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Martins CC, Firmino RT, Riva JJ, Ge L, Carrasco-Labra A, Brignardello-Petersen R, Colunga-Lozano LE, Granville-Garcia AF, Costa FO, Yepes-Nuñez JJ, Zhang Y, Schünemann HJ. Desensitizing Toothpastes for Dentin Hypersensitivity: A Network Meta-analysis. J Dent Res 2020; 99:514-522. [PMID: 32037944 DOI: 10.1177/0022034520903036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The goal of this systematic review and network meta-analysis was to compare the relative effects of toothpaste formulations for dentin hypersensitivity (DH), tested in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). We searched 7 databases to February 2019. Paired reviewers independently screened studies, extracted data, and performed risk of bias assessment. The outcome of interest was painful response measured through tactile, cold, and air stimuli. We conducted a random-effects Bayesian network meta-analysis using standardized mean difference (SMD) and their credible intervals (CIs) as the measure of effect for each pain stimuli. We assessed certainty of evidence using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach. We included 125 RCTs (12,541 patients). For tactile stimulus, the following active ingredients showed large beneficial effects compared to fluoride with moderate certainty of evidence (SMD; 95% CI): potassium + stannous fluoride (SnF2) (3.05; 1.69-4.41), calcium sodium phosphosilicate (CSP) (2.14; 0.75-3.53), SnF2 (2.02; 1.06-2.99), potassium + hydroxyapatite (2.47; 0.3-4.64), strontium (1.43; 0.46-2.41), and potassium (1.23; 0.48-1.98). For cold stimulus, CSP showed large beneficial effects compared to fluoride (3.93; 0.34-7.53) with moderate certainty; for air stimulus, arginine (2.22; 1.45-2.99), potassium + hydroxyapatite (2.44; 0.33-4.55), potassium + SnF2 (2.28; 0.87-3.69), CSP (1.98; 0.99-2.98), and SnF2 (1.9; 1.03-2.77) showed large beneficial effects compared to fluoride with moderate to high certainty. Most toothpaste formulations showed evidence of superiority against placebo or fluorides (amine fluoride, sodium monofluorophosphate, or sodium fluoride). CSP was most beneficial for all 3 stimuli with high to moderate certainty. SnF2 alone and potassium combined with SnF2 or hydroxyapatite were beneficial for tactile and air stimulus with high to moderate certainty. Arginine was beneficial for air stimulus, and strontium and potassium were beneficial for tactile stimulus, with moderate certainty.
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- C C Martins
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Department of Family Medicine; McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Evidence-Based Social Science Research Center, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Department of Oral and Craniofacial Health Science, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Clinical, Pathology and Oral Surgery, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,School of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Gotua M, Gamkrelidze A, Rukhadze M, Abramidze T, Bochorishvili E, Shengelidze G, Dolidze N, Chkhartishvili E, Bachert C, Pfaar O, Schünemann HJ, Zuberbier T, Bedbrook A, Czarlewski W, Bousquet J. 2020 ARIA CARE PATHWAYS FOR ALLERGIC RHINITIS - GEORGIA. Georgian Med News 2019:108-117. [PMID: 32011305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Allergic rhinitis is the most common chronic disease worldwide. Treatment guidelines have improved the knowledge on rhinitis and have had a significant impact on AR management. In 20 years, ARIA has considerably evolved from the first multi-morbidity guideline in respiratory diseases to the digital transformation of health and care. Allergic rhinitis in Georgia, Next-generation ARIA-GRADE guidelines and ARIA, 2020 care pathways for Allergen Immunotherapy have been discussed in this review.
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- M Gotua
- 1Center of Allergy and Immunology, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- 2National Center for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- 1Center of Allergy and Immunology, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- 1Center of Allergy and Immunology, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- 1Center of Allergy and Immunology, Tbilisi, Georgia
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Bousquet J, Bedbrook A, Czarlewski W, Onorato GL, Arnavielhe S, Laune D, Mathieu-Dupas E, Fonseca J, Costa E, Lourenço O, Morais-Almeida M, Todo-Bom A, Illario M, Menditto E, Canonica GW, Cecchi L, Monti R, Napoli L, Ventura MT, De Feo G, Fokkens WJ, Chavannes NH, Reitsma S, Cruz AA, da Silva J, Serpa FS, Larenas-Linnemann D, Fuentes Perez JM, Huerta-Villalobos YR, Rivero-Yeverino D, Rodriguez-Zagal E, Valiulis A, Dubakiene R, Emuzyte R, Kvedariene V, Annesi-Maesano I, Blain H, Bonniaud P, Bosse I, Dauvilliers Y, Devillier P, Fontaine JF, Pépin JL, Pham-Thi N, Portejoie F, Picard R, Roche N, Rolland C, Schmidt-Grendelmeier P, Kuna P, Samolinski B, Anto JM, Cardona V, Mullol J, Pinnock H, Ryan D, Sheikh A, Walker S, Williams S, Becker S, Klimek L, Pfaar O, Bergmann KC, Mösges R, Zuberbier T, Roller-Wirnsberger RE, Tomazic PV, Haahtela T, Salimäki J, Toppila-Salmi S, Valovirta E, Vasankari T, Gemicioğlu B, Yorgancioglu A, Papadopoulos NG, Prokopakis EP, Tsiligianni IG, Bosnic-Anticevich S, O'Hehir R, Ivancevich JC, Neffen H, Zernotti ME, Kull I, Melén E, Wickman M, Bachert C, Hellings PW, Brusselle G, Palkonen S, Bindslev-Jensen C, Eller E, Waserman S, Boulet LP, Bouchard J, Chu DK, Schünemann HJ, Sova M, De Vries G, van Eerd M, Agache I, Ansotegui IJ, Bewick M, Casale T, Dykewick M, Ebisawa M, Murray R, Naclerio R, Okamoto Y, Wallace DV. Guidance to 2018 good practice: ARIA digitally-enabled, integrated, person-centred care for rhinitis and asthma. Clin Transl Allergy 2019; 9:16. [PMID: 30911372 PMCID: PMC6413444 DOI: 10.1186/s13601-019-0252-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [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: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Aims Mobile Airways Sentinel NetworK (MASK) belongs to the Fondation Partenariale MACVIA-LR of Montpellier, France and aims to provide an active and healthy life to rhinitis sufferers and to those with asthma multimorbidity across the life cycle, whatever their gender or socio-economic status, in order to reduce health and social inequities incurred by the disease and to improve the digital transformation of health and care. The ultimate goal is to change the management strategy in chronic diseases. Methods MASK implements ICT technologies for individualized and predictive medicine to develop novel care pathways by a multi-disciplinary group centred around the patients. Stakeholders Include patients, health care professionals (pharmacists and physicians), authorities, patient’s associations, private and public sectors. Results MASK is deployed in 23 countries and 17 languages. 26,000 users have registered. EU grants (2018) MASK is participating in EU projects (POLLAR: impact of air POLLution in Asthma and Rhinitis, EIT Health, DigitalHealthEurope, Euriphi and Vigour). Lessons learnt (i) Adherence to treatment is the major problem of allergic disease, (ii) Self-management strategies should be considerably expanded (behavioural), (iii) Change management is essential in allergic diseases, (iv) Education strategies should be reconsidered using a patient-centred approach and (v) Lessons learnt for allergic diseases can be expanded to chronic diseases.
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- J Bousquet
- 1MACVIA-France, Fondation Partenariale FMC VIA-LR, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.,INSERM U 1168, VIMA: Ageing and Chronic Diseases Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, Villejuif, Université Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UMR-S 1168, Montigny Le Bretonneux, France.,Euforea, Brussels, Belgium.,4Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Comprehensive Allergy Center, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- 1MACVIA-France, Fondation Partenariale FMC VIA-LR, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Medical Consulting Czarlewski, Levallois, France
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- 1MACVIA-France, Fondation Partenariale FMC VIA-LR, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- KYomed INNOV, Montpellier, France
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- Center for Research in Health Technology and Information Systems, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Medida, Lda Porto, Portugal
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- 8UCIBIO, REQUINTE, Faculty of Pharmacy and Competence Center on Active and Healthy Ageing, University of Porto (Porto4Ageing), Porto, Portugal
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- 9Faculty of Health Sciences and CICS - UBI, Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
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- 11Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra and Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Division for Health Innovation, Campania Region and Federico II University Hospital Naples (R&D and DISMET), Naples, Italy
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- 13CIRFF, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- 14Personalized Medicine Clinic Asthma and Allergy, Humanitas Research Hospital, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- SOS Allergology and Clinical Immunology, USL Toscana Centro, Prato, Italy
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- 16Department of Medical Sciences, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Torino & Mauriziano Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Consortium of Pharmacies and Services COSAFER, Salerno, Italy
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- 18Unit of Geriatric Immunoallergology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy
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- 19Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre (AMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- 21Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre (AMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- 22ProAR - Nucleo de Excelencia em Asma, Federal University of Bahia, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
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- WHO GARD Planning Group, Salvador, Brazil
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- 24Department of Internal Medicine and Allergic Clinic of Professor Polydoro Ernani de Sao, Thiago University Hospital, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Brazil.,25Asthma Reference Center, Escola Superior de Ciencias da Santa Casa de Misericordia de Vitoria, Vitória, Esperito Santo Brazil
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- Center of Excellence in Asthma and Allergy, Médica Sur Clinical Foundation and Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico
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- 27Hospital General Regional 1 "Dr Carlos Mc Gregor Sanchez Navarro" IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico
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- 27Hospital General Regional 1 "Dr Carlos Mc Gregor Sanchez Navarro" IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico
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- 29Clinic of Children's Diseases, and Institute of Health Sciences Department of Public Health, Vilnius University Institute of Clinical Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania.,European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP/UEMS-SP), Brussels, Belgium
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- 31Clinic of Infectious, Chest Diseases, Dermatology and Allergology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- 32Clinic of Children's Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- 33Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- 34Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases, Department Institute Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health, INSERM, Sorbonne Université, Medical School Saint Antoine, Paris, France
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- 35Department of Geriatrics, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France.,36EA 2991, Euromov, University Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Allergist, La Rochelle, France
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- 39Sleep Unit, Department of Neurology, Hôpital Gui-de-Chauliac Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,Inserm U1061, Montpellier, France
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- 41UPRES EA220, Pôle des Maladies des Voies Respiratoires, Hôpital Foch, Université Paris-Saclay, Suresnes, France
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- 43Laboratoire HP2, Grenoble, INSERM, U1042, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.,44CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
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- 45Allergy Department, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
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- 1MACVIA-France, Fondation Partenariale FMC VIA-LR, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371 Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Conseil Général de l'Economie Ministère de l'Economie, de l'Industrie et du Numérique, Paris, France
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- 47Pneumologie et Soins Intensifs Respiratoires, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris, Centre Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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- Association Asthme et Allergie, Paris, France
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- 49Allergy Unit, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- 50Division of Internal Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, Barlicki University Hospital, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- 51Department of Prevention of Envinronmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- ISGlobAL, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain.,53IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.,54CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain.,55Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- 56Allergy Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall 'dHebron & ARADyAL Research Network, Barcelona, Spain
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- 57Rhinology Unit and Smell Clinic, ENT Department, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,58Clinical and Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy, IDIBAPS, CIBERES, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- 59Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- 60Honorary Clinical Research Fellow, Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- 61The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- 62Asthma UK, Mansell Street, London, UK
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- International Primary Care Respiratory Group IPCRG, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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- 64Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Rhinology and Allergology, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- 66Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Rhinology and Allergy, University Hospital Marburg, Phillipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- 67Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Uniersität zu Berlin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Berlin Institute of Health, Comprehensive Allergy-Centre, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Member of GA2LEN, Berlin, Germany
