P Majak1, B Rychlik, I Stelmach. 1. Department of Pediatrics and Allergy, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The possibility of additional strategies to enhance the effectiveness of specific immunotherapy (SIT) is highly attractive. AIM: The aim of our study was to assess the influence of oral corticosteroids and oral corticosteroids combined with vitamin D(3) on the early clinical and immunological effects of SIT. METHODS: It was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial conducted in 54 asthmatic children allergic to house dust mites. Intervention was based on receiving a single dose of oral steroid, with or without vitamin D(3), or placebo only on the day of the build-up phase of SIT. RESULTS: After 12 months of SIT, the median daily inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) dose, which controls the symptoms of asthma, was reduced by 25% in the steroid group. However, a 50% reduction of the median daily ICS dose was observed in the control group. The clinical effects of SIT were not affected in the steroid+D(3) group. Concomitantly, we found that intervention with prednisone significantly impaired the induction of T regulatory lymphocytes. Importantly, the clinical and immunological effects of SIT were not affected by intervention with steroids administered with vitamin D(3). CONCLUSIONS: Our study failed to show a beneficial effect of oral corticosteroids on allergen-specific immunotherapy. We observed that the combined administration of a corticosteroid drug and allergen extract suppressed the early clinical and immunological effects of SIT and that vitamin D(3) prevented this 'adverse' influence of steroids.
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BACKGROUND: The possibility of additional strategies to enhance the effectiveness of specific immunotherapy (SIT) is highly attractive. AIM: The aim of our study was to assess the influence of oral corticosteroids and oral corticosteroids combined with vitamin D(3) on the early clinical and immunological effects of SIT. METHODS: It was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial conducted in 54 asthmatic children allergic to house dust mites. Intervention was based on receiving a single dose of oral steroid, with or without vitamin D(3), or placebo only on the day of the build-up phase of SIT. RESULTS: After 12 months of SIT, the median daily inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) dose, which controls the symptoms of asthma, was reduced by 25% in the steroid group. However, a 50% reduction of the median daily ICS dose was observed in the control group. The clinical effects of SIT were not affected in the steroid+D(3) group. Concomitantly, we found that intervention with prednisone significantly impaired the induction of T regulatory lymphocytes. Importantly, the clinical and immunological effects of SIT were not affected by intervention with steroids administered with vitamin D(3). CONCLUSIONS: Our study failed to show a beneficial effect of oral corticosteroids on allergen-specific immunotherapy. We observed that the combined administration of a corticosteroid drug and allergen extract suppressed the early clinical and immunological effects of SIT and that vitamin D(3) prevented this 'adverse' influence of steroids.
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