ORIGINAL ARTICLE ASTHMA First analysis of the Severe Paediatric Asthma Collaborative in Europe registry Norrice M. Liu1, Karin C.L. Carlsen2,3, Steve Cunningham4, Grazia Fenu5, Louise J. Fleming 6, Monika Gappa7, Bülent Karadag8, Fabio Midulla9, Laura Petrarca9, Marielle W.H. Pijnenburg10, Tonje Reier-Nilsen3, Niels W. Rutjes11, Franca Rusconi 12 and Jonathan Grigg 1 Affiliations: 1Centre for Genomics and Child Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. 2Dept of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. 3Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. 4Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, UK. 5Paediatrics Pulmonology Unit, Anna Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy. 6National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK. 7Children’s Hospital, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany. 8Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey. 9Dept of Maternal Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. 10Dept of Pediatrics, Division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Erasmus MC- Sophia Children’s Hospital, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 11Dept of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Emma Children’s Hospital/Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 12Epidemiology Unit, Anna Meyer Children’s University Hospital, Florence, Italy. Correspondence: Jonathan Grigg, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 2AT, UK. E-mail:
[email protected] ABSTRACT New biologics are being continually developed for paediatric asthma, but it is unclear whether there are sufficient numbers of children in Europe with severe asthma and poor control to recruit to trials needed for registration. To address these questions, the European Respiratory Society funded the Severe Paediatric Asthma Collaborative in Europe (SPACE), a severe asthma registry.