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- 69Institute of Medical Statistics, and Computational Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,CRI-Clinical Research International-Ltd, Hamburg, Germany
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- 67Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Uniersität zu Berlin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Berlin Institute of Health, Comprehensive Allergy-Centre, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Member of GA2LEN, Berlin, Germany
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- 72Department of ENT, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- 73Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Association of Finnish Pharmacies, Helsinki, Finland
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- 73Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- 75Department of Lung Diseases and Clinical Immunology, Terveystalo Allergy Clinic, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- FILHA, Finnish Lung Association, Helsinki, Finland
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- 77Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istambul, Turkey
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- 78Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
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- 79Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,80Allergy Department, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Athens General Children's Hospital "P&A Kyriakou", University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- 81Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece
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- 61The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,82Health Planning Unit, Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
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- 83University of Sydney and Woolcock Emphysema Centre and Local Health District, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Glebe, NSW Australia
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- 84Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Australia.,85Department of Immunology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Australia
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- Servicio de Alergia e Immunologia, Clinica Santa Isabel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Director of Center of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Diseases, Santa Fe, Argentina Center for Allergy and Immunology, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- 88Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- 89Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,90Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm and Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- 90Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm and Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- 91Centre for Clinical Research Sörmland, Uppsala University, Eskilstuna, Sweden
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- 92Upper Airways Research Laboratory, ENT Dept, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Euforea, Brussels, Belgium.,93Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Univ Hospitals Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.,94Academic Medical Center, Univ of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- 95Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- 96EFA European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Odense University Hospital, Odense Research Center for Anaphylaxis (ORCA), Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Odense University Hospital, Odense Research Center for Anaphylaxis (ORCA), Odense, Denmark
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- 98Department of Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada
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- 99Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University, Québec City, QC Canada
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- Clinical Medecine, Laval's University, Quebec City, Canada
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- Medecine Department, Hôpital de la Malbaie, Quebec, Canada
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- Medecine Department, Hôpital de la Malbaie, Quebec, Canada
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- 102Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Division of Immunology and Allergy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada
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- 103Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic.,Peercode BV, Geldermalsen, The Netherlands
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- 103Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic.,Peercode BV, Geldermalsen, The Netherlands
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- 105Faculty of Medicine, Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania
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- Department of Allergy and Immunology, Hospital Quirón Bizkaia, Erandio, Spain
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- iQ4U Consultants Ltd, London, UK
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- 108Division of Allergy/Immunology, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
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- 109Section of Allergy and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO USA
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- 110Clinical Reserch Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Medical Communications Consultant, MedScript Ltd (Ireland & New Zealand), Dundalk, Ireland.,Honorary Research Fellow, OPC, Cambridge, UK
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- 113Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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- 114Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- 115Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL USA
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Cuello-Garcia C, Fiocchi A, Pawankar R, Yepes-Nuñez JJ, Morgano GP, Zhang Y, Agarwal A, Gandhi S, Terracciano L, Schünemann HJ, Brozek JL. Prebiotics for the prevention of allergies: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Clin Exp Allergy 2018; 47:1468-1477. [PMID: 29035013 DOI: 10.1111/cea.13042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Revised: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 09/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Prevalence of allergic diseases in infants is approximately 10% reaching 20 to 30% in those with an allergic first-degree relative. Prebiotics are selectively fermented food ingredients that allow specific changes in composition/activity of the gastrointestinal microflora. They modulate immune responses, and their supplementation has been proposed as an intervention to prevent allergies. OBJECTIVE To assess in pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and infants (populations) the effect of supplementing prebiotics (intervention) versus no prebiotics (comparison) on the development of allergic diseases and to inform the World Allergy Organization guidelines. METHODS We performed a systematic review of studies assessing the effects of prebiotic supplementation with an intention to prevent the development of allergies. RESULTS Of 446 unique records published until November 2016 in Cochrane, MEDLINE, and EMBASE, 22 studies fulfilled a priori specified criteria. We did not find any studies of prebiotics given to pregnant women or breastfeeding mothers. Prebiotic supplementation in infants, compared to placebo, had the following effects: risk of developing eczema (RR: 0.68, 95% CI: 0.40 to 1.15), wheezing/asthma (RR, 0.37; 95% CI: 0.17 to 0.80), and food allergy (RR: 0.28, 95% CI: 0.08 to 1.00). There was no evidence of an increased risk of any adverse effects (RR: 1.01, 95% CI: 0.92 to 1.10). Prebiotic supplementation had little influence growth rate (MD: 0.92 g per day faster with prebiotics, 95% CI: 0 to 1.84) and the final infant weight (MD: 0.10 kg higher with prebiotics, 95% CI: -0.09 to 0.29). The certainty of these estimates is very low due to risk of bias and imprecision of the results. CONCLUSIONS Currently available evidence on prebiotic supplementation to reduce the risk of developing allergies is very uncertain.
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- C Cuello-Garcia
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Pediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,University of Antioquia School of Medicine, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Child and Maternal Medicine, University of Milan Medical School at the Melloni Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Barba M, Cavalleri A, Schünemann HJ, Krogh V, Evangelista A, Secreto G, Micheli A, Zhou Q, Fuhrman B, Teter B, Berrino F, Muti P. Reliability of Urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin as a Biomarker in Breast Cancer. Int J Biol Markers 2018; 21:242-5. [PMID: 17177163 DOI: 10.1177/172460080602100408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of cryopreservation at different storage temperatures on urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin (aMT6s) concentration. Overnight urine from 28 postmenopausal women participating in the ORDET cohort study was filtered and separated into 6 mL aliquots. Urine samples were stored at –80°C and at –30°C for an average of 14 years. Urinary aMT6s concentration was assessed using a competitive immunoassay. Mean aMT6s values of samples stored at –30°C were systematically lower than those of samples stored at –80°C (10.7 ng/mL versus 15.8 ng/mL, p<0.001). Bland Altman plots showed disagreement between determinations at different storage temperatures at the highest levels of the metabolite concentration. The degree of agreement evaluated in terms of intra-class correlation coefficient was 0.68 (95% CI 0.41–0.84, p<0.0001). Pearson's correlation coefficient between aMT6s values of the two differently stored samples was 0.93 (p<0.001), while the Kendal tau coefficient for rank distribution was 0.73 (p<0.001). Our data suggest that storage temperatures might affect degradation of aMT6s during storage. However, individual characterization by melatonin levels does not seem to be affected by cryopreservation conditions.
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- M Barba
- Department of Epidemiology, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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Yepes‐Nuñez JJ, Brożek JL, Fiocchi A, Pawankar R, Cuello‐García C, Zhang Y, Morgano GP, Agarwal A, Gandhi S, Terracciano L, Schünemann HJ. Vitamin D supplementation in primary allergy prevention: Systematic review of randomized and non-randomized studies. Allergy 2018; 73:37-49. [PMID: 28675776 DOI: 10.1111/all.13241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND To date, a systematic review of the evidence regarding the association between vitamin D and allergic diseases development has not yet been undertaken. OBJECTIVE To review the efficacy and safety of vitamin D supplementation when compared to no supplementation in pregnant women, breastfeeding women, infants, and children for the prevention of allergies. METHODS Three databases were searched through January 30, 2016, including randomized (RCT) and nonrandomized studies (NRS). Two reviewers independently extracted data and assessed the certainty in the body of evidence using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach. RESULTS Among the 1932 articles identified, one RCT and four NRS were eligible. Very low certainty in the body of evidence across examined studies suggests that vitamin D supplementation for pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and infants may not decrease the risk of developing allergic diseases such as atopic dermatitis (in pregnant women), allergic rhinitis (in pregnant women and infants), asthma and/or wheezing (in pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and infants), or food allergies (in pregnant women). We found no studies of primary prevention of allergic diseases in children. CONCLUSION Limited information is available addressing primary prevention of allergic diseases after vitamin D supplementation, and its potential impact remains uncertain.
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- J. J. Yepes‐Nuñez
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact McMaster University Hamilton ON Canada
- School of Medicine University of Antioquia Medellín Colombia
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact McMaster University Hamilton ON Canada
- Department of Medicine McMaster University Hamilton ON Canada
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- Pediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù Vatican City, Rome Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics Nippon Medical School Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact McMaster University Hamilton ON Canada
- Tecnologico de Monterrey School of Medicine and Health Sciences Monterrey Mexico
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact McMaster University Hamilton ON Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact McMaster University Hamilton ON Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto Toronto ON Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto Toronto ON Canada
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- National Pediatric Healthcare System Italian Federation of Pediatric Medicine Territorial Pediatric Primary Care Group Milan Italy
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact McMaster University Hamilton ON Canada
- Department of Medicine McMaster University Hamilton ON Canada
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Yeung CHT, Santesso N, Pai M, Kessler C, Key NS, Makris M, Navarro-Ruan T, Soucie JM, Schünemann HJ, Iorio A. Care models in the management of haemophilia: a systematic review. Haemophilia 2017; 22 Suppl 3:31-40. [PMID: 27348399 DOI: 10.1111/hae.13000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Haemophilia care is commonly provided via multidisciplinary specialized management. To date, there has been no systematic assessment of the impact of haemophilia care delivery models on patient-important outcomes. OBJECTIVE To conduct a systematic review of published studies assessing the effects of the integrated care model for persons with haemophilia (PWH). SEARCH METHODS We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE and CINAHL up to April 22, 2015, contacted experts in the field, and reviewed reference lists. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomized and non-randomized studies of PWH or carriers, focusing mainly on the assessment of care models on delivery. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two investigators independently screened title, abstract, and full text of retrieved articles for inclusion. Risk of bias and overall quality of evidence was assessed using Cochrane's ACROBAT-NRSI tool and GRADE respectively. Relative risks, mean differences, proportions, and means and their variability were calculated as appropriate. RESULTS 27 non-randomized studies were included: eight comparative and 19 non-comparative studies. We found low- to very low-quality evidence that in comparison to other models of care, integrated care may reduce mortality, hospitalizations and emergency room visits, may lead to fewer missed days of school and work, and may increase knowledge seeking. CONCLUSION Our comprehensive review found low- to very low-quality evidence from a limited number of non-randomized studies assessing the impact of haemophilia care models on some patient-important outcomes. While the available evidence suggests that adoption of the integrated care model may provide benefit to PWH, further high-quality research in the field is needed.
