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10.1 Pathophysiology
Classically, CRS is dichotomized by the follow­ing clinical phenotypes: chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) and chronic rhino­sinusitis without nasal polyps (CRSsNP) [10]. Specically, CRSwNP represents 25–30% of CRS cases and is associated with substantial morbidity and disease outcomes [2]. Evidence now suggests this represents an oversimplied understanding of disease and greater emphasis should be placed on CRS endotypes [10, 11]. While the aetiology of CRS remains poorly understood, multiple factors including fungal colonization, bacterial superantigens and host barrier deciencies have been implicated in the loss of regulation over the normal inammatory responses, toxic mucosal inammation and the development and persistence of CRS [12]. More importantly, CRS pathophysiology appears to follow one of the three types of immunological responses, either in isolation or in parallel [13]. Notably, type 2 inammation, which represents an eosinophilic inammation, is the most preva­lent, strongly associated with CRSwNP [13].
Both fungal and bacterial colonization, namely Alternaria and Staphylococcus aureus, have been implicated in CRS disease severity. Fungal organisms have been found to inhabit nearly 100% of persons with CRS and these indi­viduals demonstrate exaggerated peripheral blood mononuclear cell responses following Alternaria exposure compared to healthy con­trols [14, 15]. Alternaria antigen can elicit eosin­ophil degranulation and fungal wall components, chiey chitin, can promote type 2 inammatory responses [16, 17]. However, antifungal therapies have been largely unsuccessful in treating CRS, which may indicate that fungal infection only represents a major disease modifying factor for a subset of patients [12, 18, 19]. Additionally, the intranasal bacterial microbiome of patients with CRS differs from healthy controls [20]. Specically, Staphylococcus aureus is found in greater abundance. While traditionally associated with eliciting Th17 responses, it is hypothesized that S. Aureus enhances type 2 inammation through superantigenic effects [12]. These supe-
rantigenic exotoxins can increase eosinophilic degranulation and bypass traditional antigen­presenting mechanisms to incite massive T cell activation [21, 22]. Furthermore, a signicant portion of nasal polyps from CRSwNP patients are colonized with S. Aureus [23]. Albeit it remains unclear whether bacterial infection pre­cedes CRS development or merely exacerbates the established inammation. Currently, it is believed that these microorganisms play an role in disease presentation, but are not directly impli­cated in CRS development [12].
The prevailing theory for CRS pathophysiol­ogy is that deciencies in host barrier defences permit infectious invasion and the resultant skew­ing of inammatory responses [12]. This theory is substantiated by the fact that patients with cys­tic brosis and carriers of the CFTR gene muta­tion, who have impaired mucociliary function, have high CRSwNP and CRSsNP prevalence [24, 25]. Dysfunction of sinonasal epithelial cells is associated with an impairment of the barrier function, mucociliary clearance, the regulation of eosinophils, dendritic cells, T cells and comple­ment synthesis as well as taste receptor function [26]. Interesting, bitter taste receptors are impaired in a subset of patients with CRS and these receptors have been implicated in respond­ing to bacterial presence [27]. Furthermore, the sinonasal epithelium in CRSwNP is more porous than healthy tissue, which increases its suscepti­bility to exogenous antigen stimulation [28]. Moreover, the expression of innate antimicrobial proteins such as lactoferrin and S100 are decreased in CRSwNP and CRSsNP and PLUNC are decreased in CRSwNP [2931]. Ultimately, it is possible that host barrier defects facilitate exogenous antigen exposure, which perpetuates inappropriate inammatory responses. Notably, the release of epithelium-derived alarmins, IL-33 and thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) pro­motes type 2 inammatory responses [32].
