Abstracts from the 2nd International Severe Asthma Forum (ISAF)

Th2-high asthma: a heterogeneous asthma population?

Seys Sven, Hans Scheers, Gudrun Marijsse, Ellen Dilissen, Annelies Van Den Bergh, Pieter Goeminne, Paul Van den Brande, Jan Ceuppens, Lieven Dupont and Dominique Bullens

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):O1

Published on: 23 March 2015

Phenotyping asthma using an unsupervised prediction model based on blood granulocyte responsiveness

Bart Hilvering, Susanne Vijverberg, Jeroen Jansen, Leo Houben, Rene Schweizer, Jan-Willem Lammers and Leo Koenderman

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):O2

Published on: 23 March 2015

Nasal polyps, aspirin sensitivity, and late onset asthma are crucial to identify severe asthma. clinicaltrials.gov id : nct01513837

José A Castillo, Vicente Plaza, Gustavo Rodrigo, Berta Juliá, César Picado and Joaquim Mullol

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):O3

Published on: 23 March 2015

An epidemiological perspective on severe asthma

Roxana Mincheva, Bo Lundback and Jan Lotvall

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):O4

Published on: 23 March 2015

Allergen reduction by nightly temperature controlled laminar airflow (TLA) decreases exacerbation rate in severe allergic asthma

Uwe Schauer and Eckard Hamelmann

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):O5

Published on: 23 March 2015

Asthmatic children that are uncontrolled despite inhaled corticosteroids have a distinct breathprint (the pacman2 study)

Susanne Vijverberg, Paul Brinkman, Jan Raaijmakers, Kors van der Ent, Peter Sterk, Anke-Hilse Maitland-van der Zee and Leo Koenderman

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):O6

Published on: 23 March 2015

Leukocyte infiltration patterns and structural changes in severe asthmatics with variable degree of clinical control

Bergqvist Anders, Cecilia Andersson, Hans-Jürgen Hoffmann, Michiko Mori, Medya Shikhagaie, Inge Kortekaas Krohn, Ronald Dahl, Leif Bjermer and Jonas Erjefält

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):O7

Published on: 23 March 2015

Similar activation of sputum granulocytes in eosinophilic and non-eosinophilic asthma

Bart Hilvering, Tamar Tak, Kiki Tesselaar and Leo Koenderman

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):O8

Published on: 23 March 2015

Sputum interleukin (IL)-13 as a biomarker for the evaluation of asthma control

Zoi Tsilogianni, Petros Bakakos, Andriana I Papaioannou, Anastasia Papaporfyriou, Georgios Hillas, Spyros Papiris, Nikolaos Koulouris, Stelios Loukides and Konstantinos Kostikas

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):O9

Published on: 23 March 2015

Implication of IL-18 in chronic inflammation of severe refractory asthma

Nikoletta Rovina, Efrosini Dima, Petros Bakakos, Eleni Tseliou, Konstantina Kontogianni, Spiridon Papiris, Nikolaos Koulouris and Stylianos Loukides

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):O10

Published on: 23 March 2015

Pretreatment by omalizumab allows allergen-specific immunotherapy in children and young adult with severe allergic asthma

Nathalie Lambert, Tamazoust Guiddir, Jocelyne Just and Flore Amat

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):P1

Published on: 23 March 2015

Stepping down inhaled corticosteroid use in asthma - who is responsible?

Ashbal Chaudhary, Umair Gondal and Valeed Ghafoor

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):P2

Published on: 23 March 2015

Severe asthma: a great clinical challenge

Tanja Grzetic-Romcevic, Boris Devcic and Silvana Sonc

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):P4

Published on: 23 March 2015

Clinical characteristics, lung function and airway inflammatory patterns of Brazilian children with severe therapy-resistant asthma

Rodrigues Andrea, Giovana Santos, Rodrigo Souza, Mauro Vargas, Cristian Roncada, Leonardo Pinto, Marcus Jones, Renato Stein and Paulo Pitrez

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):P5

Published on: 23 March 2015

Risk factors associated with asthma exacerbations in school-age children

Tolga S Yavuz, Ozgur Kartal, Guven Kaya, Mustafa Gulec, Mehmet Saldir and Osman Sener

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):P6

Published on: 23 March 2015

Anxiety, depression and hyperventilation symptoms in treatment-resistant severe asthma

Tan Li Leng karen, Tay Chee Kiang, Yii Anthony, Chan Kwok Wai Adrian, Lapperre Therese Sophie and Koh Mariko Siyue

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):P7

Published on: 23 March 2015

The prevalence and time trend of asthma in Albanian children in 2011 – Alb ISAAC

Eris Mesonjesi, Erjola Piluri Ziu, Ramyani Gupta, David Strachan and Alfred Priftanji

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):P8

Published on: 23 March 2015

Cytokine gene polymorphisms in Greek patients with severe asthma

Despina Papakosta, Eirini Kontakioti, Kalliopi Domvri, Evagelia Fouka, Despina Ioannidou, Konstantinos Porpodis, Michail Daniilidis and Konstantinos Zarogoulidis

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):P9

Published on: 23 March 2015

Influence of Bcl-1 gene polymorphism of glucocortucoid receptor on phenotypic expressions of bronchial asthma

Vladyslava Kmyta and Lyudmyla Prystupa

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):P10

Published on: 23 March 2015

Clinical cases: asthma and obesity

KS Ryabova, LA Goryachkina and DS Fomina

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 2):P11

Published on: 23 March 2015