About this trial
This study compares two surgical approaches combined with anti-IL-5 therapy in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). Patients will be randomly assigned to one of the three groups: (1) anti-IL-5 alone, (2) anti-IL-5 with simple polyp removal, or (3) anti-IL-5 with extended sinus surgery. The aim of this study is to see if a less invasive surgery (simple polyp removal) with anti-IL-5 works as well as more extensive surgery with anti-IL-5. Participants will be followed for 1 to 3 years.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Endoscopy shows bilateral nasal polyps, with bilateral NPS ≥4 (≥2 per side)
Nasal obstruction symptoms >3 months, nasal obstruction score ≥2 (total 3 points) and/or hyposmia ≥2 (maximum 3 points)
Evidence of type 2 inflammation: Nasal polyp tissue Eos >55/HPF or >27% of inflammatory cells; or Peripheral blood Eos ≥6.9% (without asthma) or ≥3.7% (with asthma) Note: Meet any 2 of the above 3 criteria
Failure after 4 weeks of standard medical therapy including: Intranasal corticosteroids >4 weeks; Other agents (oral steroids, macrolides, antihistamines, leukotriene receptor antagonists, decongestants, antibiotics) permitted as needed
Disqualifiers
Cystic fibrosis, Young's syndrome, Kartagener syndrome, antrochoanal polyp, or rhinitis medicamentosa
Acute upper respiratory infection within 2 weeks
Asthma exacerbation within 1 month
HIV infection
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Mepolizumab
- Simple Polypectomy
- Extended Endoscopic Sinus Surgery