Amongst North American and European pop­ulations, eosinophilic type 2 CRS represents the prevailing disease endotype. By contrast, indi­viduals of Asian decent and those with cystic brosis often demonstrate dominant type 1 or type 3 inammatory proles [10, 33, 34]. It is
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estimated that 80% of nasal polyps follow a type 2 prole from Western populations, whereas only 20–60% of nasal polyposis is attributed to type 2 inammation in Eastern Asia [35]. Consequently, CRS endotypes are generally classied as either type 2 or non-type 2 inammation [10]. In type 2 CRS, exogenous antigen stimulation of nasal epi­thelium triggers the release of the alarmins IL-25, IL-33 and TSLP [36]. These cytokines stimulate and activate myeloid dendritic cells [37] to migrate to lymphoid tissue and present antigen in the context of IL-4 to favour the differentiation of naïve CD4 T cells into effector Th2 cells [38]. Th2 cells secrete hallmark cytokines associated with type 2 inammation including IL-4, IL-5, IL-13 and encourage isotype class-switching of B cells towards immunoglobulin E (IgE). Furthermore, IL-25, IL-33 and TSLP encourage IL-4, IL-5 and IL-13 production in type 2 innate lymphoid cells [39], which create a local type 2 inammatory prole in situ [39]. IgE binds to mast cells via FcϵRI receptor, which when cross­linked with antigen, then degranulate and release inammatory markers including histamine, cyto­kines, pro-angiogenic factors and proteases [40]. Additionally, IL-5 recruits and activates eosino­phils which play a pivotal role in nasal tissue remodelling [10, 41]. Tissue remodelling in CRS consists of brosis, collagen deposition, osteitis, angiogenesis and mucosal hypertrophy. Clinically, type 2 CRS more frequently impacts the ethmoid sinuses and is associated with head­aches, nasal polyposis and anosmia, asthma, allergic rhinitis and or Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease (AERD) [10].
Non-type 2 CRS is characterized by neutro­phil invasion and represents a mix of type 1 (Th1) and type 3 (Th17) inammation [10]. Following irritant or pathogen exposure, epithelial cells and macrophages secrete IL-6, IL-8, tumour necrosis factor alpha [42] and interferon gamma [13, 43]. The presence of IFN-γ in the context of dendritic cell [37] stimulation of naïve T cells promotes Th1 differentiation, which produces Il-2 and IFN-γ and propagates type 1 inammation. Alternatively, IL-6 triggers the differentiation of Th17 cells, which produce IL-17 and promote neutrophilic responses [44]. Moreover, IL-6 and
IL-8 recruit and activate neutrophils, which release inammatory mediators and chronically mediate tissue remodelling [10]. Clinically, non­type 2 CRS favours the maxillary sinus and is attributed to pollution and bacterial exposure with purulent nasal discharge [10]. Of note, in the last 20years, there has been a signicant shift in some Asian countries towards greater prevalence of eosinophilic CRS, which further highlights the importance of type 2 CRS endotype [35].
10.2 Current Therapies
Treatment for CRS includes medical and surgi­cal interventions: nasal saline irrigation, cortico­steroids, antibiotics and endoscopic sinus surgery [45, 46]. While ineffective as a disease modifying therapy in isolation, nasal saline irri­gation represents a cheap and accessible adju­vant therapy for symptom management. Nasal irrigation has been shown to facilitate debris and irritant clearance, enhance intranasal medication delivery and improve mucociliary clearance [4749]. Topical and oral corticosteroids repre- sent hallmark rst- line therapies for CRS [50]. Topical corticosteroid monotherapy may be suf­cient for mild cases; however, it may not pro­vide long-term symptom control in more severe manifestations of the disease [50]. It is hypothe­sized that topical steroids ineffectively penetrate the ostiomeatal complex, which is implicated in sinus ventilation and drainage, due to the mecha­nism of application and inherent anatomic com­plexity of the area [51]. Combined topical and oral treatment can reduce polyp size and improve disease symptomatology, including hyposmia and post-nasal drip [5153]. Yet, a subset of patients fail to meaningfully respond to cortico­steroid treatment and while steroids reduce polyp size, they do not effectively ablate nasal polyps. Tuncer et al. treated patients with CRSwNP with dual corticosteroid therapy and discerned that 12% of patients were unrespon­sive to treatment [52]. Moreover, polyp ablation was unachievable in 88% of patients [52]. While emerging evidence implicating bacteria and the microbiome as negative effectors of the mucosal
