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ReviewCureus2022

House Dust Mite and Grass Pollen Allergen Extracts for Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis Treatment: A Systematic Review.

Christos Sialakis, Panagiota Antoniou Sialaki, Aikaterini Frantzana, Christos Iliadis, Peter Ouzounakis, Lambrini Kourkouta

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Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Efficacy and safety of Sublingual immunotherapy for allergic rhinitis: an overview of systematic reviews and meta analyses.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Christos SialakisOtolaryngology, General Hospital "Agios Dimitrios-G. Gennimatas", Thessaloniki, GRC.
Panagiota Antoniou SialakiInternal Medicine, Limassol Hospital, Limassol, CYP.
Aikaterini FrantzanaEpidemiology and Public Health, George Papanikolaou General Hospital of Thessaloniki, European University Cyprus, Thessaloniki, GRC.
Christos IliadisMedicine, Private Diagnostic Health Center, Thessaloniki, GRC.
Peter OuzounakisMedicine, General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupoli, GRC.
Lambrini KourkoutaNursing, International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, GRC.
University Hospital of Alexandroupolis · GRAgios Pavlos General Hospital · GRGeneral Hospital of Athens G. Genimatas · GRInternational Hellenic University · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe treatment of allergic rhinitis is important due to the burden that the disease causes globally. The objective of this review is to explore the efficiency of house dust mite and grass pollen extracts in allergic rhinitis treatment.

methodsWe performed research in electronic databases and searched relevant articles on PubMed, CINAHL, OVID, ScienceDirect, Cochrane CENTRAL, and MEDLINE. We used keywords such as 'allergic rhinitis', 'sublingual immunotherapy', 'randomized controlled trials', 'grass pollen', 'allergen immunotherapy', and 'house dust mite'. We included nine randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Quality assessment of included studies was performed independently by two authors.

resultsWe included nine eligible RCTs in this review. Five RCTs were about grass pollen extracts and four RCTs were about house dust mite extracts. Most of the studies reported positive results and suggested further evaluation of sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) treatment. Grass pollen extracts mostly used were Dactylis glomerata, Poa pratensis, Lolium perenne, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Phleum pratense, and Parietaria. House dust mite extracts used were from Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Dermatophagoides farina. According to the quality assessment, no bias was observed in the included studies.

conclusionsAlthough sublingual allergen immunotherapy shows a benefit compared to placebo in the treatment of allergic rhinitis and rhino-conjunctivitis in adults, the results are interpreted with caution due to the high heterogenicity among studies in treatment protocols and dosing. More standardization among studies is needed.

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allergen immunotherapyallergic rhinitisgrass pollenhouse dust miterandomized controlled trialssublingual immunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID36039254
PMCPMC9407027
OpenAlexW4288042042

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