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Influences of Allergic Rhinitis and Allergen Immunotherapy on SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination

Conditions
Allergen Immunotherapy
Allergic Rhinitis
SARS-CoV-2
Interventions
Biological: There is no intervention in this study.
Registration Number
NCT05009134
Lead Sponsor
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Brief Summary

The study is designed to assess whether allergic rhinitis and allergen immunotherapy affect the humoral response to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in adults. This is a prospective study enrolling a total of approximately 120 subjects, 18-55 years old.

Detailed Description

Background: Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a disorder caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to harmless allergens in the environment, which represents a global public health problem affecting up to 20-50% of the population. Allergen immunotherapy (AIT) is the only effective treatment that not only has disease-modifying property but also confers long-term clinical benefit after cessation of treatment for AR patients. Vaccination is one of the most powerful interventions for reducing disability and death caused by infectious disease. Immunization with the inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine remains the most effective strategy to combat COVID-19 infections. Nevertheless, the influences of allergic rhinitis and allergen immunotherapy on SARS-CoV-2 vaccination are still unknown.

Objectives: To investigate if AR and AIT will influence the humoral response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in adults.

Design and trial size: This is a prospective study. A total of approximately 120 subjects, 18-55 years old, including 40 healthy subjects, 40 patients with AR without AIT, and 40 patients with AR with AIT for more than 1 year, will be enrolled in this study.

Intervention and duration: All of the study participants will be vaccinated with an 2 doses inactivated vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 (COVILO). Peripheral blood samples will be collected at baseline (prior to vaccinate), 7 and 30 after first vaccine, and, 7 and 30 after second vaccine. One-month additional data analysis leads to the trial duration of 3 months.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria

18-55 years; healthy subjects, patients with AR without AIT, or patients with AR with AIT for more than 1 year

Exclusion Criteria
  1. who infected with COVID-19 previously
  2. Cannot finish the follow up
  3. Previous allergic to other vaccines
  4. who have had severe immunologic, cardiac, liver or metabolic disease, tumors, allergic diseases, or chronic infection,
  5. pregnancy or breastfeeding
  6. Suffered from airway infection or severe infectious diseases in the past 3 months, prior to this study.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Allergen immunotherapyThere is no intervention in this study.patients with AR with AIT for more than 1 year
Allergic rhinitisThere is no intervention in this study.patients with AR without AIT
ControlThere is no intervention in this study.18-55 years, healthy
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Virus-specific antibodies levels in serum and humoral immune response as measured by ELISA or HAI assayJun 2021-Aug 2021

Virus-specific antibodies levels in serum and humoral immune response as measured by ELISA or HAI assay

Frequencies and numbers of circulating T cell subsets, B cell subsets, dendritic cells, NK cells in peripheral bloodJun 2021-Aug 2021

Frequencies and numbers of circulating T cell subsets, B cell subsets, dendritic cells, NK cells in peripheral blood

Levels of antigen-specific IgE and IgG4, IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, IL-17A, and IL-21 in serum detected by ELISAJun 2021-Aug 2021

Levels of antigen-specific IgE and IgG4, IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, IL-17A, and IL-21 in serum detected by ELISA

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of ENT, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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Wuhan, Hubei, China

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