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- C H T Yeung
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Blood Disorders, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Yeung CHT, Santesso N, Zeraatkar D, Wang A, Pai M, Sholzberg M, Schünemann HJ, Iorio A. Integrated multidisciplinary care for the management of chronic conditions in adults: an overview of reviews and an example of using indirect evidence to inform clinical practice recommendations in the field of rare diseases. Haemophilia 2017; 22 Suppl 3:41-50. [PMID: 27348400 DOI: 10.1111/hae.13010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Integrated care models have been adopted for individuals with chronic conditions and for persons with rare diseases, such as haemophilia. OBJECTIVE To summarize the evidence from reviews for the effects of integrated multidisciplinary care for chronic conditions in adults and to provide an example of using this evidence to make recommendations for haemophilia care. SEARCH METHODS We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews up to January 2016, and reviewed reference lists of retrieved papers. SELECTION CRITERIA Systematic reviews of at least one randomized study, on adults with non-communicable chronic conditions. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two investigators independently assessed eligibility and extracted data. Quality of reviews was assessed using ROBIS, and the evidence assessed using GRADE. RESULTS We included seven reviews reporting on three chronic conditions. We found low to high quality evidence. Integrated care results in a reduction in mortality; likely a reduction in emergency visits and an improvement in function; little to no difference in quality of life, but shorter hospital stays; and may result in little to no difference in missed days of school or work. No studies reported educational attainment, or patient adherence and knowledge. When used for haemophilia, judgment about the indirectness of the evidence was driven by disease, intervention or outcome characteristics. CONCLUSION This overview provides the most up to date evidence on integrated multidisciplinary care for chronic conditions in adults, and an example of how it can be used for guidelines in rare diseases.
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- C H T Yeung
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Pai M, Key NS, Skinner M, Curtis R, Feinstein M, Kessler C, Lane SJ, Makris M, Riker E, Santesso N, Soucie JM, Yeung CHT, Iorio A, Schünemann HJ. NHF-McMaster Guideline on Care Models for Haemophilia Management. Haemophilia 2016; 22 Suppl 3:6-16. [DOI: 10.1111/hae.13008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/05/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- M. Pai
- Department of Medicine; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
- McMaster Centre for Transfusion Research McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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- Department of Medicine; University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill NC USA
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- Institute for Policy Advancement Ltd.; Washington DC USA
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- Factor VIII Computing; Berkeley CA USA
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- Georgetown University; Washington DC USA
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- McMaster Centre for Transfusion Research McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease; University of Sheffield; Sheffield UK
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- National Hemophilia Foundation; New York NY USA
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Division of Blood Disorders; Atlanta GA USA
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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- Department of Medicine; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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Pai M, Santesso N, Yeung CHT, Lane S, Schünemann HJ, Iorio A. Methodology for the development of the NHF-McMaster Guideline on Care Models for Haemophilia Management. Haemophilia 2016; 22 Suppl 3:17-22. [DOI: 10.1111/hae.13007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- M. Pai
- Department of Medicine; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
- McMaster Centre for Transfusion Research; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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- McMaster Centre for Transfusion Research; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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- Department of Medicine; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics; McMaster University; Hamilton ON Canada
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Bousquet J, Addis A, Adcock I, Agache I, Agusti A, Alonso A, Annesi-Maesano I, Anto JM, Bachert C, Baena-Cagnani CE, Bai C, Baigenzhin A, Barbara C, Barnes PJ, Bateman ED, Beck L, Bedbrook A, Bel EH, Benezet O, Bennoor KS, Benson M, Bernabeu-Wittel M, Bewick M, Bindslev-Jensen C, Blain H, Blasi F, Bonini M, Bonini S, Boulet LP, Bourdin A, Bourret R, Bousquet PJ, Brightling CE, Briggs A, Brozek J, Buhl R, Bush A, Caimmi D, Calderon M, Calverley P, Camargos PA, Camuzat T, Canonica GW, Carlsen KH, Casale TB, Cazzola M, Cepeda Sarabia AM, Cesario A, Chen YZ, Chkhartishvili E, Chavannes NH, Chiron R, Chuchalin A, Chung KF, Cox L, Crooks G, Crooks MG, Cruz AA, Custovic A, Dahl R, Dahlen SE, De Blay F, Dedeu T, Deleanu D, Demoly P, Devillier P, Didier A, Dinh-Xuan AT, Djukanovic R, Dokic D, Douagui H, Dubakiene R, Eglin S, Elliot F, Emuzyte R, Fabbri L, Fink Wagner A, Fletcher M, Fokkens WJ, Fonseca J, Franco A, Frith P, Furber A, Gaga M, Garcés J, Garcia-Aymerich J, Gamkrelidze A, Gonzales-Diaz S, Gouzi F, Guzmán MA, Haahtela T, Harrison D, Hayot M, Heaney LG, Heinrich J, Hellings PW, Hooper J, Humbert M, Hyland M, Iaccarino G, Jakovenko D, Jardim JR, Jeandel C, Jenkins C, Johnston SL, Jonquet O, Joos G, Jung KS, Kalayci O, Karunanithi S, Keil T, Khaltaev N, Kolek V, Kowalski ML, Kull I, Kuna P, Kvedariene V, Le LT, Lodrup Carlsen KC, Louis R, MacNee W, Mair A, Majer I, Manning P, de Manuel Keenoy E, Masjedi MR, Melen E, Melo-Gomes E, Menzies-Gow A, Mercier G, Mercier J, Michel JP, Miculinic N, Mihaltan F, Milenkovic B, Molimard M, Momas I, Montilla-Santana A, Morais-Almeida M, Morgan M, N'Diaye M, Nafti S, Nekam K, Neou A, Nicod L, O'Hehir R, Ohta K, Paggiaro P, Palkonen S, Palmer S, Papadopoulos NG, Papi A, Passalacqua G, Pavord I, Pigearias B, Plavec D, Postma DS, Price D, Rabe KF, Radier Pontal F, Redon J, Rennard S, Roberts J, Robine JM, Roca J, Roche N, Rodenas F, Roggeri A, Rolland C, Rosado-Pinto J, Ryan D, Samolinski B, Sanchez-Borges M, Schünemann HJ, Sheikh A, Shields M, Siafakas N, Sibille Y, Similowski T, Small I, Sola-Morales O, Sooronbaev T, Stelmach R, Sterk PJ, Stiris T, Sud P, Tellier V, To T, Todo-Bom A, Triggiani M, Valenta R, Valero AL, Valiulis A, Valovirta E, Van Ganse E, Vandenplas O, Vasankari T, Vestbo J, Vezzani G, Viegi G, Visier L, Vogelmeier C, Vontetsianos T, Wagstaff R, Wahn U, Wallaert B, Whalley B, Wickman M, Williams DM, Wilson N, Yawn BP, Yiallouros PK, Yorgancioglu A, Yusuf OM, Zar HJ, Zhong N, Zidarn M, Zuberbier T. Integrated care pathways for airway diseases (AIRWAYS-ICPs). Eur Respir J 2014; 44:304-23. [PMID: 24925919 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00014614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The objective of Integrated Care Pathways for Airway Diseases (AIRWAYS-ICPs) is to launch a collaboration to develop multi-sectoral care pathways for chronic respiratory diseases in European countries and regions. AIRWAYS-ICPs has strategic relevance to the European Union Health Strategy and will add value to existing public health knowledge by: 1) proposing a common framework of care pathways for chronic respiratory diseases, which will facilitate comparability and trans-national initiatives; 2) informing cost-effective policy development, strengthening in particular those on smoking and environmental exposure; 3) aiding risk stratification in chronic disease patients, using a common strategy; 4) having a significant impact on the health of citizens in the short term (reduction of morbidity, improvement of education in children and of work in adults) and in the long-term (healthy ageing); 5) proposing a common simulation tool to assist physicians; and 6) ultimately reducing the healthcare burden (emergency visits, avoidable hospitalisations, disability and costs) while improving quality of life. In the longer term, the incidence of disease may be reduced by innovative prevention strategies. AIRWAYSICPs was initiated by Area 5 of the Action Plan B3 of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. All stakeholders are involved (health and social care, patients, and policy makers).
