title: [Pneumology. Anti-IgE antibodies in the treatment of asthma].
abstract: Omalizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody that is directed against IgE. It has been shown to improve the control of severe allergic asthma in adults and adolescents. Candidates to the treatment are asthmatic patients with positive prick tests and/or in vitro markers of allergy, altered pulmonary function tests, and persistent daytime or nocturnal symptoms despite appropriate treatment with inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta-2-agonists.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, CHUV, Lausanne. philippe.leuenberger@chuv.ch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leuenberger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sauty
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rochat
mesh_terms: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000276:immunology*; D000069444:Omalizumab
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D000069444:Omalizumab; D007073:Immunoglobulin E