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barrier in CRS, the use of antibiotic treatment remains controversial [54, 55]. Soler etal. con­ducted a systematic review evaluating eight classes of antimicrobial treatments for CRS using the methodology of the Center for Evidence-Based Medicine [54]. The investiga­tion identied short-term use (<3 week) oral antibiotics and long-term macrolide antibiotics as viable options for routine CRS treatment. Based on insufcient evidence and lack of clini­cally meaningful effects, topical antibiotics, long-term (>3 weeks) oral/IV antibiotics and antifungals were recommended against [54]. Nonetheless, further understanding of microor­ganism involvement in CRS is necessary to elu­cidate the potential role of current or emerging antimicrobial therapies [46]. Surgery is the most invasive approach to disease modication and symptom treatment and is generally considered when CRS is refractory to medical therapy [2]. ESS is generally reserved for more severe pre­sentations since preoperative symptom scores correspond with postoperative success and patients with the most serious preoperative symptom scores generally gain the most benet from ESS [5658]. Unfortunately, a signicant proportion of patients have refractory polyposis following surgery. Bassiouni and Wormald reviewed 338 operations and found that 19.8% and 22.7% of patients had polyp recurrence post­operatively 6 and 12months, respectively [59]. Notably, asthma and AERD comorbidity were the most signicant risk factors for polyp recur­rence. At 40 months postoperatively, nearly 60% of patients with CRSwNP and asthma had polyp recurrence and 90% of patients with the triad of CRSwNP, asthma and NSAID intoler­ance (AERD) had polyp recurrence. A recent systematic review of 45 studies evaluating post­operative outcomes for CRS, identied asthma (22.6%), AERD (28.7%) and allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (28.7%) as factors associated with polyp relapse in CRSwNP [60]. Moreover, the literature suggests allergic rhinitis may be as prevalent as 50–84% in patients with CRSwNP [61]. Type 2 inammation and atopy appear to be a common theme amongst difcult to treat patients. Consequently, a signicant
effort has been made to explore the use of bio­logics originally designed to treat other inam­matory diseases, particularly asthma, for CRS management.
10.3 Biologic Therapies
10.3.1 Anti-IgE Antibodies
One of the rst biologics developed and approved for the treatment of atopic diseases is omali­zumab, an anti-IgE humanized monoclonal anti­body. IgE, which is produced by IgE class-switched B cells binds to mast cells and basophils via FcϵRI, which when cross-linked with antigen degranulate and release inamma­tory markers including histamine, cytokines, pro­angiogenic factors and proteases [40]. Currently, omalizumab is indicated in patients with moder­ate to severe allergic asthma who are not well controlled with inhaled corticosteroids and inhaled long-acting β2 agonist bronchodilators [62]. There is compelling evidence that omali­zumab may represent an effective treatment for eosinophilic CRSwNP. An early randomized double-blinded clinical trial of 24 participants in Belgium found that subcutaneous (SC) omali­zumab (max dose 375mg) every 2weeks signi­cantly reduced total nasal endoscopic polyp scores (TPS) as early as 8weeks (p=0.001); this polyp size difference was signicantly different than in the placebo group (p = 0.005) [63]. Moreover, the Lund-MacKay computed tomog­raphy score, a radiologic measure of paranasal sinus inammation, signicantly improved in the study group compared to placebo after 16weeks [63]. These positive ndings have been validated by two recent phase 3 multicentre clinical trials, POLP1 and POLYP2 [64]. Collectively, 265 patients were randomized 1:1 to receive 600mg SC omalizumab every 2 or 4weeks and intrana­sal mometasone or intranasal mometasone alone for 24weeks. The mean TPS treatment arm dif­ferences between the omalizumab and placebo groups were1.14 (95% CI=1.59 to −0.69;
p<0.0001) and 0.59 (95% CI=1.05 to 0.12; p = 0.0140) in POLYP1 and POLYP2 respect-
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fully [64]. Sino-Nasal Outcome Test 22 (SNOT-
22) scores improved between the two cohorts as early as 4weeks and were clinically different in both POLYP1 and POLYP2 trials at the 24-week endpoint for the treatment and placebo cohorts (16.12 [95% CI=−21.86 to −10.38], p<0.0001 and 15.04 [95% CI = 21.26 to 8.82], p < 0.0001 respectfully). The University of Pennsylvania Smell Identication Test (UPSIT) [65] scores improved from baseline to 24weeks in the omalizumab groups and the improvement was signicant compared to placebo. Similar ndings were reported for loss of smell scores, postnasal drip scores and nasal congestion scores (NCS) [64]. Interestingly, patients with comorbid asthma and AERD experienced comparable improvements in TPS and TPS to those without either comorbidity, when treated with omali­zumab. Patients with comorbid asthma in the treatment arm saw signicant improvements in asthma quality of life questionnaire scores [66] compared to placebo [64]. Omalizumab appears to be well tolerated, with few adverse events reported, the most common being headache, nasopharyngitis and injection site reaction [63
65]. Overall, these results demonstrate promising
support for the use of omalizumab for CRSwNP with comorbid asthma. Currently, omalizumab has been approved in Canada for the treatment of severe CRSwNP refractory to inhaled nasal corticosteroids.
