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. 2022 Jan 31;12(9):1191–1195. doi: 10.1002/alr.22964

TABLE 1.

Correlations between change from baseline in NPS and change in local and systemic type 2 biomarker levels following dupilumab treatment in subgroups of patients with asthma, NSAID‐ERD, prior surgery, or SCS use within the previous 2 years (pooled ITT population)

Pearson correlation for change in NPS
Correlation coefficient (n) a
Biomarker Asthma Without asthma NSAID‐ERD Without NSAID‐ERD Prior surgery Without prior surgery SCS use in previous 2 y Without SCS use in previous 2 y
(n = 258) (n = 180) (n = 122) (n = 316) (n = 272) (n = 166) (n = 329) (n = 109)
Nasal secretion (week 24) b
IL‐5 0.2241 (42) 0.3500 (37) 0.2177 (20) 0.3135 (59) 0.3232 (46) 0.2205 (33) 0.2873 (67) 0.1400 (12)
Periostin 0.1536 (43) 0.2825 (36) 0.2114 (20) 0.2579 (59) 0.2960 (46) 0.0899 (33) 0.2362 (68) 0.1357 (11)
Eotaxin‐3 0.4575 (26) 0.2628 (24) 0.3268 (13) 0.2808 (37) 0.2711 (31) 0.2653 (19) 0.2457 (42) 0.6938 (8)
Serum (week 52)
Periostin 0.0891 (157) 0.2476 (100) 0.1036 (69) 0.1796 (188) 0.0777 (151) 0.2855 (106) 0.1971 (206) 0.1084 (51)
Eotaxin‐3 0.0880 (165) 0.1341 (103) 0.1684 (71) 0.0948 (197) 0.0466 (155) 0.1463 (113) 0.1164 (218) 0.1886 (50)
Total IgE 0.0695 (168) −0.0491 (104) −0.1753 (73) 0.0773 (199) 0.0450 (159) −0.0064 (113) 0.0274 (221) 0.0512 (51)
TARC 0.0329 (165) 0.0870 (105) −0.0084 (72) 0.0901 (198) 0.0168 (157) 0.0993 (113) 0.1043 (219) −0.0512 (51)
Urine (week 52)
LTE4 0.0425 (166) 0.2342 (105) −0.0346 (72) 0.2133 (199) 0.1426 (158) 0.0836 (113) 0.0980 (219) 0.3180 (52)

Abbreviations: IL, interleukin; IT, intent‐to‐treat; LTE4, leukotriene E4; NPS, nasal polyp score; NSAID‐ERD, nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drug‐exacerbated respiratory disease; SCS, systemic corticosteroid; TARC, thymus activation‐regulated chemokine; y, years.

a

The number in parentheses is the number of patients with available data for biomarker assessment.

b

SINUS‐52 (Controlled Clinical Study of Dupilumab in Patients With Nasal Polyps) only.