Continued long-term mepolizumab in severe eosinophilic asthma protects from asthma worsening versus stopping mepolizumab: COMET trial

E. Bel (Amsterdam, Netherlands), W. Moore (Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America), O. Kornmann (Frankfurt, Germany), C. Poirier (Montreal, QC, Canada), N. Kaneko (Kamogawa, Japan), S. Smith (Research Triangle Park, NC, United States of America), N. Martin (Brentford, Middlesex and Leicester, United Kingdom), M. Gilson (Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom), R. Price (Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom), E. Bradford (Research Triangle Park, NC, United States of America), M. Humbert (Paris, France)

Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Recent innovations regarding the mechanisms and treatments of asthma
Session: Recent innovations regarding the mechanisms and treatments of asthma
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 5280
Disease area: Airway diseases

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E. Bel (Amsterdam, Netherlands), W. Moore (Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America), O. Kornmann (Frankfurt, Germany), C. Poirier (Montreal, QC, Canada), N. Kaneko (Kamogawa, Japan), S. Smith (Research Triangle Park, NC, United States of America), N. Martin (Brentford, Middlesex and Leicester, United Kingdom), M. Gilson (Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom), R. Price (Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom), E. Bradford (Research Triangle Park, NC, United States of America), M. Humbert (Paris, France). Continued long-term mepolizumab in severe eosinophilic asthma protects from asthma worsening versus stopping mepolizumab: COMET trial. 5280

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