10.3.2 Anti-IL-5 Antibodies
Eosinophilia is a hallmark cellular inltrate in the majority of CRSwNP cases and is believed to play a signicant role in disease propagation and tissue-remodelling associated with polyp forma­tion [10]. Specically, IL-5 is considered the most important cytokine in the recruitment and activation of eosinophils, which makes it an ideal target for reducing eosinophilia [10, 41]. A num­ber of humanized anti-IL-5 antibodies have been developed including: Reslizumab, Mepolizumab and Benralizumab. A randomized 2-centre study of Reslizumab in CRSwNP determined that a single 1mg/kg or 3mg/kg SC dose of Reslizumab
was able to signicantly reduce blood eosino­philia for up to 8weeks [67]. However, this effect was transient and there was rebound eosinophilia noted 24weeks post-injection. Moreover, while there was evidence of improvement in TPS in the treated cohort, there was unconvincing clinical improvement with regards to other symptom improvements [67]. More promising results have been found with the use of mepolizumab. Gevaert etal. demonstrated that 2 IV injections of 750mg of mepolizumab one month apart were able to reduce nasal burden in 20 patients with CRSwNP refractory to corticosteroids [68]. There was a treatment difference of 1.30 (standard deviation (SD) +/−1.51; p=0.028) in TPS scores between the treatment and placebo cohorts at 8 weeks. Moreover, Mepolizumab use was associated with a signicant reduction in blood eosinophils (p < 0.01), serum eosinophil cation protein (p=0.022) and serum IL-5Rα (p<0.001) com­pared to placebo [68]. While there were changes favouring treatment-related improvements in postnasal drip, loss of smell and nasal congestion in the treated group compared to placebo these ndings were neither clinically nor statistically signicant [68]. A subsequent randomized con­trolled study of 105 patients with bilateral recur­rent CRSwNP requiring surgery found that 750 mg Mepolizumab every 4 weeks (6 doses total) signicantly reduced the need for ESS and reduced nasal polyposis severity visual analogue scores (VAS) (treatment difference at week 25 favouring mepolizumab 1.8, 95%CI 2.9 to
0.8; p=0.001) [69]. While the SNOT-22 scores improved over the study period for both the inter­vention and control groups, there was a signi­cant difference from baseline in the SNOT-22 scores between the cohorts at 25weeks favouring the mepolizumab group (13.2, 95%CI 22.2 to
4.2, p=0.005). Additionally, at the study end- point of 25weeks, the mepolizumab group dem­onstrated signicant improvements in loss of smell VAS (p < 0.001), peak nasal inspiratory ow (p=0.027) and rhinorrhea (p<0.001) com­pared to placebo [69]. Overall, anti-IL-5 biolog­ics appear well tolerated with no serious adverse events reported from the aforementioned studies. The most common adverse events include upper
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respiratory tract infections, pyrexia oropharyn­geal pain and injection site reactions [6769]. More recently, Benralizumab has been devel­oped, which may have greater anti-eosinophilic effects by directing targeting IL-5Rα expressing cells independent of ligand as a humanized anti- IL- 5Rα monoclonal antibody [70]. Further, the antibody is afucosylated, which enables it to induce cell-mediated cytotoxicity of eosinophils. Benralizumab has demonstrated therapeutic ben­ets for severe asthmatics; however, no direct CRS clinical trials have been conducted [71]. There is evidence to suggest that patients with comorbid asthma and CRSwNP are more likely to respond to Benralizumab after Mepolizumab treatment compared to those with asthma alone [72]. A small study of 10 patients with eosino­philic CRSwNP and severe asthma received 30 mg SC Benralizumab every 4 weeks. After 24weeks, all clinical parameters improved com­pared to baseline [73]. Specically, the following markers of disease severity decreased including SNOT-22 scores (p < 0.001), TPS (p<0.001), Lund-Mackay CT scores (p<0.001) and blood eosinophilia (807.3±271.1 cells/μL to 0 cells/ μL, p < 0.0001) [73]. Likewise, Matsuno and Minamoto report that Benralizumab treatment exerted more rapid therapeutic action in patients with eosinophilic asthma and comorbid CRSwNP compared to those with asthma alone [66]. Rigorous clinical trials evaluating Benralizumab in CRSwNP are warranted to elucidate whether this biologic is benecial for CRS alone.
