Comparison of adverse events between cluster and conventional immunotherapy for allergic rhinitis patients with or without asthma : A systematic review and meta-analysis

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BACKGROUND: Cluster schedule of allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT) is a cost-effective choice for allergic rhinitis (AR) patients, but its safety has been questioned due to the greater dosages required at each treatment compared with conventional immunotherapy. It remains a question that whether cluster schedule leads to a higher risk of side effects.

OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to update the evidence and investigate whether cluster schedule leads to a higher risk of local adverse reactions (LARs) and systemic adverse reactions (SARs) than cluster schedule does.

METHODS: We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, EMBASE and Medline thoroughly and included studies comparing cluster and conventional schedules. A meta-analysis of 5 outcomes related to adverse events was performed after bias and heterogeneity assessments. And as a result of language limitations, we considered only articles in Chinese and English.

RESULTS: 5 observational studies and 6 interventional studies were included in the meta-analysis. There were no differences between cluster and conventional schedules when analyzing SARs by the number of patients, delayed SARs, grade 2 SARs and LARs. Analyses of SARs by injection, grade 1 SARs and LARs by injection in observational studies showed that cluster schedule had a lower risk of adverse events than did conventional schedule.

CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that cluster schedule is as safe as or even safer than conventional schedule for AR patients with or without asthma (AS).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

American journal of otolaryngology - 40(2019), 6 vom: 03. Nov., Seite 102269

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jiang, Zihan [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Hongting [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shixi [VerfasserIn]
Meng, Juan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Allergen/therapeutic use
Allergens/administration and dosage
Allergens/adverse effects
Comparative Study
Desensitization, immunologic/method
Desensitization, immunotherapy/adverse effects
Humans
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Rhinitis, allergic
Systematic Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 23.04.2020

Date Revised 23.04.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.amjoto.2019.07.013

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM300330820