Abstract
BackgroundAn inverse relationship between oral corticosteroid (OCS) dose and peripheral blood eosinophil (PBE) count is widely recognized in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma; however, there are limited data available to quantify this relationship. This post hoc analysis of the SIRIUS study (NCT01691508) examined the impact of weekly incremental OCS dose reductions on PBE counts during the 3–8-week optimization phase of the study.MethodsSIRIUS was a randomized, double-blind study involving patients with severe asthma (≥12 years old), which included an initial OCS dose optimization phase prior to randomization. Regression analysis assuming a linear relationship between change in OCS dose and change in log (PBE count) during the optimization phase was used to estimate the changes in PBE count following specific decreases in OCS dose.ResultsAll 135 patients from the SIRIUS intent-to-treat population were included in this analysis. During the optimization period, 44% (60/135) of patients reduced their OCS dose, with an increase in geometric mean PBE count of 110 cells/μL (200 to 310 cells/μL; geometric mean ratio from beginning to end of the optimization phase: 1.52) recorded in these patients. The model estimated that reduction of daily OCS dose by 5 mg/day led to a 41% increase in PBE count (mean ratio to beginning of optimization phase: 1.41 [95% confidence interval (CI); 1.22, 1.63]).ConclusionThese data confirmed and quantified the inverse association between OCS dose and PBE count. These insights will help to inform clinicians when tapering OCS doses in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma.
Highlights
An inverse relationship between oral corticosteroid (OCS) dose and peripheral blood eosinophil (PBE) count is widely recognized in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma; there are limited data available to quantify this relationship
All other background medications remained unchanged. In this post hoc analysis we describe the changes over the optimization phase in (1) OCS dose and (2) PBE count in response to OCS dose modification
60 (44%) patients decreased their OCS dose over the optimization period, and experienced a corresponding increase in geometric mean PBE count from 200 to 310 cells/μL
Summary
An inverse relationship between oral corticosteroid (OCS) dose and peripheral blood eosinophil (PBE) count is widely recognized in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma; there are limited data available to quantify this relationship. This post hoc analysis of the SIRIUS study (NCT01691508) examined the impact of weekly incremental OCS dose reductions on PBE counts during the 3–8-week optimization phase of the study. Prazma et al Respiratory Research (2019) 20:83 This post hoc analysis of SIRIUS, examined the impact of incremental OCS dose reductions on PBE counts during the optimization phase The SIRIUS study (NCT01691508) assessed the corticosteroid-sparing effect of mepolizumab in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma. [6] The study included an initial optimization phase, which aimed to define the lowest OCS dose required to maintain asthma control prior to randomization.
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