An Evaluation Of Mepolizumab In Therapy Of Eosinophilic Oesophagitis In Adult Patients

Summary

Eosinophils play a key role in the pathogenesis of eosinophilic oesophagitis. Therapies that suppress eosinophil recruitment and activation may give a benefit. Mepolizumab is a humanised monoclonal antibody against interleukin-5 (IL-5). This study will evaluate the ability of mepolizumab to decrease the recruitment and infiltration of eosinophils into the oesophagus, thereby reducing the inflammation and symptoms of EE (eosinophilic oesophagitis) in adult patients.

Timeline

Start

2005-12

Primary completion

2007-03

Completion

2007-03

Publications

• Conus S, Straumann A, Bettler E, Simon HU. Mepolizumab does not alter levels of eosinophils, T cells, and mast cells in the duodenal mucosa in eosinophilic esophagitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010 Jul;126(1):175-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.04.029. Epub 2010 Jun 12. No abstract available.
• Straumann A, Conus S, Grzonka P, Kita H, Kephart G, Bussmann C, Beglinger C, Smith DA, Patel J, Byrne M, Simon HU. Anti-interleukin-5 antibody treatment (mepolizumab) in active eosinophilic oesophagitis: a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial. Gut. 2010 Jan;59(1):21-30. doi: 10.1136/gut.2009.178558.

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