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- University Hospital Montpellier, Montpellier, France MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France MeDALL, Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma EAACI, European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, Reference Site EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, B3 Commitment for Action UM1, University 1, Montpellier, France Fondation Partenariale, France
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- EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, B3 Commitment for Action EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, Reference Site, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London and Royal Brompton and Harefield NIHR Biomedical Research Unit, London, UK
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Romanian Alliance Against Chronic Respiratory Diseases Faculty of Medicine, Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania
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- Thorax Institute, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona and CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic/FCRB, Barcelona, Spain
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- MeDALL, Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- MeDALL, Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Dept Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium ENT Dept, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Research Centre in Respiratory Medicine (CIMER), Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University, Cordoba, Argentina
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- Shanghai Respiratory Research Institute, Chinese Medical Association, Shanghai, China Chinese Alliance against Lung Cancer
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- EuroAsian Respiratory Society, Astana City, Kazakhstan
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- EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, B3 Commitment for Action PNDR, Portuguese National Programme for Respiratory Diseases
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London and Royal Brompton and Harefield NIHR Biomedical Research Unit, London, UK
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Division of Pulmonology, Dept of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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- Health Innovation Centre of Southern Denmark, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark
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- MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma
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- Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Bangladesh Lung Foundation and National Institute of Diseases of Chest and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Centre for Individualised Medicine, Dept of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, Reference Site, Aura Andalucia, Spain Andalusian Healthcare Service, Spain
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- Deputy National Medical Director, NHS England, UK
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Dept of Dermatology and Allergy Center, Odense Research Center for Anaphylaxis, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- University Hospital Montpellier, Montpellier, France MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France UM1, University 1, Montpellier, France
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- ERS, European Respiratory Society, University of Milan, IRCCS Cà Granda, Milan, Italy
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Dept of Public Health and Infectious Diseases "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Second University of Naples and Institute of Translational Medicine, Italian National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada
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- University Hospital Montpellier, Montpellier, France MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France UM1, University 1, Montpellier, France INSERM, U1046, Montpellier, France
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- University Hospital Montpellier, Montpellier, France MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma
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- National Institute for Health Research, Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK
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- Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Depts of Clinical Epidemiology, and Biostatistics and Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Pulmonary Dept, III, Medical Centre, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Dept of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
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- University Hospital Montpellier, Montpellier, France MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma
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- University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
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- Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool and University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Dept of Pediatrics, Medical School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, IRCCS San Martino - IST- University of Genoa, Dept of Internal Medicine, Genoa, Italy
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- MeDALL, Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma NAH, National Allergy Health Programme, Norway University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Dept of Paediatrics, Oslo, Norway
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma
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- University of Rome "Tor Vergata" Dept of System Medicine, Rome, Italy
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Allergy and Immunology Laboratory, Metropolitan University, Simon Bolivar University, Barranquilla, Colombia SLaai, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Allergia, Asma e Immunologia
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- IRCCS, San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- National Cooperative Group of Paediatric Research on Asthma, Asthma Clinic and Education Center of the Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Peking and Center for Asthma Research and Education, Beijing, PR China
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- Chachava Clinic, David Tvildiani Medical University-AIETI Medical School, Grigol Robakidze University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma IPCRG, International Primary Care Respiratory Group Dept of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- University Hospital Montpellier, Montpellier, France MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma GARD, Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (WHO) Pulmonology Research Institute and Russian Respiratory Society, Moscow, Russia
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London and Royal Brompton and Harefield NIHR Biomedical Research Unit, London, UK
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Nova Southeastern University Osteopathic College of Medicine, Davie, FL, USA
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- EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, Reference Site, NHS Scotland, Glasgow, UK
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- Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Hull York Medical School, Hull, UK
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma GARD, Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (WHO) ProAR, Nucleo de Excelencia em Asma, Federal University of Bahia and CNPq, Salvador, Brazil
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma EAACI, European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Dept of Dermatology and Allergy Center, Odense Research Center for Anaphylaxis, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- CfA, The Centre for Allergy Research, The Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma SFA, Société française d'Allergologie Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France
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- EUREGHA, European Regions and Health Authorities, Brussels, Belgium
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Romanian Alliance Against Chronic Respiratory Diseases University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- University Hospital Montpellier, Montpellier, France MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma EAACI, European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, B3 Commitment for Action UM1, University 1, Montpellier, France
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma UPRES, EA 220, Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France
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- SPLF, Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française Dept of Respiratory Medicine, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Service de Physiologie, Paris Descartes University EA 2511, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- University Southampton Faculty of Medicine and NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Southampton, UK
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma University Clinic of Pulmology and Allergy, University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius", Skopje, Macedonia
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Service de pneumo-allergologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Béni-Messous, Algiers, Algeria
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma LSACI, Lithuanian Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- NHS R&D North West, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, Reference Site, NHS Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma LSACI, Lithuanian Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Dept of Oncology, Haematology and Respiratory Diseases, Policlinic of Modena, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- GAAPP, Global Allergy and Asthma Patient Platform, Vienna, Austria
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- GARD, Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (WHO) Education for Health, Warwick, UK
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands European Rhinology Society
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma PNDR, Portuguese National Programme for Respiratory Diseases Porto Age-Up Consortium, Porto, Portugal Dept of Health Information and Decision Sciences and CINTESIS, Porto University Medical School, Allergy, Hospital S. Joao and Instituto and Hospital CUF Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Internal and Geriatric Medicine, University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
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- Repatriation General Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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- Director of Public Health, Wakefield Council, Wakefield, UK
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- 7th Respiratory Medicine Dept and Asthma Centre, Athens Chest Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, Reference Site, Valencia, Spain Polibienestar Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- MeDALL, Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma National Center for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma SLaai, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Allergia, Asma e Immunologia
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- University Hospital Montpellier, Montpellier, France INSERM, U1046, Montpellier, France
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Immunology and Allergology Division, Dept of Medicine, Clinical Hospital University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- MeDALL, Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Dept of Allergy, Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Director of Public Health for Blackburn with Darwen, Blackburn, UK
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- University Hospital Montpellier, Montpellier, France MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France UM1, University 1, Montpellier, France
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- Centre for Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- MeDALL, Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma EAACI, European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Dept of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Director of Public Health for Kirklees, Huddersfield, UK
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- SPLF, Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française
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- School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
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- EIP on AHA Reference Site, Regione-Campania, Italy Dept of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy IRCCS Multimedica, Milan, Italy
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- MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France
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- Respiratory Diseases, Escola Paulista de Medicina of Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- University Hospital Montpellier, Montpellier, France MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France UM1, University 1, Montpellier, France
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- The George Institute for Global Health and The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Airway Disease Infection Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- University Hospital Montpellier, Montpellier, France MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France UM1, University 1, Montpellier, France
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- Dept Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
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- Hallym University College of Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma EAACI, European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology GARD-Turkey, Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD), Turkey Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Paediatric Allergy and Asthma Unit, Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey
| | | | - T Keil
- MeDALL, Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma GARD, Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (WHO)
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- CARO, Czech Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases
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- Dept Immunology, Rheumatology and Allergy, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- MeDALL, Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy Karolinska Institutet, Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - P Kuna
- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, B3 Commitment for Action GARD, Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (WHO) Polastma, Poland Dept of Internal Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, Barlicki University Hospital, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
| | - V Kvedariene
- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma EAACI, European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology LSACI, Lithuanian Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology Pulmonology and Allergology Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma GARD, Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (WHO) University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
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- MeDALL, Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma NAH, National Allergy Health Programme, Norway University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Dept of Paediatrics, Oslo, Norway
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- CHU Liege, GIGA I Research Center, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
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- Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Directorate of Finance, eHealth and Pharmaceuticals, Scottish Government Health Dept, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
| | - P Manning
- Dept of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Medical School) Bon Secours Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, Reference Site Kronikgune, Basque Region, Spain
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- Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center (CRDRC), National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
| | - E Melen
- MeDALL, Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Karolinska Institutet, Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - E Melo-Gomes
- EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, B3 Commitment for Action PNDR, Portuguese National Programme for Respiratory Diseases
