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NIH study finds omalizumab relieves seasonal asthma attacks in youth – 2
Narrator: This is NIH Health Matters. I’m Joe Balintfy. One aim of a recent study has been to find out if the addition of the drug omalizumab could reduce asthma symptoms in inner-city children and youth age 6 to 20. And it does, says Dr. Alkis Togias at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Dr. Togias: For us, this study was not only a proof of concept that allergy is a very important factor in asthma in this particular group of children, but it opened up a path of developing perhaps new strategies of using this medication.
Narrator: Patients in the study who received omalizumab had a 75 percent reduction in hospitalizations. For details, visit www.niaid.nih.gov. Health Matters is produced by the National Institutes of Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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