Improving patient outcomes: Mepolizumab’s impact in IL-5-mediated diseases

The Interleukin-5 (IL-5)-mediated pathogenic role of eosinophils in airway disorders including severe eosinophilic asthma (SEA), chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), and rare hyper-eosinophilic syndrome (HES) is well established. Me...

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Main Authors: Dipti Gothi, Raghupathi Narasimhan, Randeep Guleria, Manu Chopra, Aanchal Gvalani, Rashmi Hegde
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Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_442_24
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author Dipti Gothi
Raghupathi Narasimhan
Randeep Guleria
Manu Chopra
Aanchal Gvalani
Rashmi Hegde
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description The Interleukin-5 (IL-5)-mediated pathogenic role of eosinophils in airway disorders including severe eosinophilic asthma (SEA), chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), and rare hyper-eosinophilic syndrome (HES) is well established. Mepolizumab, an IL-5-targeting humanised antibody, is approved as an add-on maintenance therapy for SEA, EGPA, CRSwNP, and HES. Here, we review the safety and efficacy findings of mepolizumab in clinical trials and real-world evidence studies in patients with SEA, CRSwNP, EGPA, and HES. We specifically explore the data on mepolizumab that support early initiation of IL-5-targeted therapy to maximise its corticosteroid-sparing effect. This review consolidates the clinical data on mepolizumab, highlights other promising IL-5-targeting agents, and supports the IL-5 pathway as the key therapeutic target across eosinophilic indications.
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spelling doaj-art-f83d88d4e83f45faa383ea63853e20582025-08-20T02:27:25ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsLung India0970-21130974-598X2025-05-0142323124410.4103/lungindia.lungindia_442_24Improving patient outcomes: Mepolizumab’s impact in IL-5-mediated diseasesDipti GothiRaghupathi NarasimhanRandeep GuleriaManu ChopraAanchal GvalaniRashmi HegdeThe Interleukin-5 (IL-5)-mediated pathogenic role of eosinophils in airway disorders including severe eosinophilic asthma (SEA), chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), and rare hyper-eosinophilic syndrome (HES) is well established. Mepolizumab, an IL-5-targeting humanised antibody, is approved as an add-on maintenance therapy for SEA, EGPA, CRSwNP, and HES. Here, we review the safety and efficacy findings of mepolizumab in clinical trials and real-world evidence studies in patients with SEA, CRSwNP, EGPA, and HES. We specifically explore the data on mepolizumab that support early initiation of IL-5-targeted therapy to maximise its corticosteroid-sparing effect. This review consolidates the clinical data on mepolizumab, highlights other promising IL-5-targeting agents, and supports the IL-5 pathway as the key therapeutic target across eosinophilic indications.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_442_24crswnpegpaeosinophilic asthmahyper-eosinophilic syndrome hyper-eosinophiliail-5mepolizumabnucala
spellingShingle Dipti Gothi
Raghupathi Narasimhan
Randeep Guleria
Manu Chopra
Aanchal Gvalani
Rashmi Hegde
Improving patient outcomes: Mepolizumab’s impact in IL-5-mediated diseases
Lung India
crswnp
egpa
eosinophilic asthma
hyper-eosinophilic syndrome hyper-eosinophilia
il-5
mepolizumab
nucala
title Improving patient outcomes: Mepolizumab’s impact in IL-5-mediated diseases
title_full Improving patient outcomes: Mepolizumab’s impact in IL-5-mediated diseases
title_fullStr Improving patient outcomes: Mepolizumab’s impact in IL-5-mediated diseases
title_full_unstemmed Improving patient outcomes: Mepolizumab’s impact in IL-5-mediated diseases
title_short Improving patient outcomes: Mepolizumab’s impact in IL-5-mediated diseases
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topic crswnp
egpa
eosinophilic asthma
hyper-eosinophilic syndrome hyper-eosinophilia
il-5
mepolizumab
nucala
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