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Dhami S, Nurmatov U, Varga EM, Sturm G, Muraro A, Akdis CA, Antolín-Amérigo D, Bilò MB, Bokanovic D, Calderon MA, Cichocka-Jarosz E, Elberink JNGO, Gawlik R, Jakob T, Kosnik M, Lange J, Mingomataj E, Mitsias DI, Mosbech H, Pfaar O, Pitsios C, Pravettoni V, Roberts G, Ruëff F, Sin BA, Sheikh A. Allergen immunotherapy for insect venom allergy: protocol for a systematic review. Clin Transl Allergy 2016; 6:6. [PMID: 26885362 PMCID: PMC4754882 DOI: 10.1186/s13601-016-0095-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2015] [Accepted: 01/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Background
The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) is in the process of developing the EAACI Guidelines for Allergen Immunotherapy (AIT) for the Management of Insect Venom Allergy. We seek to critically assess the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and safety of AIT in the management of insect venom allergy.
Methods We will undertake a systematic review, which will involve searching international biomedical databases for published, in progress and unpublished evidence. Studies will be independently screened against pre-defined eligibility criteria and critically appraised using established instruments. Data will be descriptively and, if possible and appropriate, quantitatively synthesised.
Discussion
The findings from this review will be used to inform the development of recomendations for EAACI’s Guidelines on AIT.
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Affiliation(s)
| | - Ulugbek Nurmatov
- Systematic Review at Decision Resources Group, Abacus International, Bicester, UK
| | - Eva-Maria Varga
- Respiratory and Allergic Disease Division, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
| | - Gunter Sturm
- Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Medical University of Graz and Outpatient Allergy Clinic Reumannplatz, Vienna, Austria
| | - Antonella Muraro
- Department of Women and Child Health, Food Allergy Referral Centre Veneto Region, Padua General University Hospital, Padua, Italy
| | - Cezmi A Akdis
- Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland ; Servicio de Enfermedades del Sistema Inmune-Alergia, Departamento de Medicina y Especialidades Médicas, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Madrid, Spain
| | | | - M Beatrice Bilò
- Allergy Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
| | - Danijela Bokanovic
- Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
| | - Moises A Calderon
- Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Imperial College London, London, UK ; National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
| | - Ewa Cichocka-Jarosz
- Department of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
| | - Joanna N G Oude Elberink
- Department of Allergology Internal Medicine, University Medical Hospital Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
| | - Radoslaw Gawlik
- Department of Internal Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
| | - Thilo Jakob
- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University Medical Center Gießen and Marburg (UKGM), Justus Liebig University Gießen, Gießen, Germany
| | - Mitja Kosnik
- Medical Faculty Ljubljana, University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases Golnik, Golnik, Slovenia
| | - Joanna Lange
- Department of Pediatric Pneumonology and Allergy, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
| | - Ervin Mingomataj
- Department of Allergollogy and Clinical Immunology, Mother Theresa School of Medicine, Tirana, Albania ; Department of Paraclinical Disciplines, Faculty of Technical-Medical Sciences, Medicine University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
| | - Dimitris I Mitsias
- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
| | - Holger Mosbech
- Allergy Clinic, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Gentofte, Denmark
| | - Oliver Pfaar
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Center for Rhinology and Allergology, University Hospital, Mannheim, Wiesbaden, Germany
| | - Constantinos Pitsios
- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece ; Allergy Outpatient Clinic, Apollonio Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus
| | - Valerio Pravettoni
- UOC Clinical Allergy and Immunology, IRCCS Foundation Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
| | - Graham Roberts
- NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, The David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, St Mary's Hospital, Newport Isle of Wight, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK ; Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
| | - Franziska Ruëff
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
| | - Betül Ayşe Sin
- Division of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
| | - Aziz Sheikh
- Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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