Identifying Patients

A path to asthma control for different patient types

Explore how DUPIXENT may help control symptoms in different types of patients.

Up to 84% of Adult Asthma Patients Present With Type 2 Inflammation1,2

Your appropriate patients with Type 2 inflammation, which can be both systemic and local, may benefit from DUPIXENT today3-5

Allergic Asthma Patient
With Elevated Eosinophils

Clinical Presentation

  • 2 severe exacerbations in the past year
  • Diagnosed with asthma and chronic allergic rhinitis as a child
  • Positive perennial-aeroallergen IgE skin test
  • Compromised lung function: 70% FEV1 % predicted
  • EOS: 155 cells/µL
  • IgE: 180 IU/mL

Treatment Goals

  • Wishes to engage in more physical activity without triggering an exacerbation and seeking nearby care
  • Hopeful to enjoy more activities with friends and family with less wheezing
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Severe Asthma Patient
With Elevated Eosinophils

Clinical Presentation

  • 2 severe exacerbations requiring SCS bursts
  • Diagnosed with adult-onset asthma at age 23
  • Negative test to allergens
  • Mucus hypersecretion with poor asthma control
  • Compromised lung function: 55% FEV1 % predicted
  • EOS as high as 650 cells/μL

Treatment Goals

  • Hoping to reduce trips to the emergency department as a result of multiple exacerbations
  • Ready to enjoy more activities with less shortness of breath
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OCS-Dependent Asthma
Patienta

a Biomarker testing not required
for this patient type.

Clinical Presentation

  • Experiences chest tightness and constant wheezing. Frequent exacerbations have led to multiple hospitalizations
  • Diagnosed with adult-onset asthma at age 23
  • Has been prescribed courses of oral corticosteroids for her severe asthma over the past year, leading to the following6:
    • Feelings of anxiety and depression
    • Weight gain
    • Adult onset of diabetes
    • Hypertension

Treatment Goals

  • Hoping to reduce or eliminate OCS
  • Looking to control her asthma long term so she can spend more time with her family
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Child With
Moderate-to-Severe
Uncontrolled Asthma

Clinical Presentation

  • 2 exacerbations in the past year, requiring hospitalizations
  • Diagnosed with allergic rhinitis
  • Suffers from poor lung function, potentially leading to impaired lung development
  • Currently receiving a burst of systemic corticosteroids, which are associated with lower height in adulthood, infection, and behavioral changes7
  • EOS: 610 cells/µL
  • IgE: 558 IU/mL

Treatment History

  • Despite high-dose inhaled steroids, he has missed multiple school days over the past year
  • Unable to try out for sports teams due to asthma symptoms
  • Family avoids engaging in physical activities while on vacation
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Patient profiles are representative and are not actual DUPIXENT patients.

Examples of patients with moderate-to-severe eosinophilic phenotype or with OCS-dependent asthma.

FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 second; SCS, systemic corticosteroid.


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References:

  1. Seys SF, Scheers H, Van den Brande P, et al. Cluster analysis of sputum cytokine-high profiles reveals diversity in T(h)2-high asthma patients. Respir Res. 2017;18(1):39. doi:10.1186/s12931-017-0524-y
  2. Jackson DJ, Aljamil N, Roxas C, et al. The ‘T2-low’ asthma phenotype: could it just be T2-high asthma treated with corticosteroids? Thorax. 2018;73(suppl 4):A124-A125. Abstract P48.
  3. DUPIXENT Prescribing Information.
  4. Corren J. Role of interleukin-13 in asthma. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2013;13(5):415-420.
  5. Gandhi NA, Bennett BL, Graham NMH, Pirozzi G, Stahl N, Yancopoulos GD. Targeting key proximal drivers of type 2 inflammation in disease. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2016;15(1):35-50.
  6. Price DB, Trudo F, Voorham J, et al. Adverse outcomes from initiation of systemic corticosteroids for asthma: long-term observational study. J Asthma Allergy. 2018;11:193-204.
  7. Sullivan PW, Ghushchyan VH, Skoner DP, LeCocq J, Park S, Zeiger RS. Complications and health care resource utilization associated with systemic corticosteroids in children and adolescents with persistent asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021;9(4):1541-1550.e9.

Important Safety
Information and Indications

CONTRAINDICATION: DUPIXENT is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to dupilumab or any of its excipients.

WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS

Hypersensitivity: Hypersensitivity reactions, including anaphylaxis, serum sickness or serum sickness-like reactions, angioedema, generalized urticaria, rash, erythema nodosum, and erythema multiforme have been reported. If a clinically significant hypersensitivity reaction occurs, institute appropriate therapy and discontinue DUPIXENT.

Conjunctivitis and Keratitis: Conjunctivitis and keratitis occurred more frequently in atopic dermatitis subjects who received DUPIXENT compared to those who received placebo, with conjunctivitis being the most frequently reported eye disorder. Conjunctivitis also occurred more frequently in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis subjects who received DUPIXENT compared to those who received placebo. Conjunctivitis and keratitis have been reported with DUPIXENT in postmarketing settings, predominantly in atopic dermatitis patients. Some patients reported visual disturbances (e.g. blurred vision) associated with conjunctivitis or keratitis. Advise patients to report new onset or worsening eye symptoms to their healthcare provider. Consider ophthalmological examination for patients who develop conjunctivitis that does not resolve following standard treatment or signs and symptoms suggestive of keratitis, as appropriate.

