Evaluation of switching or simultaneous use of biologic treatment in patients with severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps and severe asthma. Considerations in clinical decision making.
Josje OttenRik Johannes Leonardus van der LansEugenio de CorsoKanstantsin DziadziuliaBart HilveringEls WeersinkMatteo BoniniJan HagemannWanrawee ThaitrakoolClaudio MontuoriLudger KlimekSietze ReitsmaWytske FokkensPublished in: Expert review of clinical immunology (2023)
For abovementioned patients, a multidisciplinary approach is mandatory to find the best suitable biologic. It seems ineffective to switch to a second anti-IL5 treatment if the first one is not successful. Most patients that failed omalizumab and/or an anti-IL-5 treatment are well controlled on dupilumab. Therefore we suggest to use dupilumab as first choice when switching biologic agents.