10.3.3 Anti-IL-4/Il-13 Antibodies
Type 2 inammation in CRS is mediated by effector ILC2 and Th2 cells, with the latter pro­moting B cell class switching and eosinophil recruitment. Specically, IL-4 signalling encour­ages differentiation of naïve T cells to Th2 cells and is necessary for IgE B-cell class switching. Dupilumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody that binds to the alpha subunit of the IL-4 recep­tor alpha (IL-4Rα). It has been shown to be effec­tive in the treatment of eosinophilic asthma and atopic dermatitis [74, 75]. Targeting IL-4Rα rep-
resents a promising target for the treatment of CRSwNP [76]. Moreover, the blockade of IL-4Rα targets two critical type 2 inammatory cytokines as IL-4 and IL-13 both use this recep­tor to elicit their effects [74]. IL-13 is implicated in further modulating type 2 inammation and both cytokines are directly involved in the tissue remodelling seen in CRSwNP [76]. Currently, dupilumab has been studied in CRSwNP in a single Phase 2a study and two phase 3 clinical trials [77, 78]. Two pivotal multicentre, interna­tional phase 3 trials, SINUS24 and SINUS52 have elucidated the therapeutic benet of dupil­umab for CRSwNP [78]. In SINUS24, 276 par­ticipants were randomized 1:1 to receive 300mg SC dupilumab every 2weeks plus nasal steroids or steroids alone for 24weeks. In SINUS52, 448 participants were randomized 1:1:1 to receive 300mg SC dupilumab every 2weeks plus nasal steroids or 300mg SC dupilumab every 2weeks for 24weeks followed by 28weeks of 300mg SC dupilumab every 4weeks or placebo. Both stud­ies demonstrated strong NPS improvement com­pared to placebo at 24weeks (the least squares mean change (LMSD) 2·06 [95%CI, 2·43 to
1·69], P<0·0001) and (LSMD 1·80 [95%CI
2·10 to 1·51], P<0·0001) for SINUS24 and
SINUS52 respectfully. At 52 weeks, the collec­tive dupilumab groups continued to demonstrate improved NPS compared to placebo (LSMD
2·40 [95%CI, 2·77 to 2·02], P < 0·0001) [78]. Similarly, SNOT-22 scores were signi­cantly improved compared to placebo at both 24weeks for SINUS24 (LSMD 21·12 [95%CI
25·17 to 17·06] p< 0·0001) and SINUS52 (17·36 [95%CI 20·87 to 13·85], p<0·0001) respectfully. Moreover, both studies demon­strated that at 24 weeks and 52 weeks UPSIT scores, Lund-MacKay CT scores and total symp­tom scores were signicantly improved in the dupilumab cohorts compared to placebo [78]. Interestingly, biomarkers of inammation includ­ing total serum IgE, eotaxin-3, eosinophil cat­ionic protein and nasal IL-5 levels decreased at week 24in SINUS24 and SINUS52in the dupil­umab groups. However, the improvements in eosinophilia appeared transient as discontinua­tion of dupilumab were associated with the return
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of baseline blood eosinophils. Subgroup analyses of persons with comorbid CRSwNP and asthma found that dupilumab treatment improved asthma symptoms and lung function. Moreover, improve­ments in lung function and asthma control were independent of whether participants had high or low blood eosinophils. Additionally, the data showcased that the effects of dupilumab of CRS symptom control were comparable for those with comorbid AERD and or asthma [78]. With regards to adverse events, dupilumab appears to be well tolerated with the most frequent issues including nasopharyngitis, epistaxis, headache and injection-site reactions being more common in the placebo arms; however, vigilance with new medications is always warranted [77, 78]. Given the high level of evidence, dupilumab represents a viable option for steroid-resistant CRSwNP and has been recently approved for CRSwNP care in Canada.