Eosinophilic Conditions: Patients being treated for asthma may present with serious systemic eosinophilia sometimes presenting with clinical features of eosinophilic pneumonia or vasculitis consistent with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), conditions which are often treated with systemic corticosteroid therapy. These events may be associated with the reduction of oral corticosteroid therapy. Healthcare providers should be alert to vasculitic rash, worsening pulmonary symptoms, cardiac complications, and/or neuropathy presenting in their patients with eosinophilia. Cases of eosinophilic pneumonia were reported in adult subjects who participated in the asthma development program and cases of vasculitis consistent with EGPA have been reported with DUPIXENT in adult subjects who participated in the asthma development program as well as in adult subjects with co-morbid asthma in the CRSwNP development program. A causal association between DUPIXENT and these conditions has not been established.

Acute Asthma Symptoms or Deteriorating Disease: Do not use DUPIXENT to treat acute asthma symptoms, acute exacerbations, acute bronchospasm or status asthmaticus. Patients should seek medical advice if their asthma remains uncontrolled or worsens after initiation of DUPIXENT.

Risk Associated with Abrupt Reduction of Corticosteroid Dosage: Do not discontinue systemic, topical, or inhaled corticosteroids abruptly upon initiation of DUPIXENT. Reductions in corticosteroid dose, if appropriate, should be gradual and performed under the direct supervision of a healthcare provider. Reduction in corticosteroid dose may be associated with systemic withdrawal symptoms and/or unmask conditions previously suppressed by systemic corticosteroid therapy.

Patients with Co-morbid Asthma: Advise patients with atopic dermatitis or CRSwNP who have co-morbid asthma not to adjust or stop their asthma treatments without consultation with their physicians.

Arthralgia: Arthralgia has been reported with the use of DUPIXENT with some patients reporting gait disturbances or decreased mobility associated with joint symptoms; some cases resulted in hospitalization. Advise patients to report new onset or worsening joint symptoms. If symptoms persist or worsen, consider rheumatological evaluation and/or discontinuation of DUPIXENT.

Parasitic (Helminth) Infections: It is unknown if DUPIXENT will influence the immune response against helminth infections. Treat patients with pre-existing helminth infections before initiating therapy with DUPIXENT. If patients become infected while receiving treatment with DUPIXENT and do not respond to anti-helminth treatment, discontinue treatment with DUPIXENT until the infection resolves. Helminth infections (5 cases of enterobiasis and 1 case of ascariasis) were reported in pediatric patients 6 to 11 years old in the pediatric asthma development program.

Vaccinations: Consider completing all age-appropriate vaccinations as recommended by current immunization guidelines prior to initiating DUPIXENT. Avoid use of live vaccines in patients treated with DUPIXENT.

ADVERSE REACTIONS:

  • Atopic dermatitis: The most common adverse reactions (incidence ≥1% at Week 16) in adult patients are injection site reactions, conjunctivitis, blepharitis, oral herpes, keratitis, eye pruritus, other herpes simplex virus infection, and dry eye. The safety profile in children and adolescents through Week 16 was similar to that of adults with atopic dermatitis. In an open-label extension study, the long-term safety profile of DUPIXENT in adolescents and children observed through Week 52 was consistent with that seen in adults with atopic dermatitis.
  • Asthma: The most common adverse reactions (incidence ≥1%) are injection site reactions, oropharyngeal pain, and eosinophilia.
  • Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis: The most common adverse reactions (incidence ≥1%) are injection site reactions, eosinophilia, insomnia, toothache, gastritis, arthralgia, and conjunctivitis.

USE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS

  • Pregnancy: A pregnancy exposure registry monitors pregnancy outcomes in women exposed to DUPIXENT during pregnancy. To enroll or obtain information call 1‑877‑311‑8972 or go to https://mothertobaby.org/ongoing-study/dupixent/. Available data from case reports and case series with DUPIXENT use in pregnant women have not identified a drug-associated risk of major birth defects, miscarriage or adverse maternal or fetal outcomes. Human IgG antibodies are known to cross the placental barrier; therefore, DUPIXENT may be transmitted from the mother to the developing fetus.
  • Lactation: There are no data on the presence of DUPIXENT in human milk, the effects on the breastfed infant, or the effects on milk production. Maternal IgG is known to be present in human milk. The developmental and health benefits of breastfeeding should be considered along with the mother’s clinical need for DUPIXENT and any potential adverse effects on the breastfed child from DUPIXENT or from the underlying maternal condition.

Please see accompanying full Prescribing Information.

Indications

Asthma: DUPIXENT is indicated as an add-on maintenance treatment of adult and pediatric patients aged 6 years and older with moderate-to-severe asthma characterized by an eosinophilic phenotype or with oral corticosteroid dependent asthma. Limitation of Use: DUPIXENT is not indicated for the relief of acute bronchospasm or status asthmaticus.

Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP): DUPIXENT is indicated as an add-on maintenance treatment in adult patients with inadequately controlled CRSwNP.

Atopic Dermatitis: DUPIXENT is indicated for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients aged 6 years and older with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis whose disease is not adequately controlled with topical prescription therapies or when those therapies are not advisable. DUPIXENT can be used with or without topical corticosteroids.