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- University Hospital Montpellier, Montpellier, France MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France UM1, University 1, Montpellier, France
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- University Hospital Montpellier, Montpellier, France MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, B3 Commitment for Action UM1, University 1, Montpellier, France
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- Geneva Medical School and University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - N Miculinic
- University Hospital for Pulmonary Diseases, Jordanovac, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - F Mihaltan
- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Romanian Alliance Against Chronic Respiratory Diseases Institute of Pneumology Marius Nasta, Bucharest, Romania
| | - B Milenkovic
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Serbian Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases Association for Asthma and COPD in Serbia
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- Paris Descartes University, Dept of Public Health and Biostatistics, EA 4064 and Paris Municipal, Dept of Social Action, Childhood and Health, Paris, France
| | - A Montilla-Santana
- EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, Reference Site, Aura Andalucia, Spain
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- Immunoallergy Dept, Hospital CUF-Descobertas, Lisbon, Portugal SPAIC, Sociedade Portuguesa de Alergologia e Imunologia Clínica, Portugal
| | - M Morgan
- Respiratory National Clinical Director, NHS England, UK
| | - M N'Diaye
- Service de Médecine Interne et Pathologies Professionnelles, Hôpital Polyclinique de Dakar (IHS), Dakar, Sénégal
| | - S Nafti
- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Mustapha Hospital, Algiers, Algeria
| | - K Nekam
- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Hospital of the Hospitaller Brothers in Buda, Budapest, Hungary
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- GALEN, Global Allergy and Asthma European Network Charité University Hospital, Allergy Centre Charité, Berlin, Germany
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- Service de Pneumologie, 1011 CHUV-Lausanne, Lausanne, Switerland
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Dept of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma National Hospital Organization, Tokyo National Hospital and Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Dept, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
| | - S Palkonen
- MeDALL, Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma EFA, European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases patients' association
| | - S Palmer
- Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD), University of York, York, UK
| | - N G Papadopoulos
- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma EAACI, European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Allergy Dept, 2nd Paediatric Clinic, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
| | - A Papi
- Ferrara University, Ferrara, Italy
| | - G Passalacqua
- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, IRCCS San Martino - IST- University of Genoa, Dept of Internal Medicine, Genoa, Italy
| | - I Pavord
- NDM Research Building, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | | | - D Plavec
- Children's Hospital Srebrnjak, Zagreb, School of Medicine, University J.J. Strossmayer, Osijek, Croatia
| | - D S Postma
- MeDALL, Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy University of Groningen, Dept of Pulmonology, GRIAC Research Institute University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
| | - D Price
- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma IPCRG, International Primary Care Respiratory Group Academic Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
| | - K F Rabe
- Christian Albrechts University Kiel, LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Germany
| | - F Radier Pontal
- MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France
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- EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, Reference Site Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, CIBERObn, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
| | - S Rennard
- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
| | - J Roberts
- Respiratory Nurse Consultant, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK
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- MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France INSERM, U710 and 988, Montpellier, France
| | - J Roca
- Thorax Institute, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona and CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pneumologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Cochin - Site Val de Grâce, Université Paris Descartes and SPLF, Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française, Paris, France
| | - F Rodenas
- EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, Reference Site, Valencia, Spain Polibienestar Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
| | - A Roggeri
- Arcispedale, S.Maria Nuova Hospital, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Association Asthme et Allergies, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, B3 Commitment for Action PNDR, Portuguese National Programme for Respiratory Diseases GARD, Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (WHO)
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma IPCRG, International Primary Care Respiratory Group Woodbrook Medical Centre, Loughborough, UK Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Medical School, Edinburgh, UK
| | - B Samolinski
- EIP on AHA, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, B3 Commitment for Action Dept of Internal Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, Barlicki University Hospital, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland Dept of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
| | - M Sanchez-Borges
- Dept of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Centro Medico-Docente La Trinidad, Caracas, Venezuela
| | - H J Schünemann
- Depts of Clinical Epidemiology, and Biostatistics and Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
| | - A Sheikh
- Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Medical School, Edinburgh, UK Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - M Shields
- Child Health, Queen's University Belfast and Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, UK
| | - N Siafakas
- Dept of Thoracic Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece
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- University Hospital of Mont-Godinne, Catholic University of Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
| | - T Similowski
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR_S 1158 "Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique", Paris, France INSERM, UMR_S 1158 "Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique", Paris, France AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles Foix, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Médicale (Département "R3S"), Paris, France Fonds de Dotation Recherche en Santé Respiratoire - Fondation du Souffle, Paris, France
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- National Advisory Group, Respiratory Managed Clinical Networks in Scotland
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- HITT, Health Institute for Technology Transfer, Barcelona, Spain
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma GARD, Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (WHO) EuroAsian Respiratory Society, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan National Centre Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
| | - R Stelmach
- Pulmonary Division, InCor (Heart Institute), Hospital da Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Neonatal Intensive Care, Oslo University Hospital, Ulleval, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP-UEMS)
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- Regional Medical Manager (North), NHS England, UK
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- Observatoire wallon de la santé, Direction générale opérationnelle Pouvoirs locaux, action sociale et Santé, Service public de Wallonie, Belgium
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- GARD, Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (WHO)
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- Immunoallergy Dept, Coimbra University Hospital, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Dept of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Dept of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Centre of Pathophysiology, Infectology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Thorax Institute, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona and CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma LSACI, Lithuanian Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP-UEMS) LACRD, Lithuanian National Alliance Against Chronic Respiratory Diseases
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- Dept of Lung Diseases and Clinical Allergology, University of Turku, Finland
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- Pharmacoepidemiology Unit and Respiratory Medicine, CHU-Lyon and UMR CNRS 5558, Claude-Bernard University Lyon, Lyon, France
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- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma INSERM, UMR_S 1158 "Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique", Paris, France
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- Respiratory and Allergy Research Group, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Dept of Respiratory Medicine J, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- EIP on AHA B3 Action Group (Delivering Integrated Care Models), Regional Agency for Health and Social Care, Arcispedale S.Maria Nuova/IRCCS, Research Hospital, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- CNR, Institutes of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology (IBIM), Palermo, and of Clinical Physiology (IFC), Pisa, Italy
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- University Hospital Montpellier, Montpellier, France MACVIA-LR, Fighting Chronic Diseases for Healthy Ageing, Région Languedoc Roussillon, France UM1, University 1, Montpellier, France
| | - C Vogelmeier
- German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Dept of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University Medical Center Giessen and Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
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- Acting Director of Public Health, Cumbria County Council, Carlisle, UK
| | - U Wahn
- Charité University Hospital, Allergy Centre Charité, Berlin, Germany
| | - B Wallaert
- SFA, Société française d'Allergologie Hôpital Albert Calmette, CHRU, Lille, France
| | - B Whalley
- School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
| | - M Wickman
- MeDALL, Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Karolinska Institutet, Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - D M Williams
- Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
| | - N Wilson
- North of England EU Health Partnership, UK
| | - B P Yawn
- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Olmsted Medical Center, Dept of Research and University of Minnesota, Dept of Family and Community Health, Rochester, MN, USA
| | - P K Yiallouros
- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health in Association with Harvard School of Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
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- Dept of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, China
| | - M Zidarn
- ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Golnik, Slovenia
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Bonini M, Bachert C, Baena-Cagnani CE, Bedbrook A, Brozek JL, Canonica GW, Cruz AA, Fokkens WJ, Gerth van Wijk R, Grouse L, Hellings PW, Howarth P, Kalayci O, Khaltaev N, Kuna P, Larenas Linnemann D, Nekam K, Palkonen S, Papadopoulos NG, Popov TA, Price D, Rosado Pinto J, Rasi G, Ryan D, Samolinski B, Scadding GK, Schünemann HJ, Thomas DM, Triggiani M, Yorgancioglu A, Yusuf OM, Zuberbier T, Pawankar R, Bousquet J, Bonini S. What we should learn from the London Olympics. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 2013; 13:1-3. [PMID: 23222179 DOI: 10.1097/aci.0b013e32835c1b73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- M Bonini
- Department of Medicine, Lung Function Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
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Bousquet J, Schünemann HJ, Samolinski B, Demoly P, Baena-Cagnani CE, Bachert C, Bonini S, Boulet LP, Bousquet PJ, Brozek JL, Canonica GW, Casale TB, Cruz AA, Fokkens WJ, Fonseca JA, van Wijk RG, Grouse L, Haahtela T, Khaltaev N, Kuna P, Lockey RF, Lodrup Carlsen KC, Mullol J, Naclerio R, O'Hehir RE, Ohta K, Palkonen S, Papadopoulos NG, Passalacqua G, Pawankar R, Price D, Ryan D, Simons FER, Togias A, Williams D, Yorgancioglu A, Yusuf OM, Aberer W, Adachi M, Agache I, Aït-Khaled N, Akdis CA, Andrianarisoa A, Annesi-Maesano I, Ansotegui IJ, Baiardini I, Bateman ED, Bedbrook A, Beghé B, Beji M, Bel EH, Ben Kheder A, Bennoor KS, Bergmann KC, Berrissoul F, Bieber T, Bindslev Jensen C, Blaiss MS, Boner AL, Bouchard J, Braido F, Brightling CE, Bush A, Caballero F, Calderon MA, Calvo MA, Camargos PAM, Caraballo LR, Carlsen KH, Carr W, Cepeda AM, Cesario A, Chavannes NH, Chen YZ, Chiriac AM, Chivato Pérez T, Chkhartishvili E, Ciprandi G, Costa DJ, Cox L, Custovic A, Dahl R, Darsow U, De Blay F, Deleanu D, Denburg JA, Devillier P, Didi T, Dokic D, Dolen WK, Douagui H, Dubakiene R, Durham SR, Dykewicz MS, El-Gamal Y, El-Meziane A, Emuzyte R, Fiocchi A, Fletcher M, Fukuda T, Gamkrelidze A, Gereda JE, González Diaz S, Gotua M, Guzmán MA, Hellings PW, Hellquist-Dahl B, Horak F, Hourihane JO, Howarth P, Humbert M, Ivancevich JC, Jackson C, Just J, Kalayci O, Kaliner MA, Kalyoncu AF, Keil T, Keith PK, Khayat G, Kim YY, Koffi N'goran B, Koppelman GH, Kowalski ML, Kull I, Kvedariene V, Larenas-Linnemann D, Le LT, Lemière C, Li J, Lieberman P, Lipworth B, Mahboub B, Makela MJ, Martin F, Marshall GD, Martinez FD, Masjedi MR, Maurer M, Mavale-Manuel S, Mazon A, Melen E, Meltzer EO, Mendez NH, Merk H, Mihaltan F, Mohammad Y, Morais-Almeida M, Muraro A, Nafti S, Namazova-Baranova L, Nekam K, Neou A, Niggemann B, Nizankowska-Mogilnicka E, Nyembue TD, Okamoto Y, Okubo K, Orru MP, Ouedraogo S, Ozdemir C, Panzner P, Pali-Schöll I, Park HS, Pigearias B, Pohl W, Popov TA, Postma DS, Potter P, Rabe KF, Ratomaharo J, Reitamo S, Ring J, Roberts R, Rogala B, Romano A, Roman Rodriguez M, Rosado-Pinto J, Rosenwasser L, Rottem M, Sanchez-Borges M, Scadding GK, Schmid-Grendelmeier P, Sheikh A, Sisul JC, Solé D, Sooronbaev T, Spicak V, Spranger O, Stein RT, Stoloff SW, Sunyer J, Szczeklik A, Todo-Bom A, Toskala E, Tremblay Y, Valenta R, Valero AL, Valeyre D, Valiulis A, Valovirta E, Van Cauwenberge P, Vandenplas O, van Weel C, Vichyanond P, Viegi G, Wang DY, Wickman M, Wöhrl S, Wright J, Yawn BP, Yiallouros PK, Zar HJ, Zernotti ME, Zhong N, Zidarn M, Zuberbier T, Burney PG, Johnston SL, Warner JO. Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA): achievements in 10 years and future needs. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2012; 130:1049-62. [PMID: 23040884 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.07.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 358] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2012] [Revised: 07/24/2012] [Accepted: 07/27/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Allergic rhinitis (AR) and asthma represent global health problems for all age groups. Asthma and rhinitis frequently coexist in the same subjects. Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) was initiated during a World Health Organization workshop in 1999 (published in 2001). ARIA has reclassified AR as mild/moderate-severe and intermittent/persistent. This classification closely reflects patients' needs and underlines the close relationship between rhinitis and asthma. Patients, clinicians, and other health care professionals are confronted with various treatment choices for the management of AR. This contributes to considerable variation in clinical practice, and worldwide, patients, clinicians, and other health care professionals are faced with uncertainty about the relative merits and downsides of the various treatment options. In its 2010 Revision, ARIA developed clinical practice guidelines for the management of AR and asthma comorbidities based on the Grading of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system. ARIA is disseminated and implemented in more than 50 countries of the world. Ten years after the publication of the ARIA World Health Organization workshop report, it is important to make a summary of its achievements and identify the still unmet clinical, research, and implementation needs to strengthen the 2011 European Union Priority on allergy and asthma in children.
