resulted in major progress in the treatment of severe T2 high asthmatics. There are currently several classes of biologics approved for severe asthma including anti-immunoglobulin E, anti-interleukin-5/interleukin 5R, anti-interleukin 4/interleukin 13R, and anti-thymic stromal lymphopoietin. CASE PRESENTATIONS: Here we report the case of a 55-year-old Caucasian man with severe eosinophilic atopic asthma, who sequentially benefited from a treatment with mepolizumab, an anti-interleukin-5 monoclonal antibody, followed by treatment with dupilumab, an anti-interleukin-4/interleukin-13R antibody, the switch being justified by a flare-up of dermatitis while on mepolizumab. Overall, the patient has been followed for 72 months, including 42 months on mepolizumab and 30 months on dupilumab. Close monitoring of exacerbations, asthma control, lung function, asthma quality of life, and biomarkers shows that both biologics reduced asthma exacerbation and provided an improvement in asthma control and quality of life, with the patient achieving remission after 30 months on dupilumab. However, the effects of the two biologics on the biomarkers were very different, with mepolizumab controlling eosinophilic inflammation and dupilumab reducing serum immunoglobulin E and fractional exhaled nitric oxide levels. CONCLUSION: The originality of this case resides in the description of clinical status and biomarker evolution after a sequential use of mepolizumab and dupilumab in a severe atopic eosinophilic asthmatic. It shows that mepolizumab reduces exacerbation and improves asthma control by curbing eosinophilic inflammation whereas dupilumab provides asthma remission without controlling airway eosinophilic inflammation.
背景:生物制剂的出现使严重 T2 型高发性哮喘的治疗取得了重大进展。目前有几类生物制剂被批准用于严重哮喘,包括抗免疫球蛋白 E、抗白细胞介素-5/白细胞介素 5R、抗白细胞介素 4/白细胞介素 13R 和抗胸腺基质淋巴细胞生成素。
病例介绍:这里我们报告了一例 55 岁白种人严重嗜酸性变应性哮喘患者的病例,他先后接受了美泊利单抗(一种抗白细胞介素-5 单克隆抗体)和度普利尤单抗(一种抗白细胞介素-4/白细胞介素-13R 抗体)治疗,在使用美泊利单抗时出现皮炎发作,因此进行了药物转换。总体而言,该患者已接受了 72 个月的随访,其中包括 42 个月的美泊利单抗治疗和 30 个月的度普利尤单抗治疗。密切监测哮喘恶化、哮喘控制、肺功能、哮喘生活质量和生物标志物显示,两种生物制剂均减少了哮喘恶化,并改善了哮喘控制和生活质量,患者在接受度普利尤单抗治疗 30 个月后达到了缓解。然而,这两种生物制剂对生物标志物的影响非常不同,美泊利单抗控制嗜酸性炎症,而度普利尤单抗降低血清免疫球蛋白 E 和呼出气一氧化氮分数。
结论:本病例的新颖之处在于描述了在严重特应性嗜酸性哮喘患者中序贯使用美泊利单抗和度普利尤单抗后的临床状况和生物标志物演变。结果表明,美泊利单抗通过抑制嗜酸性炎症减少恶化并改善哮喘控制,而度普利尤单抗在不控制气道嗜酸性炎症的情况下提供哮喘缓解。
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