"Real-life" management of patients with severe asthma in the biologics era: Can we do better?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Discrepancies exist between guidelines and real-life practice in severe asthma. Objectives: To establish profiles for severe asthma patients according to their maintenance therapies and identify unmet needs.

Methods

2432 French lung specialists and allergists were invited to participate in a severe asthma survey between March and April 2018. Retrospective data were collected using an electronic case report form developed by IQVIA.

Results

71 respiratory physicians and/or allergists participated in the study, providing data for 736 severe asthma patients. The annual mean rates of hospitalization and exacerbation in the previous year were 0.65 (SD = 0.5) and 2.25 (SD = 1.0), respectively. One hundred one (13.7%) patients were treated with oral steroids; the m

SUBMITTER: Charriot J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7985558 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature