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Can Leukotriene Receptor Antagonist Therapy Improve the Control of Patients with Severe Asthma on Biological Therapy and Coexisting Bronchiectasis? A Pilot Study.

Vitaliano Nicola QuarantaSilvano DragonieriNunzio CrimiClaudia CrimiPierachille SantusFrancesco MenzellaCorrado PelaiaGiulia SciosciaCristiano CarusoElena BargagliKonstantinos KostikasChristos KyriakopoulosNicola ScichiloneGiovanna Elisiana Carpagnano
Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)
The presence of LTRA in therapy in a population of severe asthmatics with coexisting non-ASBPA bronchiectasis and non-cystic fibrosis, acting simultaneously on the T helper type 2 (TH2) pathway and probably on the neutrophilic component of bronchiectasis, would allow a further amplification of the beneficial effects of biological therapy, leading to a reduction in the number of unplanned visits to specialists.
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