Long Term Effect of AIT in Children
- Conditions
- Allergy in Children
- Registration Number
- NCT06421415
- Lead Sponsor
- Odense University Hospital
- Brief Summary
The present study will investigate the long term effect of allergen immunotherapy in a real-life study in children with allergy undergoing subcutaneous or sublingual immunotherapy with grass pollen, birch, house dust mites or venom.
- Detailed Description
The study will include children aged 5- 18 years who are treated with immunotherapy at Hans Christian Andersen Children' Hospital, Odense University Hospital.
Informed consent to be registered in a database and to receive a questionnaire 5 and 10 years after end of treatment are obtained before start of immunotherapy.
Base line data include information from the patient record: symptoms, medication, blood test and skin prick test results. During treatment effect, medication use, lung function and adverse events are monitored systematically once a year.
The questionnaires 5 and 10 years after end of treatment will focus on allergy symptoms, use of medication and asthma symptoms.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
treated with allergen immunotherapy at HCA Children'sHospital, Odense University Hospital -
received less than 12 months of treatment with allergen immunotherapy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Effect of immunotherapy 5 years after end of treatment 5 years Medication use for allergy and asthma and the patient's experience of effect of the AIT on a scale from 0-4 (0= no effect, 1= modest effect, 2= some effect, 3= good effect, 4= very good effect)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Effect of immunotherapy 10 years after end of treatment 10 years Medication use for allergy and asthma and the patient's experience of effect of the AIT on a scale from 0-4 (0= no effect, 1= modest effect, 2= some effect, 3= good effect, 4= very good effect)
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Hans Christian Andersen Children's Hospital
🇩🇰Odense, Denmark