Korean Severe Asthma Registry (KoSAR)
What is severe asthma?
- Severe asthma is often defined as asthma requiring a high level of treatment to prevent it from becoming or remaining uncontrolled.
- Poor control of severe asthma is associated with frequent exacerbation, high medical costs, and mortality
- Even with vigorous research to understand severe asthma, neither an effective nor a comprehensive strategy has been determined to diagnose and treat severe asthma in clinical practice.
Korean Severe Asthma Registry (KoSAR)
- The Korean Working Group on Severe Asthma was established in 2009 by the members of the Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology (KAAACI), to study and understand severe asthma in order to find better strategy for severe asthma.
- The Korean Working Group on Severe Asthma is running the Korean Severe Asthma Registry (KoSAR) with collection of clinical data of patients with severe asthma.
Objective
- To define clinical characteristics and phenotypes of severe asthma in Korea in multicenter, prospective observational study design
- To estimate the burden of severe asthma and estimate treatment status of severe asthma in Korea
- To develop better strategy for management of severe asthma
Collaborators
| Affiliation | PI | Sub PI |
| Gachon University Gil Medical Center | Sung-Yoon Kang | |
| Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong | Jin An | |
| Kangwon National University Hospital | Jae-Woo Kwon | |
| Konkuk University Medical Center | Kwang-Ha Yoo | Youlim Kim |
| Kyungpook National University Hospital | Sujeong Kim | |
| Kyunghee University Hospital | Kyoung-Hee Sohn | |
| Korea University Anam Hospital | Byung-Keun Kim | |
| Kosin University Gospel Hospital | Gil-Soon Choi | |
| Nowon Eulji Medical Center | Sang-Hoon Kim | |
| Dong-A University Hospital | Young-Hee Nam | |
| Pusan National University Hospital | Hye-Kyung Park | |
| Seoul National University Bundang Hospital | Yoon-Seok Chang | |
| Samsung Medical Center | Byung-Jae Lee | Noeul Kang |
| Seoul National University Hospital | Heung-Woo Park | Sang-Heon Cho, Hye-Ryun Kang, Suh-Young Lee |
| Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital (1) | Chin-Kook Rhee | |
| Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital (2) | Hwa-Young Lee | Sook-Young Lee |
| Asan Medical Center | You Sook Cho | Woo-Jung Song, Hyouk-Soo Kwon |
| Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital | Sun-Young Yoon | |
| Soonchunhyang University Hospital Bucheon (1) | Choon-Sik Park | Jong-Sook Park |
| Soonchunhyang University Hospital Bucheon (2) | An-Soo Jang | |
| Ajou University Hospital | Young-Soo Lee | Hae-Shim Park |
| Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital | Seung-Eun Lee | |
| Yeungnam University Medical Center | Hyun-Jung Jin | |
| Ulsan University Hospital | Tae-Hoon Lee | Seung-Won Ra |
| Wonju Severance Christian Hospital | Ji-Ho Lee | |
| Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital | Young-Joo Cho | |
| Ewha Womans University Medical Center | Min-Hye Kim | Ji-Su Shim |
| Chonnam National University Hospital | Young-Il Koh | Da-Woon Sim |
| Chonbuk National University Hospital | So Ri Kim | |
| Chung-Ang University Hospital | Jae-Woo Jung | |
| Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital | So-Young Park | |
| Veterans Health Service Medical Center | Ha-Kyoung Won | |
| Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital | Han-Ki Park | |
| Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital | Ga-Young Ban | |
| Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital | Joo-Hee Kim | |
| Hanyang University Guri Hospital | Ji Yong Moon | |
| Hanyang University Seoul Hospital | Sang-Heon Kim | Ho-Joo Yoon, Hyun Lee |
| Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital | Chan-Sun Park |
Publications
– Original articles
- Kim SH, Moon JY, Lee JH, Ban GY, Kim S, Kim MA, et al. Perceptions of Severe Asthma and Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome Among Specialists: A Questionnaire Survey. Allergy Asthma Immunol Res 2018;10:225-235.
- Kim MH, Kim SH, Park SY, Ban GY, Kim JH, Jung JW, et al. Characteristics of Adult Severe Refractory Asthma in Korea Analyzed From the Severe Asthma Registry. Allergy Asthma Immunol Res 2019;11:43-54.
- Lee H, Kim SH, Kim BK, Lee Y, Lee HY, Ban GY, et al. Characteristics of Specialist-Diagnosed Asthma-COPD Overlap in Severe Asthma: Observations from the Korean Severe Asthma Registry (KoSAR). Allergy 2021;76:223-232.
- Kim MA, Park HW, Kim BK, Park SY, Ban GY, Lee JH, et al. Specialist Perception of Severe Asthma in Korea: A Questionnaire Survey. Allergy Asthma Immunol Res 2021;13:507-514.
– Review
- Kim BK, Park SY, Ban GY, Kim MA, Lee JH, An J, et al. Evaluation and Management of Difficult-to-Treat and Severe Asthma: An Expert Opinion From the Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the Working Group on Severe Asthma. Allergy Asthma Immunol Res 2020;12:910-933.
- Kim SH, Lee H, Park SY, Park SY, Song WJ, Kim JH, et al. The Korean Severe Asthma Registry (KoSAR): real world research in severe asthma. Korean J Intern Med 2022;37:249-260.
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