Maintenance Bee-Venom Immunotherapy Administered at 6-Month Intervals Does Not Protect Against re-Stings

NCT00684476 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2008-05-26

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Summary

Maintenance venom immunotherapy administered at 6-month intervals to bee-venom allergic patients failed to provide protection from systemic reactions after sting challenges. These patients should continue their immunotherapy at 1-3 month intervals.

Conditions

  • Venom Allergy

Interventions

DRUG

venom immunotherapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Meir Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Arnon Goldberg, M.D · The Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Meir Hospital, Kfar-Saba, Israel, affiliated with The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-06-30
Completion
2006-05-31

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