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Table 1 Clinical studies of SCIT/SLIT efficacy in AD

From: Debates in allergy medicine: specific immunotherapy efficiency in children with atopic dermatitis

Authors

Year of research

Country

Study design

The number of patients (treatment/control)

Category of the patients (Age)

The type of allergen

Route of administration

The total duration of the study (in months)

Clinical efficacy (the opinion of the Clinician -C/patient-P) Treatment/control (in %)

Reference number

Kaufman H.S., Roth H.L.

1974

US

qRCT DB PC

52 (26/26)

children/adults (2–47)

animal dander, HDM molds, pollen

SCIT

24

C(+)

45

81,3/40

Warner J.O. et al.

1978

UK

RCT DB PC

20 (9/11)

children (5–14)

HDM

SCIT

12

P(+)

92

77,8/27,3

Ring J.

1982

Germany

RCT DB PC

2 (1/1)

children (10)

Grass pollen

SCIT

24

C(+)

71

SCORAD improvement from score 30→10/26→21

Glover M.T., Atherton D.J.

1992

UK

RCT DB PC

24 (13/11)

children (5–16)

HDM

SCIT

8 -13,5

P(+)

39

61,5/81,8

Galli E. et al.

1994

Italy

RCT DB PC

60 (NM)

children (0,5-12)

HDM

SCIT

Till 36 (mean duration 18.7)

C(+)

38

Group A (AD+AR/BA)/Group B&Group C (AD) Improvement of skin lesions: 81/63/61

Silny M., Czarnecka- Operacz W.

2006

Poland

RCT DB PC

20 (10/10)

children/adults (5–40)

dander, HDM pollen (adsorbed with aluminum hydroxide)

SCIT

12

C(+)

76

80/10 on the base of W-АЗС index, specific IgE (р<0,001)

Silny W. et al.

2005

Poland

CT

68 (36- HDM+ 12-Pollen/20-BT***)

children/teenagers

HDM Pollen

SCIT

36

C(+)

73-75

Significant clinical efficacy W-АЗС index > BT (р <0,001)

Czarnecka- Operacz M, Silny W.

2006

Poland

NM

66

NM (subgroup with different age)

HDM/grass pollen/grass + mugwort pollen

SCIT

48

C(+)

25

Significant clinical efficacy with IgE-mediated airborne allergy

37(14/17/6)/

29

Bussmann C. et al.

2006 (2007)

Germany

pilot study (systematic overview)

25

NM

HDM

SCIT

4

C(+)

13,14

SCORAD, specific IgE, IgG4, IL-10

Slavyanskaya T. et al.,

2013-2015

Russia

CT

350

children/teenagers (3–18)

HDM

SCIT

≥36

C(+)

29-35, 77,78, 80-83

Derkach V. et al.

300/50 (moderate-severe AD)

QOL (scores) 11.32→ in 3 times decreased (р<0,001), SCORAD

42,57→5,19, specific IgE, IL-4, IL-10

  1. Note: SCIT subcutaneous immunotherapy, SLIT sublingual immunotherapy, AD atopic dermatitis, AR allergic rhinitis, BA allergic bronchial asthma, HDM house-dust mite, qRCT quasi-randomized controlled trial, RCT DB PC randomized controlled trial double-blind placebo-controlled, CT clinical trial, NM not mentioned, SCORAD severity scoring of atopic dermatitis, QOL quality of life, C (+) presence, by clinician, P (+) presence, by patient