Tae Yoon Lee, David Price, Chandra Prakash Yadav, Rupsa Roy, Laura Lim Huey Mien, Eileen Wang, Michael E Wechsler, David J Jackson, John Busby, Liam G Heaney, Paul E Pfeffer, Bassam Mahboub, Diahn-Warng Perng Steve, Borja G Cosio, Luis Perez-de-Llano, Riyad Al-Lehebi, Désirée Larenas-Linnemann, Mona Al-Ahmad, Chin Kook Rhee, Takashi Iwanaga, Enrico Heffler, Giorgio Walter Canonica, Richard Costello, Nikolaos G Papadopoulos, Andriana I Papaioannou, Celeste M Porsbjerg, Carlos A Torres-Duque, George C Christoff, Todor A Popov, Mark Hew, Matthew Peters, Peter G Gibson, Jorge Maspero, Celine Bergeron, Saraid Cerda, Elvia Angelica Contreras Contreras, Wenjia Chen, Mohsen Sadatsafavi
BACKGROUND: Exacerbation frequency strongly influences treatment choices in patients with severe asthma. RESEARCH QUESTION: What is the extent of the variability of exacerbations rate across countries and its implications in disease management? STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: We retrieved data from the International Severe Asthma Registry, an international observational cohort of patients with a clinical diagnosis of severe asthma. We identified patients aged ≥18 years who did not initiate any biologics prior to baseline visit...
February 21, 2024: Chest