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Second Phase 3 clinical trial again shows dupilumab lessens disease in COPD patients with type 2 inflammation - EurekAlert


Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with type 2 inflammation may soon gain access to a new drug — dupilumab — that showed rapid and sustained improvements in patients in a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial, researchers report in the New England Journal of Medicine. This monoclonal antibody is the first biologic shown to improve clinical outcomes in COPD.

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