Sublingual tablet immunotherapy improves quality of life in adults with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis
Sublingual tablet immunotherapy improves quality of life in adults with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis
Background: Allergic rhinitis with or without conjunctivitis can negatively impact many aspects of quality of life (QoL). The efficacy and safety of standardized quality (SQ) sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) tablets have been confirmed across large clinical trials in adults with grass, tree, ragweed, and house dust mite (HDM) allergic rhinitis with or without conjunctivitis. Objective: This pooled analysis investigates whether the reduction in symptom burden found across the clinical trials is supported by improvements in QoL. Methods: A total of 11 phase II/III randomized placebo-controlled trials across the SQ grass, tree, ragweed, and HDM SLIT tablets (grass: N = 3179; ragweed: N = 767; tree: N = 634; HDM: N = 2221) were included. QoL was assessed using the standardized Rhinitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (RQLQ), with the exception of 3 grass trials, which used the nonstandardized version. The overall RQLQ scores were expressed as a mean of 7 domains. In the pooled analysis, treatment was used as fixed effect; and the trial, and the interaction between region/country and trial as random effects. Results: The pooled analysis showed consistent and statistically significant improvements in overall RQLQ scores across all 4 SQ SLIT tablets versus placebo (pooled estimate [95% CI], P value—grass: −0.20 [−0.28 to −0.12], P < .001; tree: −0.42 [−0.58 to −0.26], P < .001; ragweed: −0.36 [−0.55 to −0.17], P < .001; HDM: −0.28 [−0.39 to −0.17], P < .001). Furthermore, significant improvements versus placebo for all 4 SQ SLIT tablets were seen across the 7 individual domains. Conclusions: The proven efficacy of SQ SLIT tablets to reduce symptoms across 4 of the most common respiratory allergens is supported by concurrent significant improvements in RQLQ scores overall and for all 7 domains.
Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, Grass pollen allergy, HDM allergy, Pooled analysis, Quality of life, RQLQ, RQLQ domains, Ragweed allergen, Sublingual immunotherapy, Tree pollen allergy
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Blaiss, Michael S, Durham, Stephen R., Bernstein, David, Stranzl, Thomas, Lindholm, Morten, Nolte, Hendrik, Andersen, Kristian Funding and Roberts, Graham
(2024)
Sublingual tablet immunotherapy improves quality of life in adults with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis.
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 12 (6), .
(doi:10.1016/j.jaip.2024.01.038).
Abstract
Background: Allergic rhinitis with or without conjunctivitis can negatively impact many aspects of quality of life (QoL). The efficacy and safety of standardized quality (SQ) sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) tablets have been confirmed across large clinical trials in adults with grass, tree, ragweed, and house dust mite (HDM) allergic rhinitis with or without conjunctivitis. Objective: This pooled analysis investigates whether the reduction in symptom burden found across the clinical trials is supported by improvements in QoL. Methods: A total of 11 phase II/III randomized placebo-controlled trials across the SQ grass, tree, ragweed, and HDM SLIT tablets (grass: N = 3179; ragweed: N = 767; tree: N = 634; HDM: N = 2221) were included. QoL was assessed using the standardized Rhinitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (RQLQ), with the exception of 3 grass trials, which used the nonstandardized version. The overall RQLQ scores were expressed as a mean of 7 domains. In the pooled analysis, treatment was used as fixed effect; and the trial, and the interaction between region/country and trial as random effects. Results: The pooled analysis showed consistent and statistically significant improvements in overall RQLQ scores across all 4 SQ SLIT tablets versus placebo (pooled estimate [95% CI], P value—grass: −0.20 [−0.28 to −0.12], P < .001; tree: −0.42 [−0.58 to −0.26], P < .001; ragweed: −0.36 [−0.55 to −0.17], P < .001; HDM: −0.28 [−0.39 to −0.17], P < .001). Furthermore, significant improvements versus placebo for all 4 SQ SLIT tablets were seen across the 7 individual domains. Conclusions: The proven efficacy of SQ SLIT tablets to reduce symptoms across 4 of the most common respiratory allergens is supported by concurrent significant improvements in RQLQ scores overall and for all 7 domains.
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Accepted/In Press date: 25 January 2024
e-pub ahead of print date: 1 February 2024
Published date: June 2024
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Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, Grass pollen allergy, HDM allergy, Pooled analysis, Quality of life, RQLQ, RQLQ domains, Ragweed allergen, Sublingual immunotherapy, Tree pollen allergy
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ISSN: 2213-2198
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