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SynthesisCurrent allergy and asthma reports2015

Sublingual immunotherapy in the treatment of atopic dermatitis: a systematic review using the GRADE system.

Samantha R Gendelman, David M Lang

Abstract readSystematic Review
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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Specific allergen immunotherapy for the treatment of atopic eczema.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
    Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Benefit of SLIT and SCIT for Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2016
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Samantha R GendelmanDepartment of Clinical Immunology & Allergy, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA, sgendelman@mednet.ucla.edu.
David M Lang
Cleveland Clinic · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Controversy exists regarding the role of allergen immunotherapy as a therapeutic intervention for patients with atopic dermatitis and aeroallergen sensitivity. Our aim was to critically appraise the evidence supporting the use of sublingual immunotherapy for patients with atopic dermatitis and aeroallergen sensitivity. We performed a literature search using the terms "sublingual immunotherapy" and "atopic dermatitis" and "sublingual immunotherapy" and "eczema." We used the same terms to search PubMed, Ovid, and Scopus. Our limits were "Humans" and "English." We excluded articles that were not in English. These articles were analyzed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach. Many studies reported improvement in clinical symptoms of atopic dermatitis. Serious methodological shortcomings were noted including but not limited to lack of control group, lack of randomization, incomplete descriptions of randomization and/or allocation concealment, many enrolled subjects not completing participation, and/or data analysis not by intention to treat.

Indexed as

Sublingual ImmunotherapyAdministration, SublingualAllergensDermatitis, AtopicHumansImmunoglobulinsAllergensImmunoglobulins

Identifiers

PMID25504262
OpenAlexW2025612536

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