Title
Efficacy and safety of treatment with biologicals for severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: A systematic review for the EAACI guidelines
Date Issued
01 August 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Agache I.
Song Y.
Alonso-Coello P.
Vogel Y.
Rocha C.
Solà I.
Santero M.
Akdis C.A.
Akdis M.
Canonica G.W.
Chivato T.
del Giacco S.
Eiwegger T.
Fokkens W.
Georgalas C.
Gevaert P.
Hopkins C.
Klimek L.
Lund V.
Naclerio R.
O'Mahony L.
Palkonen S.
Pfaar O.
Schwarze J.
Soyka M.B.
Wang D.Y.
Zhang L.
Palomares O.
Jutel M.
Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Sant Pau
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Abstract
This systematic review evaluates the efficacy and safety of biologicals for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) compared with the standard of care. PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library were searched for RCTs. Critical and important CRSwNP-related outcomes were considered. The risk of bias and the certainty of the evidence were assessed using GRADE. RCTs evaluated (dupilumab-2, omalizumab-4, mepolizumab-2, and reslizumab-1) included 1236 adults, with follow-up of 20–64 weeks. Dupilumab reduces the need for surgery (NFS) or oral corticosteroid (OCS) use (RR 0.28; 95% CI 0.20–0.39, moderate certainty) and improves with high certainty smell evaluated with UPSIT score (mean difference (MD) +10.54; 95% CI +9.24 to +11.84) and quality of life (QoL) evaluated with SNOT-22 (MD −19.14; 95% CI −22.80 to −15.47), with fewer treatment-related adverse events (TAEs) (RR 0.95; 95% CI 0.89–1.02, moderate certainty). Omalizumab reduces NFS (RR 0.85; 95% CI 0.78–0.92, high certainty), decreases OCS use (RR 0.38; 95% CI 0.10–1.38, moderate certainty), and improves high certainty smell (MD +3.84; 95% CI +3.64 to +4.04) and QoL (MD −15.65; 95% CI −16.16 to −15.13), with increased TAE (RR 1.73; 95% CI 0.60–5.03, moderate certainty). There is low certainty for mepolizumab reducing NFS (RR 0.78; 95% CI 0.64–0.94) and improving QoL (MD −13.3; 95% CI −23.93 to −2.67) and smell (MD +0.7; 95% CI −0.48 to +1.88), with increased TAEs (RR 1.64; 95% CI 0.41–6.50). The evidence for reslizumab is very uncertain.
Start page
2337
End page
2353
Volume
76
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pública, Salud ambiental Epidemiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85103158522
PubMed ID
Source
Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
ISSN of the container
01054538
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