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ReviewJournal of personalized medicine2023

Causes of Non-Adherence to Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy: A Foundation towards a Patient-Personalized Approach.

Erminia Ridolo, Francesca Nicoletta, Alessandro Barone, Martina Ottoni, Gianenrico Senna, Giorgio Walter Canonica

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Review in Journal of personalized medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Allergy to Cats: Current Perspectives and Therapeutic Options.Clinical and translational allergy · 2026
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  5. Factors Affecting Adherence in Allergic Disorders and Strategies for Improvement.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Erminia RidoloAllergology Unit, Parma University Hospital, 43121 Parma, Italy.
Francesca NicolettaAllergology Unit, Parma University Hospital, 43121 Parma, Italy.
Alessandro BaroneAllergology Unit, Parma University Hospital, 43121 Parma, Italy.
Martina OttoniAllergology Unit, Parma University Hospital, 43121 Parma, Italy.
Gianenrico SennaAllergy Unit, Verona University Hospital, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4172-3216
Giorgio Walter CanonicaPersonalized Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy.
University of Parma · ITHumanitas University · ITUniversity of Verona · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAllergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT) is the only disease-modifying therapy for allergic conditions, resulting in a long-lasting tolerance beyond the duration of the treatment. Due to the strong relationship between the effectiveness, its optimal duration (at least three years) and the observation of the correct administration protocol, appropriate adherence to the plan of treatment represents a critical factor for the therapeutical success of AIT.

methodsAnalysis of studies about the rate of adherence in subcutaneous and sublingual immunotherapy, which are the main routes of administration of AIT.

resultsThere are different causes leading to a premature interruption of the therapy or to it being incorrectly carried out; the most reported include erroneous expectations of the effectiveness and the adverse effects, economic issues, inconvenience and unrelated clinical conditions.

conclusionsAn attentive analysis of the main causes of dropouts may be useful to improve the management of these patients and to develop new strategies for a personalized approach. These strategies should be dynamic, involving attentive communication between the physician and the patient about all the possible criticalities, especially in the initial phase of the therapy, and facilitating, as much as possible, access to healthcare providers over the course of the maintenance phase, including by exploiting technological tools.

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adherenceallergen immunotherapypersistencepersonalized therapysubcutaneous immunotherapysublingual immunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID37623457
PMCPMC10455852
OpenAlexW4385401104

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