Are there any new treatments for nasal polyps?

Kevin Ende, M.D. • September 8, 2020

Nasal Polyps

At the Triological Society Meeting in San Diego California, some very important updates were discussed as well as reaffirmations of Dr. Ende’s current practice. Dupilimab is a new injectable medication that has been proven to reduce the size of nasal polyps. Wow! This is really exciting, because nasal steroids rarely work for this. But what’s the catch? 38,000 dollars a year and if you stop, the polyps grow back. Other medications in this class have been proven to cause cancer as well. While this may be exciting news for scientists, it’s not ready yet for patients at NJ Eye and Ear. We are of course up to date on this new breakthrough as you would expect Dr. Ende to be, but we do not feel that it has a proven track record at this point. Your insurance company is unlikely to pay for this treatment, but you can contact them and find out if they will. This medication does not make the polyps go away, it only shrinks them somewhat. We hope that new medications with greater efficacy are released in the future. There are only a very select group of patients that Dr. Ende would consider this for, but most patients with nasal polyps would not be prescribed this in our center.

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