RE: Synairgen on Motley Fool27 Apr 2020 19:13
Hi Forest, the summary of that article (10 minutes of my life I won’t get back):
“In summary, this study suggests for the first time that administration of IFN-ß by inhalation can enhance innate immunity both locally within the lungs and, to a lesser extent, systemically, thereby compensating for the IFN-ß deficiency that we have previously demonstrated ex vivo in the epithelium of patients with moderate-severe asthma (6). The possible beneficial clinical effect of treatment seen in patients with moderate-severe asthma that was associated with this enhancement suggests that this treatment may impact favorably on cold-induced asthma exacerbations. The trial was designed and powered on the basis of the entire mITT patient population; therefore, further adequately powered studies focusing on more difficult-to-treat people with asthma are now needed to test the hypothesis that IFN-ß is effective in this high-risk patient population.“