Safety and efficacy of allergen immunotherapy in the treatment of allergic rhinitis and asthma in real life

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 869-872

  Zeldin, Yuri ^a   Weiler, Zeev ^a   Magen, Eli ^a   Tiosano, Liran ^b   Kidon, Mona I ^c  

^a BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allergen immunotherapy; Allergen vaccination; Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Real life

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; EYE DROPS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ARTICLE; HAY FEVER; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449087116     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (25)

1. Bousquet J, Lockey R, Malling HJ. Allergen immunotherapy: therapeutic vaccines for allergic diseases. A WHO position paper. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1998;102:558-62.
2. Calderon MA, Alves B, Jacobson M, et al. Allergen injection immunotherapy for seasonal allergic rhinitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2007;CD001936.
3. Abramson MJ, Puy RM, Weiner JM. Allergen immunotherapy for asthma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2003;CD001186.
4. Ross RN, Nelson HS, Finegold I. Effectiveness of specific immunotherapy in the treatment of allergic rhinitis: an analysis of randomized, prospective, single- or double-blind, placebo-controlled studies. Clin Ther 2000;22:342-50.
5. Gruchalla RS. Immunotherapy in allergy to insect stings in children. N Engl J Med 2004;351:707-9.
6. Allergen immunotherapy: a practice parameter second update. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2007;120:S25-85.
7. Akdis M, Akdis CA. Mechanisms of allergen-specific immunotherapy. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2007;119:780-91.
8. Passalacqua G, Durham SR. Allergic rhinitis and its impact on asthma update: allergen immunotherapy. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2007;119:881-91.
9. Jacobsen L, Niggemann B, Dreborg S, et al. Specific immunotherapy has long-term preventive effect of seasonal and perennial asthma: 10-year follow-up on the PAT study. Allergy 2007;62: 943-8.
10. Cohn JR, Pizzi A. Determinants of patient compliance with allergen immunotherapy. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1993;91:734-7.
11. Tinkelman D, Smith F, Cole WQ III, et al. Compliance with an allergen immunotherapy regime. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 1995; 74:241-6.
12. Toubi E, Kessel A, Blant A, et al. Follow-up after systemic adverse reactions of immunotherapy. Allergy 1999;54:617-20.
13. Tamir R, Levy I, Duer S, et al. Immediate adverse reactions to immunotherapy in allergy. Allergy 1992;47:260-3.
14. Geller-Bernstein C, Waisel Y, Lahoz C. Environment and sensitization to cypress in Israel. Allerg Immunol (Paris) 2000;32:92-3.
15. Bousquet J, Khaltaev N, Cruz AA, et al. Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) 2008 update (in collaboration with the World Health Organization, GA(2)LEN and AllerGen). Allergy 2008; 63(Suppl 86):8-160.
16. Fokkens W, Lund V, Mullol J. European position paper on rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps 2007. Rhinol Suppl 2007.
17. Brockow K, Kiehn M, Riethmuller C, et al. Efficacy of antihistamine pretreatment in the prevention of adverse reactions to Hymenoptera immunotherapy: a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1997;100:458-63.
18. Justicia JL, Barasona MJ, Serrano P, et al. Predicting patients at high risk of systemic reactions to cluster allergen immunotherapy: a pilot prospective observational study. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2007;17:386-92.
19. Graif Y, Goldberg A. The efficacy of nasal surgery among patients with and without allergies. Allergy Asthma Proc 2003;24:119-22.
20. Bachert C, Bousquet J, Canonica GW, et al. Levocetirizine improves quality of life and reduces costs in long-term management of persistent allergic rhinitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2004;114: 838-44.
21. Holm AF, Fokkens WJ, Godthelp T, et al. A 1-year placebo-controlled study of intranasal fluticasone propionate aqueous nasal spray in patients with perennial allergic rhinitis: a safety and biopsy study. Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci 1998;23:69-73.
22. Long-term effects of budesonide or nedocromil in children with asthma. The Childhood Asthma Management Program Research Group. N Engl J Med 2000;343:1054-63.
23. Guilbert TW, Morgan WJ, Zeiger RS, et al. Long-term inhaled corticosteroids in preschool children at high risk for asthma. N Engl J Med 2006;354:1985-97.
24. Des RA, Paradis L, Menardo JL, et al. Immunotherapy with a standardized Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus extract. VI. Specific immunotherapy prevents the onset of new sensitizations in children. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1997;99:450-3.
25. Jacobsen L, Valovirta E. How strong is the evidence that immunotherapy in children prevents the progression of allergy and asthma? Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 2007;7:556-60.