Exploring Asthma Exacerbation in Mepolizumab Treated Patients

  • Research type

    Research Study

  • Full title

    Exacerbation Profile in Patients on Mepolizumab for Severe Refractory Eosinophilic Asthma - an Exploratory Study

  • IRAS ID

    232036

  • Contact name

    Liam Heaney

  • Contact email

    l.heaney@qub.ac.uk

  • Duration of Study in the UK

    2 years, 8 months, 1 days

  • Research summary

    In this study, we hope to characterise events of worsening asthma in patients taking mepolizumab to try and establish if they have evidence of inflammation which may respond to oral corticosteroids when their asthma symptoms worsen: this will be done by looking at markers of asthma in their blood, urine, sputum and exhaled breath.

  • REC name

    HSC REC B

  • REC reference

    17/NI/0173

  • Date of REC Opinion

    12 Sep 2017

  • REC opinion

    Favourable Opinion