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Bousquet J, Anto JM, Demoly P, Schünemann HJ, Togias A, Akdis M, Auffray C, Bachert C, Bieber T, Bousquet PJ, Carlsen KH, Casale TB, Cruz AA, Keil T, Lodrup Carlsen KC, Maurer M, Ohta K, Papadopoulos NG, Roman Rodriguez M, Samolinski B, Agache I, Andrianarisoa A, Ang CS, Annesi-Maesano I, Ballester F, Baena-Cagnani CE, Basagaña X, Bateman ED, Bel EH, Bedbrook A, Beghé B, Beji M, Ben Kheder A, Benet M, Bennoor KS, Bergmann KC, Berrissoul F, Bindslev Jensen C, Bleecker ER, Bonini S, Boner AL, Boulet LP, Brightling CE, Brozek JL, Bush A, Busse WW, Camargos PAM, Canonica GW, Carr W, Cesario A, Chen YZ, Chiriac AM, Costa DJ, Cox L, Custovic A, Dahl R, Darsow U, Didi T, Dolen WK, Douagui H, Dubakiene R, El-Meziane A, Fonseca JA, Fokkens WJ, Fthenou E, Gamkrelidze A, Garcia-Aymerich J, Gerth van Wijk R, Gimeno-Santos E, Guerra S, Haahtela T, Haddad H, Hellings PW, Hellquist-Dahl B, Hohmann C, Howarth P, Hourihane JO, Humbert M, Jacquemin B, Just J, Kalayci O, Kaliner MA, Kauffmann F, Kerkhof M, Khayat G, Koffi N'Goran B, Kogevinas M, Koppelman GH, Kowalski ML, Kull I, Kuna P, Larenas D, Lavi I, Le LT, Lieberman P, Lipworth B, Mahboub B, Makela MJ, Martin F, Martinez FD, Marshall GD, Mazon A, Melen E, Meltzer EO, Mihaltan F, Mohammad Y, Mohammadi A, Momas I, Morais-Almeida M, Mullol J, Muraro A, Naclerio R, Nafti S, Namazova-Baranova L, Nawijn MC, Nyembue TD, Oddie S, O'Hehir RE, Okamoto Y, Orru MP, Ozdemir C, Ouedraogo GS, Palkonen S, Panzner P, Passalacqua G, Pawankar R, Pigearias B, Pin I, Pinart M, Pison C, Popov TA, Porta D, Postma DS, Price D, Rabe KF, Ratomaharo J, Reitamo S, Rezagui D, Ring J, Roberts R, Roca J, Rogala B, Romano A, Rosado-Pinto J, Ryan D, Sanchez-Borges M, Scadding GK, Sheikh A, Simons FER, Siroux V, Schmid-Grendelmeier PD, Smit HA, Sooronbaev T, Stein RT, Sterk PJ, Sunyer J, Terreehorst I, Toskala E, Tremblay Y, Valenta R, Valeyre D, Vandenplas O, van Weel C, Vassilaki M, Varraso R, Viegi G, Wang DY, Wickman M, Williams D, Wöhrl S, Wright J, Yorgancioglu A, Yusuf OM, Zar HJ, Zernotti ME, Zidarn M, Zhong N, Zuberbier T. Severe chronic allergic (and related) diseases: a uniform approach--a MeDALL--GA2LEN--ARIA position paper. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2012; 158:216-31. [PMID: 22382913 DOI: 10.1159/000332924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Concepts of disease severity, activity, control and responsiveness to treatment are linked but different. Severity refers to the loss of function of the organs induced by the disease process or to the occurrence of severe acute exacerbations. Severity may vary over time and needs regular follow-up. Control is the degree to which therapy goals are currently met. These concepts have evolved over time for asthma in guidelines, task forces or consensus meetings. The aim of this paper is to generalize the approach of the uniform definition of severe asthma presented to WHO for chronic allergic and associated diseases (rhinitis, chronic rhinosinusitis, chronic urticaria and atopic dermatitis) in order to have a uniform definition of severity, control and risk, usable in most situations. It is based on the appropriate diagnosis, availability and accessibility of treatments, treatment responsiveness and associated factors such as comorbidities and risk factors. This uniform definition will allow a better definition of the phenotypes of severe allergic (and related) diseases for clinical practice, research (including epidemiology), public health purposes, education and the discovery of novel therapies.
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Montpellier, Montpellier Cedex 05, France.
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Brożek JL, Terracciano L, Hsu J, Kreis J, Compalati E, Santesso N, Fiocchi A, Schünemann HJ. Oral immunotherapy for IgE-mediated cow's milk allergy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Exp Allergy 2012; 42:363-74. [PMID: 22356141 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03948.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cow's milk is a common cause of food allergy in children. Children usually outgrow cow's milk allergy by the age of 3-5 years, but some will have persistent symptoms beyond childhood. We performed a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies to assess the evidence supporting the use of oral immunotherapy in IgE-mediated cow's milk allergy to inform the World Allergy Organization guidelines. Of 1034 screened articles published until May 2011, five RCTs and five observational studies fulfilled a priori specified inclusion criteria. RCTs including 218 patients showed that oral immunotherapy, compared to elimination diet alone, increased the likelihood of achieving full tolerance of cow's milk [relative risk: 10.0 (95% CI: 4.1-24.2)]. Adverse effects of immunotherapy include frequent local symptoms (16% of doses), mild laryngospasm [relative risk: 12.9 (1.7-98.6)], mild asthma [rate ratio: 3.8 (2.9-5.0)], reactions requiring oral glucocorticosteroids [relative risk: 11.3 (2.7-46.5)] or intramuscular epinephrine injection [rate ratio 5.8 (1.6-21.9)]. Results of observational studies were consistent with those of RCTs. Despite the availability of RCTs, the overall low quality of evidence leaves important uncertainty about anticipated effects of immunotherapy due to very serious imprecision of the estimates of effects and the likelihood of publication bias for some of the critical outcomes. A potentially large benefit of oral immunotherapy in patients with cow's milk allergy may be counterbalanced by frequent and sometimes serious adverse effects. Additional, larger RCTs measuring all patient-important outcomes are still needed.
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- J L Brożek
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Yorgancıoğlu A, Özdemir C, Kalaycı Ö, Kalyoncu AF, Bachert C, Baena-Cagnani CE, Casale TB, Chen YZ, Cruz AA, Demoly P, Fokkens WJ, Lodrup Carlsen KC, Mohammad Y, Mullol J, Ohta K, Papadopoulos NG, Pawankar R, Samolinski B, Schünemann HJ, Yusuf OM, Zuberbier T, Bousquet J. [ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma) achievements in 10 years and future needs]. Tuberk Toraks 2012; 60:92-7. [PMID: 22554377 DOI: 10.5578/tt.3734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Allergic rhinitis and asthma represent global health problems for all age groups. Asthma and rhinitis frequently co-exist in the same subjects. Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) was initiated during a World Health Organization (WHO) workshop in 1999 and was published in 2001. ARIA has reclassified allergic rhinitis as mild/moderate-severe and intermittent/persistent. This classification schema closely reflects the impact of allergic rhinitis on patients. In its 2010 Revision, ARIA developed clinical practice guidelines for the management of allergic rhinitis and asthma co-morbidities based on GRADE (Grading of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation). ARIA has been disseminated and implemented in over 50 countries of the world. In Turkey, it is important to make a record of ARIA achievements and to identify the still unmet clinical, research and implementation needs in order to strengthen the 2011 EU Priority on allergy and asthma in children.
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- A Yorgancıoğlu
- Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey.
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Santesso N, Akl EA, Bianchi M, Mente A, Mustafa R, Heels-Ansdell D, Schünemann HJ. Effects of higher- versus lower-protein diets on health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Clin Nutr 2012; 66:780-8. [PMID: 22510792 PMCID: PMC3392894 DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Numerous randomised controlled trials (RCTs) published in first tier medical journals have evaluated the health effects of diets high in protein. We conducted a rigorous systematic review of RCTs comparing higher- and lower-protein diets. METHODS We searched several electronic databases up to July 2011 for studies focusing on patient-important outcomes (for example, cardiovascular disease) and secondary outcomes such as risk factors for chronic disease (for example, adiposity). RESULTS We identified 111 articles reporting on 74 trials. Pooled effect sizes using standardised mean differences (SMDs) were small to moderate and favoured higher-protein diets for weight loss (SMD -0.36, 95% confidence interval (CI) -0.56 to -0.17), body mass index (-0.37, CI -0.56 to 0.19), waist circumference (-0.43, CI -0.69 to -0.16), blood pressure (systolic: -0.21, CI -0.32 to -0.09 and diastolic: -0.18, CI -0.29 to -0.06), high-density lipoproteins (HDL 0.25, CI 0.07 to 0.44), fasting insulin (-0.20, CI -0.39 to -0.01) and triglycerides (-0.51, CI -0.78 to -0.24). Sensitivity analysis of studies with lower risk of bias abolished the effect on HDL and fasting insulin, and reduced the effect on triglycerides. We observed nonsignificant effects on total cholesterol, low-density lipoproteins, C-reactive protein, HbA1c, fasting blood glucose, and surrogates for bone and kidney health. Adverse gastrointestinal events were more common with high-protein diets. Multivariable meta-regression analysis showed no significant dose response with higher protein intake. CONCLUSIONS Higher-protein diets probably improve adiposity, blood pressure and triglyceride levels, but these effects are small and need to be weighed against the potential for harms.
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- N Santesso
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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di Giuseppe R, Arcari A, Serafini M, Di Castelnuovo A, Zito F, De Curtis A, Sieri S, Krogh V, Pellegrini N, Schünemann HJ, Donati MB, de Gaetano G, Iacoviello L. Total dietary antioxidant capacity and lung function in an Italian population: a favorable role in premenopausal/never smoker women. Eur J Clin Nutr 2011; 66:61-8. [PMID: 21878959 DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Antioxidant-rich foods may favorably influence lung function. We examined possible associations between the total dietary antioxidant capacity (TAC) and pulmonary function in a healthy Italian population. SUBJECTS/METHODS Until May 2009, 22,300 persons were randomly recruited from the general population in the Moli-sani project. A sample only including healthy women (5824) and men (5848) was analyzed. TAC was measured in foods by three different assays and the ferric reducing-antioxidant power (FRAP) assay was selected as the better indicator of dietary TAC. The European Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Food Frequency Questionnaire was used for dietary assessment. The association between quintiles of dietary FRAP and pulmonary indexes was assessed using analysis of variance separately for men and women. RESULTS After adjustment for confounders, women in the highest quintile of FRAP intake had +39 ml forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV(1)) and +54 ml forced vital capacity, compared with those in the lowest quintile (P for trend ≤0.006). Stratified analysis showed that this relationship only occurred in women who were premenopausal/never smokers. In this subgroup, the observed effect of higher FRAP intake on FEV(1) was equivalent to an improvement in pulmonary age of 3.3 years. In men, all significant associations between pulmonary function and TAC were lost after adjustment for confounding. CONCLUSIONS Dietary TAC may have a favorable role in respiratory health, particularly in premenopausal/never smoker women.
