Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of an Intensified Strategy of Intratonsillar Immunotherapy (ITIT) for Allergic Rhinitis: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Controlled Trial

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age5-65
SponsorRenmin Hospital of Wuhan University

About this trial

This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of an enhanced strategy of allergen-specific immunotherapy (ITIT) in the treatment of allergic rhinitis. By recording the changes in CSMS from baseline to post-treatment in the subjects and the incidence of adverse reactions after treatment, the differences in efficacy and safety between the patients who received the basic three doses and those who received booster injections were compared. Furthermore, the impact of different booster strategies on long-term efficacy was compared to optimize the injection strategy. At the same time, the influence of different administration procedures on the immune response was evaluated.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Voluntary signing of the informed consent form

Commitment to abide by the research procedures and cooperate throughout the implementation of the research

Diagnosis conforms to the ARIA guidelines. The basis for the diagnosis is as follows: a. Symptoms: Paroxysmal sneezing, clear nasal discharge, nasal itching, and nasal congestion occur for 2 or more times, with symptoms persisting or accumulating for more than 1 hour each day, accompanied by tearing, eye itching, and eye redness and other ocular symptoms; b. Signs: Commonly, the nasal mucosa is pale and edematous, and nasal watery secretions are present; c. Allergen testing: Positive results for dust mite allergens SPT and/or serum-specific IgE, or positive nasal challenge test, requiring Der p and Der f to be positive (SPT results of ++ or higher, serum sIgE ≥ 2 grades), and other allergens in the allergen test to be negative

History of allergic rhinitis caused by atopic dust mite allergens

Disqualifiers

Allergic to the excipients of Arrogel (aluminum hydroxide) or the rescue medication epinephrine

Suffering from respiratory system diseases other than stable asthma

Pulmonary dysfunction (NYHA grade II or above, or FeV1 < 70%) or having irreversible pathological changes in the reactive organs such as emphysema or bronchiectasis

Severe acute or chronic diseases (including malignant diseases), inflammation and fever

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Basic Intratonsillar Immunotherapy (ITIT)

    Procedure/Surgery

    During injection, the operator needs to gently shake the injection bottle about 20 times, the drug must be mixed to ensure the consistency of allergen concentration, and carefully check the patient's name and concentration on the bottle. Allergy extracts should not be injected intravenously, so the syringe will be aspirated to avoid inadvertent intravascular injection. Before each injection, after inserting the needle into the selected tonsil, before injecting the dose, the investigator will slightly pull the plunger of the syringe. If blood returns from the syringe, the syringe, and its contents will be discarded. The other tonsil will be selected and a new syringe will be prepared. Inject the mite allergen solution into the tonsil at months 0, 1, 2, 12, and 24, and administer the placebo at months 6 and 18.

  • Strengthen Intratonsillar Immunotherapy (ITIT)

    Procedure/Surgery

    During injection, the operator needs to gently shake the injection bottle about 20 times, the drug must be mixed to ensure the consistency of allergen concentration, and carefully check the patient's name and concentration on the bottle. Allergy extracts should not be injected intravenously, so the syringe will be aspirated to avoid inadvertent intravascular injection. Before each injection, after inserting the needle into the selected tonsil, before injecting the dose, the investigator will slightly pull the plunger of the syringe. If blood returns from the syringe, the syringe, and its contents will be discarded. The other tonsil will be selected and a new syringe will be prepared. Inject mite allergen solution into the tonsil at the 0th, 1st, 2nd, 6th, 12th, 18th and 24th months.

Treatment groups

276 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: experimental groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: control groupPlacebo comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

CSMS

combined symptom and medication score

Time frame
Before treatment (baseline) and at 1, 2, 3, 6, 12, 24, and 36 months after treatment.
2

adverse event

Observe adverse events and classify them according to the World Allergy Organization (WAO) subcutaneous immunotherapy reaction classification system.

Time frame
30 minutes after each treatment (at the 0th, 1st, 2nd, 6th, 12th, 18th and 24th months).

Secondary outcomes

1

Visual Analog Scale (VAS)

Pain perception of allergy symptoms during treatment will be evaluated using a scale ranging from 0 to 10, where 0 indicates no pain and 10 indicates maximum pain.

Time frame
Before treatment (baseline) and at 1, 2, 3, 6, 12, 24, and 36 months after treatment.
2

Absolute Value and Percentage of Blood Leukocytes

Time frame
Before treatment (baseline) and at 6, 12, 24, and 36 months after treatment.
3

Concentration of Key Serum Cytokines

Time frame
Before treatment (baseline) and at 6, 12, 24, and 36 months after treatment.
4

Concentration of Serum Immune Globulins

Time frame
Before treatment (baseline) and at 6, 12, 24, and 36 months after treatment.

Other outcomes

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