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Biomarkers in Asthma & COPD
22 April 2009
Biomarkers in Asthma & COPD

The incidence of asthma and COPD is increasing throughout the world, and acts as a major incentive for the development of new drug therapy, and there is the urgent need to validate non-invasive biomarkers as an adjunct to clinical studies. In respiratory disease it is possible to directly study clinical effects of new therapies on patients through electronic monitoring of lung function (FEV1) as well as advanced lung function and exercise and challenge test. Increasingly pharmaceutical companies are employing human whole blood flow cytometry and non-invasive sampling to assess pharmacodynamic effects of new therapies in phase I/II clinicial studies. For both asthma and COPD, surrogate biomarkers may be assessed in blood, exhaled breath, induced sputum, bronchial mucosal biopsy, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), and through advanced radiographic imaging. Development of biomarkers will rely on collaboration between academics in clinical research, the pharmaceutical industry and regulatory authorities, and this will facilitate the clinical development of new therapies for patients with respiratory diseases.

About the workshop leader:

Dr. Trevor Hansel is Medical Director of the National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI) Clinical Studies Unit of Imperial College, and an Honorary Consultant at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London. He obtained his medical degree at the Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff and then completed higher specialist medical training in clinical immunology in Birmingham.

Trevor Hansel has a specialist interest in phase II clinical testing of new anti-inflammatory therapies for asthma and COPD, involving nasal and bronchial challenge, and use of non-invasive biomarkers. His team have developed a novel method to measure cytokines and chemokines in induced sputum samples.  In addition, nasal challenges have been performed with allergen and used to assess effects of anti-inflammatory agents on tissue reactions. Synmtehtic absorptive matrices (SAM) are used to sample nasal and bronchial lining fluid, and cytokines and chemokines can be measured in neat secretions. These clinical pharmacology studies enable the accurate definition of pharmacodynamic effects, especially dose magnitude and interval, and enable reliable decision making before entering phase III studies.

With Peter Barnes he has edited “New Drugs for Asthma, Allergy and COPD” (Karger, 2001), and is currently working on “New Drugs and Targets for Respiratory Diseases” with Prous Science, that are now part OF Thomson Reuters. Trevor Hansel is on the editorial board of  Clinical and Experimental Allergy, and  has authored with Peter Barnes the comprehensive “Atlas of COPD” (Parthenon Publications). Trevor Hansel has over a hundred publications on eosinophils, cytokines and chemokines, biomarkers, inhaled and nasal challenge models, whole blood flow cytometry methods, and evaluation of new drugs for asthma and COPD.

Workshop agenda

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Respiratory Biomarkers in Phase I and II studies

Trevor Hansel

Trevor Hansel, Medical Director, NHLI Clinical Studies Unit

  • Blood
  • Exhaled breath
  • Sputum
  • Nasal
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9:30

New Biotechnology Agents and Biomarkers for Asthma

Ian Anderson

Ian Anderson, Vice President of Research, Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, Medimmune

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10:00

Role of Systems Biology & the Capacity to Dissect Complex Diseases

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10:30

Morning Coffee

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11:00

Case study: the role of biomarkers in PDE inhibitor development

Richard Marshall

Richard Marshall, Head of External Discovery, GSK

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11:30

Challenge of Developing Biomarkers for RNA directed Therapy

Mark  Parry-Billings

Mark Parry-Billings, Chief Executive Officer, Topigen Pharmaceuticals

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12:00

Challenge of Biomarker Validation for Academia, Industry & Regulators

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12:30

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