title: 7. Control of allergic airway inflammation through immunomodulation.
abstract: Among the asthma clinical trials published over the last several years, a unique subset has focused on novel means for inhibiting the airway inflammation that is believed to cause airway obstruction in many patients. Such interventions, broadly considered here as immune-modifying or immunomodulatory therapies, include several new drugs (omalizumab, suplatast tosilate, anti-cytokine antibodies, soluble receptors, and recombinant cytokines) and bacterial extracts. In this chapter we review the major findings with these clinical trials and indicate which have changed the management of asthma, which have not, and those that deserve further study.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA. dcorry@bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Corry
authors.forename: Farrah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kheradmand
mesh_terms: D018926:Anti-Allergic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000906:Antibodies / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D001190:Arylsulfonates / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D016207:Cytokines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D006801:Humans; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000069444:Omalizumab; D013452:Sulfonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D018926:Anti-Allergic Agents; D000906:Antibodies; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D001190:Arylsulfonates; D016207:Cytokines; D007155:Immunologic Factors; D013452:Sulfonium Compounds; D000069444:Omalizumab; C073028:suplatast tosilate