FASENRA approved for treatment of children aged 6 to 11 with severe asthma - Seite 3
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TATE Phase III Trial
TATE was an open-label, Phase III trial evaluating the safety of FASENRA in children aged 6 to 11 years with severe eosinophilic asthma. The trial evaluated the PK, PD and safety of FASENRA administered subcutaneously in 28 children in the US and Japan aged 6 to 11 years, in addition to 2 patients aged 12 to 14 years in Japan with severe eosinophilic asthma over 48 weeks.2
FASENRA met the primary endpoints in the trial, demonstrating PK, PD, and safety in children aged 6 to 11 years old with SEA were consistent with those seen in prior trials.
FASENRA
FASENRA is a monoclonal antibody that binds directly to IL-5 receptor alpha on eosinophils and attracts natural killer cells to induce rapid and near-complete depletion of blood and tissue eosinophils in most patients via apoptosis (programmed cell death).5,6
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FASENRA (benralizumab) is currently approved in more than 80 countries, including the US, EU, and Japan, and is approved for self-administration in the US, EU and other countries.7-10 FASENRA has been prescribed to over 100,000 patients in the US.11
FASENRA is in development for other diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps and hypereosinophilic syndrome.12-14
FASENRA was developed by AstraZeneca and is in-licensed from BioWa, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd., Japan.
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