Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Benralizumab in Reducing Oral Corticosteroid Use in Adult Patients With Severe Asthma

Summary

This is a study designed to evaluate efficacy and safety of Benralizumab in reducing the Oral Corticosteroid (OCS) use in adult patients with severe asthma who are receiving OCS with or without additional asthma controller medications.

Timeline

Start

2018-08-01

Primary completion

2021-04-16

Completion

2022-03-24

Publications

• Menzies-Gow A, Gurnell M, Heaney LG, Corren J, Bel EH, Maspero J, Harrison T, Jackson DJ, Price D, Lugogo N, Kreindler J, Burden A, de Giorgio-Miller A, Faison S, Padilla K, Martin UJ, Garcia Gil E; PONENTE Study Group. Adrenal function recovery after durable oral corticosteroid sparing with benralizumab in the PONENTE study. Eur Respir J. 2022 Dec 22;60(6):2103226. doi: 10.1183/13993003.03226-2021. Print 2022 Dec.
• Menzies-Gow A, Gurnell M, Heaney LG, Corren J, Bel EH, Maspero J, Harrison T, Jackson DJ, Price D, Lugogo N, Kreindler J, Burden A, de Giorgio-Miller A, Padilla K, Martin UJ, Garcia Gil E. Oral corticosteroid elimination via a personalised reduction algorithm in adults with severe, eosinophilic asthma treated with benralizumab (PONENTE): a multicentre, open-label, single-arm study. Lancet Respir Med. 2022 Jan;10(1):47-58. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00352-0. Epub 2021 Oct 4.
• Menzies-Gow A, Corren J, Bel EH, Maspero J, Heaney LG, Gurnell M, Wessman P, Martin UJ, Siddiqui S, Garcia Gil E. Corticosteroid tapering with benralizumab treatment for eosinophilic asthma: PONENTE Trial. ERJ Open Res. 2019 Sep 25;5(3):00009-2019. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00009-2019. eCollection 2019 Jul.

Drugs

Indications