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- R di Giuseppe
- Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Genetica ed Ambientale, Laboratori di Ricerca, Fondazione di Ricerca e Cura Giovanni Paolo II, Campobasso, Italy
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Falzon D, Jaramillo E, Schünemann HJ, Arentz M, Bauer M, Bayona J, Blanc L, Caminero JA, Daley CL, Duncombe C, Fitzpatrick C, Gebhard A, Getahun H, Henkens M, Holtz TH, Keravec J, Keshavjee S, Khan AJ, Kulier R, Leimane V, Lienhardt C, Lu C, Mariandyshev A, Migliori GB, Mirzayev F, Mitnick CD, Nunn P, Nwagboniwe G, Oxlade O, Palmero D, Pavlinac P, Quelapio MI, Raviglione MC, Rich ML, Royce S, Rüsch-Gerdes S, Salakaia A, Sarin R, Sculier D, Varaine F, Vitoria M, Walson JL, Wares F, Weyer K, White RA, Zignol M. WHO guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: 2011 update. Eur Respir J 2011; 38:516-28. [PMID: 21828024 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00073611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 474] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The production of guidelines for the management of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) fits the mandate of the World Health Organization (WHO) to support countries in the reinforcement of patient care. WHO commissioned external reviews to summarise evidence on priority questions regarding case-finding, treatment regimens for multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), monitoring the response to MDR-TB treatment, and models of care. A multidisciplinary expert panel used the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach to develop recommendations. The recommendations support the wider use of rapid drug susceptibility testing for isoniazid and rifampicin or rifampicin alone using molecular techniques. Monitoring by sputum culture is important for early detection of failure during treatment. Regimens lasting ≥ 20 months and containing pyrazinamide, a fluoroquinolone, a second-line injectable drug, ethionamide (or prothionamide), and either cycloserine or p-aminosalicylic acid are recommended. The guidelines promote the early use of antiretroviral agents for TB patients with HIV on second-line drug regimens. Systems that primarily employ ambulatory models of care are recommended over others based mainly on hospitalisation. Scientific and medical associations should promote the recommendations among practitioners and public health decision makers involved in MDR-TB care. Controlled trials are needed to improve the quality of existing evidence, particularly on the optimal composition and duration of MDR-TB treatment regimens.
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- D Falzon
- Stop TB Dept, World Health Organization, Geneva 27, Switzerland.
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Bousquet J, Schünemann HJ, Bousquet PJ, Bachert C, Canonica GW, Casale TB, Demoly P, Durham S, Carlsen KH, Malling HJ, Passalacqua G, Simons FER, Anto J, Baena-Cagnani CE, Bergmann KC, Bieber T, Briggs AH, Brozek J, Calderon MA, Dahl R, Devillier P, Gerth van Wijk R, Howarth P, Larenas D, Papadopoulos NG, Schmid-Grendelmeier P, Zuberbier T. How to design and evaluate randomized controlled trials in immunotherapy for allergic rhinitis: an ARIA-GA(2) LEN statement. Allergy 2011; 66:765-74. [PMID: 21496059 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02590.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Specific immunotherapy (SIT) is one of the treatments for allergic rhinitis. However, for allergists, nonspecialists, regulators, payers, and patients, there remain gaps in understanding the evaluation of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Although treating the same diseases, RCTs in SIT and pharmacotherapy should be considered separately for several reasons, as developed in this study. These include the severity and persistence of allergic rhinitis in the patients enrolled in the study, the problem of the placebo, allergen exposure (in particular pollen and mite), the analysis and reporting of the study, the level of symptoms of placebo-treated patients, the clinical relevance of the efficacy of SIT, the need for a validated combined symptom-medication score, the differences between children and adults and pharmacoeconomic analyses. This statement reviews issues raised by the interpretation of RCTs in sublingual immunotherapy. It is not possible to directly extrapolate the rules or parameters used in medication RCTs to SIT. It also provides some suggestions for the research that will be needed. Interestingly, some of the research questions can be approached with the available data obtained from large RCTs.
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MESH Headings
- Administration, Sublingual
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Allergens/administration & dosage
- Allergens/immunology
- Animals
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Desensitization, Immunologic/methods
- Humans
- Injections, Subcutaneous
- Mites/immunology
- Pollen/immunology
- Quality of Life
- Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic/methods
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial/diagnosis
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial/immunology
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial/physiopathology
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial/therapy
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal/diagnosis
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal/immunology
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal/physiopathology
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal/therapy
- Severity of Illness Index
- Treatment Outcome
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- Jean Bousquet
- University Hospital, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France.
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Brożek JL, Akl EA, Compalati E, Kreis J, Terracciano L, Fiocchi A, Ueffing E, Andrews J, Alonso-Coello P, Meerpohl JJ, Lang DM, Jaeschke R, Williams JW, Phillips B, Lethaby A, Bossuyt P, Glasziou P, Helfand M, Watine J, Afilalo M, Welch V, Montedori A, Abraha I, Horvath AR, Bousquet J, Guyatt GH, Schünemann HJ. Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in clinical practice guidelines part 3 of 3. The GRADE approach to developing recommendations. Allergy 2011; 66:588-95. [PMID: 21241318 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2010.02530.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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This is the third and last article in the series about the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach to grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations in clinical practice guidelines and its application in the field of allergy. We describe the factors that influence the strength of recommendations about the use of diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic interventions: the balance of desirable and undesirable consequences, the quality of a body of evidence related to a decision, patients' values and preferences, and considerations of resource use. We provide examples from two recently developed guidelines in the field of allergy that applied the GRADE approach. The main advantages of this approach are the focus on patient important outcomes, explicit consideration of patients' values and preferences, the systematic approach to collecting the evidence, the clear separation of the concepts of quality of evidence and strength of recommendations, and transparent reporting of the decision process. The focus on transparency facilitates understanding and implementation and should empower patients, clinicians and other health care professionals to make informed choices.
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- J L Brożek
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Bousquet J, Schünemann HJ, Zuberbier T, Bachert C, Baena-Cagnani CE, Bousquet PJ, Brozek J, Canonica GW, Casale TB, Demoly P, Gerth van Wijk R, Ohta K, Bateman ED, Calderon M, Cruz AA, Dolen WK, Haughney J, Lockey RF, Lötvall J, O'Byrne P, Spranger O, Togias A, Bonini S, Boulet LP, Camargos P, Carlsen KH, Chavannes NH, Delgado L, Durham SR, Fokkens WJ, Fonseca J, Haahtela T, Kalayci O, Kowalski ML, Larenas-Linnemann D, Li J, Mohammad Y, Mullol J, Naclerio R, O'Hehir RE, Papadopoulos N, Passalacqua G, Rabe KF, Pawankar R, Ryan D, Samolinski B, Simons FER, Valovirta E, Yorgancioglu A, Yusuf OM, Agache I, Aït-Khaled N, Annesi-Maesano I, Beghe B, Ben Kheder A, Blaiss MS, Boakye DA, Bouchard J, Burney PG, Busse WW, Chan-Yeung M, Chen Y, Chuchalin AG, Costa DJ, Custovic A, Dahl R, Denburg J, Douagui H, Emuzyte R, Grouse L, Humbert M, Jackson C, Johnston SL, Kaliner MA, Keith PK, Kim YY, Klossek JM, Kuna P, Le LT, Lemiere C, Lipworth B, Mahboub B, Malo JL, Marshall GD, Mavale-Manuel S, Meltzer EO, Morais-Almeida M, Motala C, Naspitz C, Nekam K, Niggemann B, Nizankowska-Mogilnicka E, Okamoto Y, Orru MP, Ouedraogo S, Palkonen S, Popov TA, Price D, Rosado-Pinto J, Scadding GK, Sooronbaev TM, Stoloff SW, Toskala E, van Cauwenberge P, Vandenplas O, van Weel C, Viegi G, Virchow JC, Wang DY, Wickman M, Williams D, Yawn BP, Zar HJ, Zernotti M, Zhong N. Development and implementation of guidelines in allergic rhinitis – an ARIA-GA2LEN paper. Allergy 2010; 65:1212-21. [PMID: 20887423 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2010.02439.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The links between asthma and rhinitis are well characterized. The Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines stress the importance of these links and provide guidance for their prevention and treatment. Despite effective treatments being available, too few patients receive appropriate medical care for both diseases. Most patients with rhinitis and asthma consult primary care physicians and therefore these physicians are encouraged to understand and use ARIA guidelines. Patients should also be informed about these guidelines to raise their awareness of optimal care and increase control of the two related diseases. To apply these guidelines, clinicians and patients need to understand how and why the recommendations were made. The goal of the ARIA guidelines is to provide recommendations about the best management options for most patients in most situations. These recommendations should be based on the best available evidence. Making recommendations requires the assessment of the quality of available evidence, deciding on the balance between benefits and downsides, consideration of patients’ values and preferences, and, if applicable, resource implications. Guidelines must be updated as new management options become available or important new evidence emerges. Transparent reporting of guidelines facilitates understanding and acceptance, but implementation strategies need to be improved.
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- Jean Bousquet
- University Hospital, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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Bousquet PJ, Brozek J, Bachert C, Bieber T, Bonini S, Burney P, Calderon M, Canonica GW, Compalati E, Daures JP, Delgado L, Demoly P, Dahl R, Durham SR, Kowalski ML, Malling HJ, Merk H, Papadopoulos N, Passalacqua G, Simon HU, Worms M, Wahn U, Zuberbier T, Schünemann HJ, Bousquet J. The CONSORT statement checklist in allergen-specific immunotherapy: a GA2LEN paper. Allergy 2009; 64:1737-45. [PMID: 19860788 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02232.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The methodology of randomized clinical trials is essential for the critical assessment and registration of therapeutic interventions. The CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) statement was developed to alleviate the problems arising from the inadequate reporting of randomized controlled trials. The present article reflects on the items that we believe should be included in the CONSORT checklist in the context of conducting and reporting trials in allergen-specific immunotherapy. Only randomized, blinded (in particular blinding of patients, health care providers, and outcome assessors), placebo-controlled Phase III studies in this article. Our analysis focuses on the definition of patients' inclusion and exclusion criteria, allergen standardization, primary, secondary and exploratory outcomes, reporting of adverse events and analysis.
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- P J Bousquet
- Département de Biostatistique, Epidémiologie Clinique Santé Publique et Information Médicale, Groupe Hospitalo-Universtaire Carémeau, Nîmes Cedex, France
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Brozek JL, Akl EA, Jaeschke R, Lang DM, Bossuyt P, Glasziou P, Helfand M, Ueffing E, Alonso-Coello P, Meerpohl J, Phillips B, Horvath AR, Bousquet J, Guyatt GH, Schünemann HJ. Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in clinical practice guidelines: Part 2 of 3. The GRADE approach to grading quality of evidence about diagnostic tests and strategies. Allergy 2009; 64:1109-16. [PMID: 19489757 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02083.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The GRADE approach to grading the quality of evidence and strength of recommendations provides a comprehensive and transparent approach for developing clinical recommendations about using diagnostic tests or diagnostic strategies. Although grading the quality of evidence and strength of recommendations about using tests shares the logic of grading recommendations for treatment, it presents unique challenges. Guideline panels and clinicians should be alert to these special challenges when using the evidence about the accuracy of tests as the basis for clinical decisions. In the GRADE system, valid diagnostic accuracy studies can provide high quality evidence of test accuracy. However, such studies often provide only low quality evidence for the development of recommendations about diagnostic testing, as test accuracy is a surrogate for patient-important outcomes at best. Inferring from data on accuracy that using a test improves outcomes that are important to patients requires availability of an effective treatment, improved patients' wellbeing through prognostic information, or - by excluding an ominous diagnosis - reduction of anxiety and the opportunity for earlier search for an alternative diagnosis for which beneficial treatment can be available. Assessing the directness of evidence supporting the use of a diagnostic test requires judgments about the relationship between test results and patient-important consequences. Well-designed and conducted studies of allergy tests in parallel with efforts to evaluate allergy treatments critically will encourage improved guideline development for allergic diseases.
