Efficacy of Sublingual Immunotherapy with Dermatophagoides Pteronyssinus: A Real-life Study

Sublingual allergen immunotherapy (SLIT) is considered to be safer and more convenient than subcutaneus immunotherapy. SLIT trials with house dust mites involving patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) and asthma reported discordant results. The aim of the study was to investigate the clinical efficac...

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Veröffentlicht in:Iranian journal of allergy, asthma, and immunology asthma, and immunology, 2016-04, Vol.15 (2), p.112
Hauptverfasser: Vesna, Tomic-Spiric, Denisa, Dizdarevic, Slavenka, Jankovic, Lidija, Burazer, Aleksandra, Barac, Jasna, Bolpacic, Vojislav, Djuric, Aleksandra, Peric-Popadic, Aleksandra, Aleksic, Mirjana, Bogic
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Zusammenfassung:Sublingual allergen immunotherapy (SLIT) is considered to be safer and more convenient than subcutaneus immunotherapy. SLIT trials with house dust mites involving patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) and asthma reported discordant results. The aim of the study was to investigate the clinical efficacy and safety of SLIT with Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (D.pt) extract produced in Serbia and patient's satisfaction through open-label trial. Adult patients with allergic rhinitis were randomized into two groups: one received drugs and SLIT, while other received only drugs. Symptom score (SS), medication score (MS) and cumulative score (CS), skin prick tests (SPT) and serum level of D. pt specific IgE were assessed. One year after, the patients were re-evaluated. In total, 61 patients were enrolled in the study, but 52 of them were analyzed at the end of the year. CS (29.3%, p
ISSN:1735-1502
1735-5249