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Retrospective Analysis on the Effects of House Dust Mite Specific Immunotherapy for More Than 3 Years in Atopic Dermatitis

Authors
 Jungsoo Lee  ;  Hemin Lee  ;  Seongmin Noh  ;  Byung Gi Bae  ;  Jung U Shin  ;  Chang Ook Park  ;  Kwang Hoon Lee 
Citation
 YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL, Vol.57(2) : 393-398, 2016 
Journal Title
YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN
 0513-5796 
Issue Date
2016
MeSH
Adolescent ; Adult ; Allergens/immunology* ; Animals ; Child ; Dermatitis, Atopic/therapy* ; Desensitization, Immunologic/methods* ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pyroglyphidae/immunology* ; Retrospective Studies ; Severity of Illness Index ; Treatment Outcome ; Young Adult
Keywords
Atopic dermatitis ; allergen-specific immunotherapy ; house dust mites
Abstract
PURPOSE: In extrinsic atopic dermatitis (AD), house dust mites (HDM) play a role in eliciting or aggravating allergic lesions. The nature of skin inflammation in AD has raised a growing interest in allergen-specific immunotherapy (SIT). Thus, we assessed clinical improvement and laboratory parameters for evaluation of the benefit of long-term SIT.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 217 AD patients who were treated with SIT for at least 3 years were retrospectively assessed, by using their investigator global assessment, pruritus scores, loss of sleep (LOS), total serum IgE, and eosinophil counts collected. Patients were additionally classified into subgroups according to age, initial AD severity and mono- or multi-sensitization to include different individual factors in the evaluation of SIT efficacy. Lastly, we compared laboratory data of good responders to SIT with that of poor responders to SIT.
RESULTS: Improvement after SIT therapy was observed in 192 out of 217 patients (88.4%). Among these patients, 138 (63.5%) achieved excellent, near-complete or complete clinical remission. Significant reduction of pruritus, LOS, and the mean value of total serum IgE were observed (p<0.01). Better outcome was found in patients younger than 12 years of age (p=0.024). Patients with moderate to severe AD showed better treatment outcomes (p=0.036). Patients sensitized only to HDM had the better response to treatment, but SIT was also effective in multi-sensitized groups (p=1.051). No significant differences in baseline laboratory results were observed between good and poor responders (p>0.05).
CONCLUSION: We emphasize the usefulness of long-term HDM SIT as a disease-modifying therapy for AD.
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DOI
10.3349/ymj.2016.57.2.393
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Dermatology (피부과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Park, Chang Ook(박창욱) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3856-1201
Shin, Jung U(신정우) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5259-6879
Lee, Kwang Hoon(이광훈)
Lee, Jungsoo(이정수)
Lee, Hemin(이혜민)
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/146455
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