Evaluation of the Efficacy of Allergen-specific Immunotherapy Using Assessment in an Allergen Exposure chamber-a Randomized Placebo-controlled Double-blind Study

Recruiting now · Phase 4 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis

In brief

The main objective of the study is to measure and correlate clinical parameters suitable for the assessment of allergen immunotherapy (AIT) with an aluminum hydroxide-adsorbed preparation of house dust mite (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus/ Dermatophagoides farinae) allergens in adults with moderate to severe allergic rhinitis/rhinoconjunctivitis with or without controlled allergic bronchial asthma caused by house dust mite (HDM) allergens. The assessment of clinical responses will be evaluated following an allergen challenge in allergen exposure chamber (AEC) before and during the course of AIT. Patients' response to therapy will be evaluated as well as in the AEC and by patient's personal environment (Diary).

Key facts

Study ID: NCT06778213
Run by: Wroclaw Medical University
People needed: 67
Starts: 2024-11-02
Expected to finish: 2026-12-01
Last updated by the study team: 2025-01-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

To be eligible for trial participation, patients must meet all the following inclusion criteria:
Written informed consent given from patient according to local requirements before any trial-related activities started (a trial-related activity is any procedure that would not have been performed during the routine management of the patient)
Legally competent male or female outpatient between 18 and ≤ 65 years
IgE-mediated moderate to severe allergic rhinitis or rhinoconjunctivitis with or without allergic asthma caused by HDM allergens documented by
Positive Skin prick test (SPT) result to D. pteronyssinus allergens:
D. pteronyssinus test solution (wheal diameter) ≥ 3 mm and Positive histamine-control reaction (wheal diameter) ≥ 3 mm and Negative NaCl-control reaction (wheal diameter) < 2 mm Immunoassay result for specific IgE ≥ 0.70 kU/L to D. pteronyssinus
Symptoms of rhinitis or rhinoconjunctivitis e.g., during the months October to February or over the entire year for at least 2 years before enrolment.
Assessment of persistent, moderate-severe rhinitis acc. to ARIA guidelines (Brozek et al.
2017, Bousquet et al. 2001) Symptoms for 4 or more consecutive weeks in the previous years and for at least 4 days per week during those weeks More than one of the symptoms evaluated as "troublesome" by the patients and/or impairing their daily activities, leisure or sport, school, or work and/or involving sleep disturbance 6. Symptoms requiring regular intake of anti-symptomatic medication 7. Previous symptomatic anti-allergic medication for at least 2 seasons prior to enrolment 8. At entry to this trial: No diagnosis of bronchial asthma in medical history or confirmed diagnosis of asthma as being "well controlled" according to GINA recommendation (GINA 2022)

You may not qualify if…

General criteria:
Patients are unable to understand and comply with the requirements of the trial, as judged by the investigator
Currently participating in another clinical trial or participating in any other clinical trial within 30 days prior informed consent for this trial
Low adherence to trial procedures expected or inability to understand instructions/trial documents
Involvement in the planning and conduct of the trial
Any relationship of dependence with the investigator
Previous randomization to treatment in the present trial
Mentally disabled
Institutionalized due to an official or judicial order For female patients with childbearing potential (i.e., females who are not chemically or surgically sterilized or females who are not post-menopausal)
Positive urine pregnancy test or pregnant
Wish to become pregnant during the course of the trial
Not using highly effective and reliable contraception, as judged by the investigator (reliable and highly effective methods of birth control defined as a failure rate of less than 1% per year [CTFG recommendations 2020]) during the trial. Sexual abstinence is an allowed method of birth control (sexual abstinence is considered a highly effective method only if defined as refraining from heterosexual intercourse during the entire period of risk associated with the study treatments. The reliability of sexual abstinence needs to be evaluated in relation to the duration of the clinical trial and the preferred and usual lifestyle of the subject.) Males are not required to use any contraception during the study.
Wish to breastfeed or breastfeeding
Immunotherapy criteria:
History of a confirmed anaphylaxis after an AIT injection
Current treatment with any kind of AIT
AIT with HDM allergoids or allergens within the last 5 years
AIT with unknown allergen within the last 5 years Sensitization criteria
Clinically relevant symptoms to perennial and seasonal allergens which interfere with the assessment period of October to January. Exceptions are symptoms to allergens of cat and dog, if the patient has no direct contact to these animals.
Diseases and health status:
Clinically relevant chronic rhinoconjunctival or respiratory symptoms related to other reasons than allergy
Chronic persistent rhinitis symptoms for 20 years or longer
Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) < 70 % of predicted normal values according to Quanjer (Quanjer et al. 2012) under adequate asthma treatment according to GINA recommendation (GINA 2022)
Uncontrolled or partly controlled asthma according to GINA recommendation (GINA 2022)
Asthma exacerbation within the last 6 months prior to randomization defined as unscheduled doctors visit, hospitalization, or emergency unit visit requiring the use of systemic corticosteroids or change of controller medication

Where it is running

ALL-MED Medical Research Institute — Wroclaw, DL, Poland (enrolling)

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