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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00698594
Date of registration: 13/06/2008
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Medical Universtity of Lodz
Public title: Comparison of Effectiveness and Safety of Sublingual Immunotherapy in Children With Allergic Rhinitis
Scientific title: Comparison of Effectiveness and Safety of Sublingual Immunotherapy in Children With Allergic Rhinitis Allergic to Grass Pollen
Date of first enrolment: September 2008
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00698594
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Poland
Contacts
Name:     Iwona Stelmach, Prof.
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Affiliation:  Department of Pediatrics and Allergy, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Children with seasonal allergic rhinitis, allergic to grass pollens, first diagnosed
at least 2 years before inclusion into the study

Exclusion Criteria:

- Active upper respiratory tract infection within 3 weeks before the study and acute
sinus disease requiring antibiotic treatment within 1 month before the study

- Allergic rhinitis hospitalisation during the 3 months before the first visit.

- Additional criteria were other clinically significant pulmonary, hematologic,
hepatic, gastrointestinal, renal, endocrine, neurologic, cardiovascular, and/or
psychiatric diseases or malignancy that either put the patient at risk when
participating in the study or could influence the results of the study or the
patient's ability to participate in the study as judged by the investigator.

- Excluded medications were systemic corticosteroids.

- Patients who were receiving immunotherapy were also excluded.



Age minimum: 6 Years
Age maximum: 18 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Allergic Rhinitis
Intervention(s)
Biological: sublingual allergen extract
Biological: placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Clinical symptoms of allergic rhinitis (Pediatric Quality of Life Questionnaire) [Time Frame: Following visits after starting the study: at 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 18 months, 21 months, 24 months.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change of percent of regulatory lymphocytes in the peripheral blood. [Time Frame: at baseline and at the end of the second season (22 months interval)]
non-specific bronchial hyperreactivity with methacholine (PC20M), specific nasal provocation test. [Time Frame: at the end of the first and second season of the study (12 months interval)]
Secondary ID(s)
RNN/98/08/KE
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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