{"title":"Improving patient outcomes: Mepolizumab's impact in IL-5-mediated diseases.","authors":"Dipti Gothi, Raghupathi Narasimhan, Randeep Guleria, Manu Chopra, Aanchal Gvalani, Rashmi Hegde","doi":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_442_24","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>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.</p>","PeriodicalId":47462,"journal":{"name":"Lung India","volume":"42 3","pages":"231-244"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Lung India","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_442_24","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/4/29 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"RESPIRATORY SYSTEM","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract: 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.