Scientists probe why tezepelumab doesn't stop all asthma attacks
NCT ID NCT06666504
First seen Jun 29, 2026 · Last updated Jun 30, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This observational study looks at why some people with severe asthma continue to have flare-ups even while taking tezepelumab, an approved treatment. Researchers will track 150 patients over a year, measuring changes in inflammatory cells and markers in blood and airways during an attack compared to stable periods. The goal is to better understand the underlying causes of these breakthrough exacerbations.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- tezepelumab
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors understand why some patients still have asthma attacks on tezepelumab and potentially improve treatment strategies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial, so it won't directly test a new therapy. Results may not lead to immediate changes in care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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150 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Finished
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Jun 2026
- 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
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Adult patients with poorly-controlled severe asthma who meet NICE criteria to commence/on biologic therapy with tezepelumab.
- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who qualify for tezepelumab according to NICE eligibility criteria and yet to begin treatment or those patients within 36 weeks (+/-8 weeks) since their first dose of tezepelumab at the Guy's severe asthma centre. * Age ≥ 18 and ≤ 80 years at tezepelumab initiation. * Able and willing to provide written informed consent and to comply with the study protocol, including being able to attend for assessment during a symptomatic deterioration. Exclusion Criteria: * Other clinically significant medical disease that is likely, in the opinion of the investigator, to require a change in biologic therapy or impact the ability to participate in the study. * History of current alcohol, drug, or chemical abuse or past abuse that would impair or risk the subject's full participation in the study, in the opinion of the investigator. * Other severe eosinophilic lung disease including EGPA, chronic eosinophilic pneumonia and ABPA * Severe bronchiectasis on CT causing daily sputum production * Maintenance therapy with an antibiotic including azithromycin or doxycycline * Inability to give written informed consent
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
London, London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
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