Evaluation of High Speed Laser Doppler Imaging Technology to Quantify Skin Prick Tests in Allergic Volunteers
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 50
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Skin microcirculation flow changes over time (composite autcome)
研究概览
简要总结
Skin prick tests (SPT) are commonly used in daily allergological practice to assess skin reactivity to allergens. Multiple factors can contribute to non-optimal results of conventional wheal and flare measurement (CWFM) of SPT such as inaccurate measurements, observer-dependency and absence of traceability.
This study aims to evaluate the quantification of SPT by a novel High Speed Laser Doppler Imaging (HSL-DI) and to compare it with CWFM. First, SPT with birch and/or grass pollen extracts as well as positive and negative controls will be performed in 20 volunteers (11 atopics, 9 non-atopics) to establish the characteristics (cut-off, optimal reading time and allergen concentration) of HSL-DI analysis based on two parameters ("area" and "flow" measurement). In a second step, fifty patients will be tested with birch and grass pollen extracts at optimal allergen concentration and time window. Analysis of SPT by HSL-DI and CWFM will be compared.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Diagnostic
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years(Adult, Older Adult)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •age 18 to 65 years
- •history of allergic rhinitis to birch pollen and/or grass pollen.
排除标准
- •any medical condition (including pregnancy) that could influence the study (viral or bacterial airway infection, active allergic rhinitis)
- •uncontrolled asthma (peak expiratory "flow" <80% of volunteer's best personal value)
- •treatment with antihistamine medication less than two weeks before enrolment or during the trial.
结局指标
主要结局
Skin microcirculation flow changes over time (composite autcome)
时间窗: tests reading at 2.5 min., 5 min., 7.5 min., 10 min., 12.5 min., 15 min., 17.5 min. and 20 min.
Skin microcirculation flow changes will be evaluated at 2.5 min., 5 min., 7.5 min., 10 min., 12.5 min., 15 min., 17.5 min. and 20 min. as measured in a composite outcome 1) by HS-LDI based on parameter "area" corresponding to the total number of non-zero pixels in the flare area and parameter "flow" as measured according to a specific formula in arbitrary units, or 2) as measured by conventional wheal and flare measurement (CWFM, direct observer reading) in mm.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
François Spertini
Associate Prof.
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
