What the trial was testing
The ANCHOR enrolled 276 patients with asthma. The study was sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline and tracked outcomes across the full group of patients who matched the trial's eligibility profile.
It was a large trial designed to confirm whether the treatment works well enough for wider use. Trials at this stage are designed to produce evidence regulators and physicians can act on — not just observations to follow up later.
What the results showed
Depemokimab shrank nasal polyps and reduced nasal blockage more than placebo in two studies of 528 people.
Lancet (London, England) · 2025 · NCT05274750
These findings — that people on depemokimab had measurably smaller nasal polyps after one year compared to placebo. — were published in the Lancet (London, England) and represent the headline result of the study.
Researchers tracked outcomes across 276 patients enrolled in the trial. The result was consistent enough across the group that the team felt confident reporting it.
What this means for patients
For patients with asthma, this result changes the calculus on what to ask their care team about. Whether it changes day-to-day care depends on factors like disease subtype, prior treatments, and where the patient is in their care journey.
What you can do now
Depemokimab is not yet FDA-approved for nasal polyps. The trial results were positive and published in a major journal, which often leads to approval within 1–2 years. If you have severe nasal polyps that haven't responded to surgery or steroids, talk to your doctor about whether you qualify for ongoing trials or similar approved treatments.
Eligibility for the treatments mentioned above depends on specific test results and clinical history. Bring this summary, the trial name, and your most recent labs or pathology report to your next visit.
Open asthma trials
A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Multiple Dose of IBI3002 in Patients With Asthma
This study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study aimed at evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of IBI3002 multiple doses in participants with asthma. The study plans to enroll participants with asthma on stable inhaled treatment, FeNO≥25ppb at screening and randomization, elevated peripheral blood eosinophils and Pre-BD FEV1 ≤ 80% of the prediction. The safety, tolerability, PK, immunogenicity and changes in PD and clinical characteristics of multiple doses of IBI3002 in asthma subjects will be evaluated. The entire study includes the screening period (4 weeks before dosing), the treatment period (12 weeks), and the safety follow-up period (8 weeks). The study plans to enroll 9 to 27 participants with asthma, who will be randomly assigned in a 1:1:1 ratio to the following 3 cohorts to receive subcutaneous injection of the corresponding dose of IBI3002 or a matching volume of placebo. Investigators and participants will remain blind within the cohort. Cohort 1: 150mg SC(IBI3002: placebo =2 :1); Cohort 2: 300mg SC(IBI3002: placebo =2 :1); Cohort 3: 600mg SC(IBI3002: placebo =2 :1); The participants need to be observed at the study site for 3 hours after each dose and are allowed to leave after investigators determine no safety risk.
Y of Central Maryland Head Start Asthma Implementation
Despite a strong evidence-base for the efficacy of multilevel programs in reducing asthma symptoms among low-income preschool minority children, gaps remain in our understanding of how to best translate and scale up these efficacious interventions into sustainable programs that reduce known asthma health disparities. Head Start (HS) serves over one million low income children in the US each year by focusing on early learning, physical health, and family engagement. HS is committed to implementing evidence based programs to promote overall child well-being, and is focused on addressing asthma symptoms due to the deleterious impact on school absences and child development. We have demonstrated the effectiveness of a multi-level staff and family education program (ABC Asthma) that significantly reduced asthma symptoms and courses of oral corticosteroids. However, these interventions are not successfully integrated within community organizations for long-term sustainability. It is unknown how to best scale up and implement these evidence based asthma interventions into low resource community organizations that serve children at risk. Implementation strategies are frequently developed atheoretically and may not be tailored to the setting. The overall purpose of this project is to inform best practices of implementation of an asthma education program by 1) systematically evaluating the use of intervention mapping to develop a tailored implementation strategy in partnership with Head Start stakeholders, 2) examining both staff and organizational level determinants associated with implementation of ABC Asthma, and 3) evaluating the success of tailored implementation strategies on implementation outcomes and school absences and other health outcomes. The YMCA of Central Maryland have enthusiastically agreed to implement the Maryland ABC HS Asthma within 40 sites in four communities: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County, and Prince George's County.