10.3.4 Future Therapeutic Targets
Relatively recent developments in atopic research have implicated the alarmins, IL-25, IL-33 and TSLP as key regulators of type 2 inammation. These mediators are expressed by epithelial and innate lymphoid cells and favour activation and recruitment of ILC2s, eosinophils and Th2 cells [79]. Specically, animal studies have demon­strated that anti-Il-33 treatment reduces mucus thickness, subepithelial collagen deposition and neutrophil inltration within the nares [42]. Currently, the ECLIPSE phase 2 clinical trial of subcutaneous Etokimab (anti-IL-33 mAb) is being conducted with 106 patients with CRSwNP [80]. Unfortunately, a press report by AnaptysBio, Inc. revealed that Etokimab treatment every 4 or 8weeks failed to achieve statistically signicant improvements in NPS or SNOT-22 scores at the 8-week midpoint [81]. They plan on reassessing their ndings at the 16-week study endpoint. While implicated in type 2 inammation, a murine study reported that anti-IL-33 treatment reduced neutrophilic inltration but failed to reduce eosinophilic inltration [42]. As the majority of CRSwNP presentations are eosino-
philic, this may explain the failed treatment effect observed with Etokimab. This biologic may have a niche role in the treatment of neutrophilic CRS. TLSP levels are greater in the nares of patients with CRSwNP and have been shown to promote macrophage IL-5 production [37]. A phase 2b clinical trial investigating Tezepelumab (anti-TLSP mAb) in patients with severe asthma with or without nasal polyps found the treatment to be well tolerated. Five hundred and fty patients were randomized 1:1:1:1 to receive SC Tezepelumab 70mg every 4weeks, 210mg every 4weeks, 280mg every 2weeks or placebo. At the 52-week endpoint, the Tezepelumab-treated cohorts had signicant reductions in annualized asthma exacerbation rates, reductions in blood eosinophils, FeNO, IL-5 and IL-13 levels irre­spective of nasal polyp status compared to con­trols [82]. Currently, a multicentred phase 3 trial evaluating the efcacy of Tezepelumab for CRSwNP is underway [83]. As a relatively novel therapeutic avenue, it is important to assess the relative effectiveness of the varying biologics. While many biologics are currently available, no study to date has systematically compared the relative effectiveness of one biologic against another. For example, a case report found that dupilumab clinically improved CRSwNP symp­toms in a patient with severe asthma, AERD and CRSwNP, despite Benralizumab treatment fail­ing to provide clinical improvements even though it reduced blood eosinophil levels [84]. Unfortunately, this represents low-level evidence and cannot be generalized to other patients.
10.3.5 Biologic Therapy Guidelines
The cost-effectiveness of biologics dictates the use of guidelines for their use in CRSwNP [85]. In 2014, the estimated annual cost of endoscopic sinus surgery is 3510.31CAD, in contrast, with current annual costs for CRS biologics varying from $31,000 to $40,000 [86, 87]. Scangas etal. (year) used a Markov decision-tree economic model to estimate the long-term cost of endo­scopic sinus surgery versus dupilumab as a func­tion of quality-adjusted life years [88]. They
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estimate dupilumab to be less effective and more costly than surgery even when considering revi­sion surgeries [88]. It is likely that biologic costs will have to reduce signicantly before they can be more broadly integrated into a publicly funded CRS treatment model [89]. While the short-term cost of biologic therapy is substantially greater than that of alternative treatments, it is difcult to truly estimate the long-term value of biologic use. Further studies are required to appreciate the long-term implications and impact of biologic management. At this time, biologics should only be considered for patients with CRSwNP with moderate to severe disease who have failed maxi­mal medical and surgical therapy, with sufcient surgery having been previously undertaken. Comorbid type 2 diseases are not required to con­sider biologic therapy in the setting of CRSwNP. Physicians should evaluate patient responses regularly and annually with a determi­nation made at 16weeks after treatment onset to determine treatment continuation, using both objective and subjective measures of disease improvement [85].
10.4 Conclusion
CRS represents a prevalent chronic disease neg­atively impacting a notable proportion of adults and it represents a signicant burden from both quality of life and nancial perspectives. Despite conventional therapy, difcult-to-treat patients with recurrent CRSwNP represents a population requiring further therapeutic intervention. Biologic therapies, which largely target the sig­nalling mechanisms of type 2 inammation, represent novel disease modulators which have been shown to be effective at improving objec­tive and subjective disease clinical signs and symptoms and reduce inammatory markers. There is evidence to suggest that targeting alarmins represents another avenue to regulate CRSwNP. However, current evidence suggests that biologic therapy treatment effects are largely transient, and relapse occurs following termina­tion of biologic treatment. Further evidence is needed to evaluate the long-term effects of bio-
logic therapy and the impact of various combined therapies. Specic endotyping of patients may prove to be benecial to maximize the benet seen from biologic therapies.
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