Maintenance OCS Were Used More Frequently Than Biologics in Patients with Uncontrolled GINA 4/5 Asthma in Germany in 2019
In 75% of patients with uncontrolled asthma for ≥2 years therapy was not escalated beyond GINA 4 or low dose OCS was used as the most frequent add-on treatment in GINA 5 contradictory to treatment recommendations. Use of biologics reduced on demand rescue medication and OCS use.
Authors
- Karl‐Christian Bergmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0306-9922)
- J. Christian Virchow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4291-1956)
- Katrin Milger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2914-8773)
- Robert Lindner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6421-5778)
- Dirk Koschel
- Hartmut Timmermann
- Sebastian Heck
- Dirk Skowasch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2377-5936)
- Olaf Schmidt
- Claus Neurohr
Institutions
- Medical University of Graz (AT)
- University Hospital Bonn (DE)
- Robert Bosch Hospital (DE)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Institut für Qualität im Management (Germany) (DE)
- Universitätsmedizin Rostock (DE)
- Praxis für Hämatologie und Onkologie (DE)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- GlaxoSmithKline (Germany) (DE)
- University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (DE)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Asthma and Allergy
- Published
- 2024-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/jaa.s480380
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.96