Real-world study confirms mepolizumab cuts asthma attacks and steroid use
NCT ID NCT05091385
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study followed 106 adults with severe eosinophilic asthma in Poland who received mepolizumab injections every 4 weeks for at least a year. Researchers tracked asthma attacks and the need for oral steroids before and during treatment. The goal was to see if the drug helps control the disease in everyday clinical practice.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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106 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2022
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
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Who is studied
130 Patients who were treated with mepolizumab in six severe-asthma clinics in Poland between December 2017 and December 2019 . In the drug program in Poland it was mandatory to conduct the control examinations at the 24th and 52nd week of treatment. In the proposed study we will use this information to evaluate study endpoints. Only patients who have been treated for at least 52 weeks are included into the study.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: \* The availability of the complete data * Duration of treatment with mepolizumab: ≥ 52 weeks * Satisfying the Polish drug programme inclusion criteria: * Age \>18 * Before treatment with mepolizumab (BSAT inclusion criteria): * High doses of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) + one other controlling medication (i.e. LABA) * ≥2 exacerbations in the previous year * ≥350 eosinophil cells/microliter (µl) in the peripheral blood at the time of qualification or in the previous year * Pre-bronchodilator FEV1 \< 80% Exclusion Criteria: \* Duration of treatment with mepolizumab \< 52 weeks • Lack of complete data
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Medical University of Lodz, Dept. of Immunology and Allergy
Lodz, 92-213, Poland
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