RESULTS WITH NUCALA

NUCALA STATS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES

NUCALA is a different type of treatment. It’s not an inhaler. And it’s not a steroid. It’s an injection you take every 4 weeks in addition to your current asthma medicines.

NUCALA Clinical Trials: See how NUCALA performed with patients who added it to their current asthma medicines compared to those who did not.*

HALF the number of asthma attacks per year

NUCALA patients had 0.83 asthma attacks/year vs 1.74 in patients taking a placebo.

67% of patients on NUCALA reported ZERO asthma attacks

130 of 194 NUCALA patients had 0 asthma attacks over 32 weeks vs 86 of 191 (45%) patients taking placebo. Based on limits of the analysis, results are descriptive, and your experience may differ.

64% of patients reduced or eliminated their daily oral steroid use while maintaining asthma control†

Compared to 44% of patients not taking NUCALA. Based on limits of the analysis, results are descriptive, and your experience may differ.

61% fewer severe asthma attacks requiring hospital or ER visits

NUCALA patients had 0.08 asthma attacks/year requiring hospitalization/ER visits vs 0.20 in patients taking a placebo.

  • Results may vary.
  • *In clinical studies of patients with ≥150 cells/mcL blood eosinophil (a type of white blood cell).
  • †The study showed 14% of NUCALA patients eliminated daily steroid use vs 8% of patients not taking NUCALA.

NUCALA has 9+ years in market.

Go beyond the data

In a clinical trial, patients said they had a better health-related quality of life after taking NUCALA.‡ See how NUCALA has helped the lives of real patients, Angie and Teri. Watch their stories to see what NUCALA can do.

REAL PATIENT STORIES
  • ‡Based on limits of the study, the results are descriptive and your experience may not be the same.
Start the discussion

Getting an accurate diagnosis is important!
Here’s how:

  1. Tell your doctor everything you’re doing to manage your severe asthma and talk about how your asthma is affecting your life.
  2. Ask for simple blood testing to help your doctor determine if you have severe eosinophilic asthma.
  3. Ask your doctor if adding NUCALA to your current asthma treatment could help improve your severe asthma.

Download the Doctor Discussion Guide to help keep the conversation on track. Or, if you need help finding a specialist, use our Find a Doctor Tool to get started.

Once a month.§ At home. On YOUR time.

When it comes to your treatment, convenience is key. The NUCALA Autoinjector can be taken at home–just once a month. Want to see how easy∥ the Autoinjector could be for you to use?

HOW TO INJECT NUCALA
  • Autoinjector for patients 12+.
  • §Every 4 weeks.
  • ∥Severe asthma patients rated the Autoinjector as easy-to-use after training. See full Instructions for Use.

Talk to your doctor to see if adding NUCALA is right for you.

Approved Use & Safety Info

Approved Use

Important Safety Information

Approved Use

NUCALA is an add-on, prescription maintenance treatment for patients 6 and older with severe eosinophilic asthma. NUCALA is not used to treat sudden breathing problems.

Important Safety Information

Do not use NUCALA if you are allergic to mepolizumab or any of the ingredients in NUCALA.

Do not use to treat sudden breathing problems.

NUCALA can cause serious side effects, including:

  • allergic (hypersensitivity) reactions, including anaphylaxis. Serious allergic reactions can happen after you get your NUCALA injection. Allergic reactions can sometimes happen hours or days after you get a dose of NUCALA. Tell your healthcare provider or get emergency help right away if you have any of the following symptoms of an allergic reaction:
    • swelling of your face, mouth, and tongue
    • breathing problems
    • fainting, dizziness, feeling lightheaded (low blood pressure)
    • rash
    • hives
  • herpes zoster infections that can cause shingles have happened in people who received NUCALA.

Before receiving NUCALA, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you:

  • are taking oral or inhaled corticosteroid medicines. Do not stop taking your other asthma medicines, including your corticosteroid medicines, unless instructed by your healthcare provider because this may cause other symptoms to come back.
  • have a parasitic (helminth) infection.
  • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if NUCALA may harm your unborn baby.
  • are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. You and your healthcare provider should decide if you will use NUCALA and breastfeed. You should not do both without talking with your healthcare provider first.
  • are taking prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

The most common side effects of NUCALA include: headache, injection site reactions (pain, redness, swelling, itching, or a burning feeling at the injection site), back pain, and tiredness (fatigue).

Please see full Prescribing Information for NUCALA.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA.
Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088. You may also report negative side effects to GSK at gsk.public.reportum.com or 1-888-825-5249.
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