PMID- 36530912 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20221222 IS - 2296-858X (Print) IS - 2296-858X (Electronic) IS - 2296-858X (Linking) VI - 9 DP - 2022 TI - Characteristics of dust mite sublingual immunotherapy-associated adverse events in the early phase. PG - 1015032 LID - 10.3389/fmed.2022.1015032 [doi] LID - 1015032 AB - BACKGROUND: Few studies reported the characteristics of house dust mite (HDM) sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) adverse events (AEs) during early phase treatment. The aim of this prospective study was mainly to explore the characteristics of AEs in allergic rhinitis (AR) patients during 6 months of HDM SLIT. METHODS: A total of 242 patients with AR were enrolled in this study. Telephone follow-up and administration were conducted in the every week of the first month, the third month, and the sixth month of SLIT treatment. Furthermore, the early efficacy, AEs, and compliance were analyzed in our study. RESULTS: Overall, 70.25% (170/242) of the AR patients completed the study, while 29.75% (72/242) of the AR patients failed to complete the whole 6 months of SLIT treatment process. On the whole, symptoms improved in 87.65% (149/170) of patients including 34.12% (58/170) well-controlled and 53.53% (91/170) partially controlled. The correlation analysis results showed that the treatment effect was negatively correlated with the age (r = -0.1614, P = 0.0355). The AEs mainly occurred in the first month, comprised of local rashes, gastrointestinal reactions, and itching of mouth and tongue. Subgroup analysis in the first month showed the itching of mouth and tongue, gastrointestinal reactions, fatigue, and other AEs in >/=14 years old group (14-65 years old, n = 42) were significant differences when compared with that in the <14 years old group (4-13 years old, n = 128, all P < 0.05). In the study, the main reasons for terminated immunotherapy were drug inaccessibility, loss of follow-up and long course of treatment. CONCLUSION: Patients with AR who received HDM SLIT revealed an early efficacy after 6 months, with AEs mostly occurred in the first month. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Chen, Lin, Yan, Xu and Chai. FAU - Chen, Ming AU - Chen M AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. FAU - Lin, Lin AU - Lin L AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Yan, Maoxiao AU - Yan M AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. FAU - Xu, Chong AU - Xu C AD - Department of Respiration and Anaphylaxis Treatment Center, General Hospital of North Theater Command, Shenyang, Liaoning, China. FAU - Chai, Ruonan AU - Chai R AD - Department of Respiration and Anaphylaxis Treatment Center, General Hospital of North Theater Command, Shenyang, Liaoning, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221202 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Med (Lausanne) JT - Frontiers in medicine JID - 101648047 PMC - PMC9755350 OTO - NOTNLM OT - adverse events OT - allergic rhinitis OT - early efficacy OT - house dust mite OT - sublingual immunotherapy COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/12/20 06:00 MHDA- 2022/12/20 06:01 PMCR- 2022/12/02 CRDT- 2022/12/19 03:39 PHST- 2022/08/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/12/19 03:39 [entrez] PHST- 2022/12/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/20 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fmed.2022.1015032 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Dec 2;9:1015032. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.1015032. eCollection 2022.