Baseline characteristics of the patients
Patient characteristics | Dupilumab (n = 6) |
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Age (y), mean (SD) | 53.1 (7.4) |
Sex, male; n (%) | 3 (50) |
GINA steps 1–4, n (%) | 5 (83.3) |
NSAID-exacerbated respiratory disease (N-ERD), n (%) | 3 (50) |
Use of systemic steroids in the last year, n (%) | 5 (83.3) |
Number of polypectomies in the last year, n (%) | |
3 or more | 3 (50) |
2 | 2 (33.3) |
1 | 1 (16.7) |
Sensitization to aeroallergens, n (%) | 3 (50) |
3 years SCIT before treatment with dupilumab | 1 (16.7) |
GINA: Global Initiative for Asthma; NSAID: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; SCIT: subcutaneous immunotherapy
NP and MM: Conceptualization, Validation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing, Visualization. MM: Supervision. Both authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
This study followed the Declaration of Helsinki and met the standards of Good Clinical Practice (GCP). The Ethics Committee at Attikon University Hospital (Protocol number: 312/9-5-2020) was notified and approved the study.
Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.
Informed consent to publication was obtained from relevant participants.
The datasets that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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