Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6063449 | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | 2015 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
Symptomatic asthma in childhood has lifelong effects on lung function and disease severity, emphasizing the need for improved pediatric asthma control. Control of pediatric risk and impairment domains can be achieved through increased medication adherence or new therapeutic strategies. Developing electronic monitoring device technology with reminders might be a key noninvasive resource to address poor adherence in children and adolescents in a clinical setting. In patients who have persistently poor control despite optimal medication compliance, newly emerging pharmaceuticals, including inhaled therapies and biologics, might be key to their treatment. However, barriers exist to their development in the pediatric population, and insights must be drawn from adult studies, which has its own unique limitations. Biomarkers to direct the use of such potentially expensive therapies to those patients most likely to benefit are imperative. In this review the current literature regarding strategies to improve pediatric asthma control is addressed with the goal of exploring the potential and pitfalls of strategies that might be available in the near future.
Keywords
FVCFeNONHLBIICSlebrikizumabACQOCsDupilumabExpert Panel Report 3SARPPEFmensaEMDFDAcAMPAsthmaasthma exacerbationsSevere asthmaLong-acting β-agonistUS Food and Drug AdministrationOmalizumabBadgerSevere Asthma Research ProgramChildhood Asthma Management ProgramChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseCOPDPeak expiratory flowFraction of exhaled nitric oxideTherapeuticsDREAMReslizumabLABAtalcforced vital capacityNational Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteMepolizumabBiomarkersSMARTAsthma Control QuestionnaireAsthma controloral corticosteroidInhaled corticosteroidsInhaled corticosteroid
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Authors
William C. MD, Stanley J. MD,