Scientists have discovered that ‘Benralizumab’, which is currently a medicine used in severe asthma disease. It is used to reduce the number of hospitalizations in emergency situations and to prevent asthma and COPD conditions. Scientists say a new treatment could be game-changing for the millions of people suffering from asthma and COPD around the world.
The findings of a study published in ‘The Lancet’ Respiratory Medicine are the results of the Phase 2 clinical trial ABRA led by scientists at King’s College London, which is sponsored by the University of Oxford. This shows that an already available drug can be re-used in emergency situations to reduce the need for further treatment and hospitalisation.
Benralizumab is going to become an asthma drug
The drug, called benralizumab, is a monoclonal antibody that targets specific white blood cells called eosinophils to reduce lung inflammation. It is currently used to treat severe asthma. The ABRA trial found that a single dose may be more effective when injected at the point of stimulation than steroid tablets.
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Asthma and COPD
This could be a game-changer for people suffering from asthma and COPD. Professor Mona Bafdel, lead investigator of the trial from King’s Center for Lung Health, said the treatment of asthma and COPD exacerbations has not changed in fifty years. Whereas every year there are 3.8 million deaths worldwide.
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Benralizumab is a safe and effective drug that is already used to manage severe asthma. We have used the medicine in a different way at the point of stimulation. There is evidence to show that it is more effective than steroid pills which are the only treatment currently available.
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