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- J L Brozek
- Department of Epidemiology, Italian National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy
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Bousquet J, Burney PG, Zuberbier T, Cauwenberge PV, Akdis CA, Bindslev-Jensen C, Bonini S, Fokkens WJ, Kauffmann F, Kowalski ML, Lodrup-Carlsen K, Mullol J, Nizankowska-Mogilnicka E, Papadopoulos N, Toskala E, Wickman M, Anto J, Auvergne N, Bachert C, Bousquet PJ, Brunekreef B, Canonica GW, Carlsen KH, Gjomarkaj M, Haahtela T, Howarth P, Lenzen G, Lotvall J, Radon K, Ring J, Salapatas M, Schünemann HJ, Szczecklik A, Todo-Bom A, Valovirta E, von Mutius E, Zock JP. GA2LEN (Global Allergy and Asthma European Network) addresses the allergy and asthma 'epidemic'. Allergy 2009; 64:969-77. [PMID: 19392994 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02059.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Allergic diseases represent a major health problem in Europe. They are increasing in prevalence, severity and costs. The Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA(2)LEN), a Sixth EU Framework Program for Research and Technological Development (FP6) Network of Excellence, was created in 2005 as a vehicle to ensure excellence in research bringing together research and clinical institutions to combat fragmentation in the European research area and to tackle allergy in its globality. The Global Allergy and Asthma European Network has benefited greatly from the voluntary efforts of researchers who are strongly committed to this model of pan-European collaboration. The network was organized in order to increase networking for scientific projects in allergy and asthma around Europe and to make GA(2)LEN the world leader in the field. Besides these activities, research has also been carried out and the first papers are being published. Achievements of the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network can be grouped as follows: (i) those for a durable infrastructure built up during the project phase, (ii) those which are project-related and based on these novel infrastructures, and (iii) the development and implementation of guidelines. The major achievements of GA(2)LEN are reported in this paper.
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- J Bousquet
- University Hospital and INSERM U780, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France
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Brozek JL, Akl EA, Alonso-Coello P, Lang D, Jaeschke R, Williams JW, Phillips B, Lelgemann M, Lethaby A, Bousquet J, Guyatt GH, Schünemann HJ. Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in clinical practice guidelines. Part 1 of 3. An overview of the GRADE approach and grading quality of evidence about interventions. Allergy 2009; 64:669-77. [PMID: 19210357 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.01973.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 472] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The GRADE (Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) approach provides guidance to grading the quality of underlying evidence and the strength of recommendations in health care. The GRADE system's conceptual underpinnings allow for a detailed stepwise process that defines what role the quality of the available evidence plays in the development of health care recommendations. The merit of GRADE is not that it eliminates judgments or disagreements about evidence and recommendations, but rather that it makes them transparent. This first article in a three-part series describes the GRADE framework in relation to grading the quality of evidence about interventions based on examples from the field of allergy and asthma. In the GRADE system, the quality of evidence reflects the extent to which a guideline panel's confidence in an estimate of the effect is adequate to support a particular recommendation. The system classifies quality of evidence as high, moderate, low, or very low according to factors that include the study methodology, consistency and precision of the results, and directness of the evidence.
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- J L Brozek
- Department of Epidemiology, Italian National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy
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Kunz R, Burnand B, Schünemann HJ. [The GRADE System. An international approach to standardize the graduation of evidence and recommendations in guidelines]. Internist (Berl) 2008; 49:673-80. [PMID: 18461295 DOI: 10.1007/s00108-008-2141-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Clinical practice guidelines have become an important source of information to support clinicians in the management of individual patients. However, current guideline methods have limitations that include the lack of separating the quality of evidence from the strength of recommendations. The Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) working group, an international collaboration of guideline developers, methodologists, and clinicians have developed a system that addresses these shortcomings. Core elements include transparent methodology for grading the quality of evidence, the distinction between quality of the evidence and strength of a recommendation, an explicit balancing of benefits and harms of health care interventions, an explicit recognition of the values and preferences that underlie recommendations. The GRADE system has been piloted in various practice settings to ensure that it captures the complexity involved in evidence assessment and grading recommendations while maintaining simplicity and practicality. Many guideline organizations and medical societies have endorsed the system and adopted it for their guideline processes.
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- R Kunz
- Basel Institut für Klinische Epidemiologie, Universitätsspital Basel, Hebelstrasse 19, 4031, Basel, Switzerland.
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Cercato MC, Nagore E, Ramazzotti V, Guillén C, Terrenato I, Villena J, Lomuscio M, Natali PG, Schünemann HJ. "Self and parent-assessed skin cancer risk factors in school-age children". Prev Med 2008; 47:133-5. [PMID: 18420261 DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2007] [Revised: 03/05/2008] [Accepted: 03/05/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate sunburn, sun sensitivity factors and sun protection behavior in school-age children. METHODS 2002 to 2004 survey of 2942 children in primary schools of Valencia, Spain, and their parents, using a self-administered questionnaire filled by the children with the help of their parents. RESULTS Having a fair skin (OR: 2.05; 95% CI: 1.38-3.04), light coloured eyes (OR: 1.38; 95% CI: 1.12-1.68), freckles (OR: 1.32; 95% CI:1.12-1.56), and older age (OR: 2.34; 95% CI:1.96-2.80) were associated with occurrence of sunburns. Hair color, gender, use of sunscreens, wearing T-shirts and sunglasses were not. Wearing hats (OR: 0.64; 95% CI: 0.54-0.75) was inversely associated. Parents were significantly more inclined to protect younger and fair-skinned children with sunscreen and T-shirts. CONCLUSIONS As expected, phenotype is related to sunburns and appears to influence parent's sun protection behaviours.
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- M C Cercato
- Department of Epidemiology, Italian National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Via E. Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.
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Bousquet J, Fokkens W, Burney P, Durham SR, Bachert C, Akdis CA, Canonica GW, Dahlen SE, Zuberbier T, Bieber T, Bonini S, Bousquet PJ, Brozek JL, Cardell LO, Crameri R, Custovic A, Demoly P, van Wijk RG, Gjomarkaj M, Holland C, Howarth P, Humbert M, Johnston SL, Kauffmann F, Kowalski ML, Lambrecht B, Lehmann S, Leynaert B, Lodrup-Carlsen K, Mullol J, Niggemann B, Nizankowska-Mogilnicka E, Papadopoulos N, Passalacqua G, Schünemann HJ, Simon HU, Todo-Bom A, Toskala E, Valenta R, Wickman M, Zock JP. Important research questions in allergy and related diseases: nonallergic rhinitis: a GA2LEN paper. Allergy 2008; 63:842-53. [PMID: 18588549 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2008.01715.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Nonallergic rhinitis (NAR) can be defined as a chronic nasal inflammation which is not caused by systemic IgE-dependent mechanisms. It is common and probably affects far more than 200 million people worldwide. Both children and adults are affected. However, its exact prevalence is unknown and its phenotypes need to be evaluated using appropriate methods to better understand its pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. It is important to differentiate between infectious rhinitis, allergic/NAR and chronic rhinosinusitis, as management differs for each of these cases. Characterization of the phenotype, mechanisms and management of NAR represents one of the major unmet needs in allergic and nonallergic diseases. Studies on children and adults are required in order to appreciate the prevalence, phenotype, severity and co-morbidities of NAR. These studies should compare allergic and NAR and consider different age group populations including elderly subjects. Mechanistic studies should be carried out to better understand the disease(s) and risk factors and to guide towards an improved diagnosis and therapy. These studies need to take the heterogeneity of NAR into account. It is likely that neuronal mechanisms, T cells, innate immunity and possibly auto-immune responses all play a role in NAR and may also contribute to the symptoms of allergic rhinitis.
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- J Bousquet
- University Hospital and INSERM, Montpellier, France
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Puhan MA, Mador MJ, Held U, Goldstein R, Guyatt GH, Schünemann HJ. Interpretation of treatment changes in 6-minute walk distance in patients with COPD. Eur Respir J 2008; 32:637-43. [PMID: 18550610 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00140507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 234] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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There is uncertainty about the interpretation of changes in the 6-min walk distance (6MWD) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and whether the minimal important difference (MID) for this useful outcome measure exists. Data were used from nine trials enrolling a wide spectrum of COPD patients with 6MWD at baseline and follow-up and used to determine threshold values for important changes in 6MWD using three distribution-based methods. Anchor-based methods to determine a MID were also evaluated. Data were included of 460 COPD patients with a mean+/-sd forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV(1)) of 39.2+/-14.1% predicted and 6MWD of 361+/-112 m at baseline. Threshold values for important effects in 6MWD were between 29 and 42 m, respectively, using the empirical rule effect size and the standardised response mean. The threshold value was 35 m (95% confidence interval 30-42 m) based on the standard error of measurement. Correlations of 6MWD with patient-reported anchors were too low to provide meaningful MID estimates. 6-min walk distance should change by approximately 35 m for patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in order to represent an important effect. This corresponds to a 10% change of baseline 6-min walk distance. The low correlations of 6-min walk distance with patient-reported anchors question whether a minimal important difference exists for the 6-min walk distance.
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- M A Puhan
- Horten Centre, University Hospital of Zurich, Postfach Nord, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Akl EA, Barba M, Rohilla S, Terrenato I, Sperati F, Muti P, Schünemann HJ. Anticoagulation for the long term treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2008:CD006650. [PMID: 18425959 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd006650.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cancer increases the risk of thromboembolic events and the risk of recurrent thromboembolic events while on anticoagulation. OBJECTIVES To compare the efficacy and safety of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) and oral anticoagulants (vitamin K antagonist (VKA) and ximelagatran) for the long term treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with cancer. SEARCH STRATEGY A comprehensive search was undertaken including a January 2007 search of electronic databases; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), (The Cochrane Library 2007, Issue 1). MEDLINE (1966 onwards; accessed via OVID), EMBASE (1980 onwards; accessed via OVID) and ISI the Web of Science. Hand search of the proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and of the American Society of Hematology. Checking of references of included studies, relevant papers and related systematic reviews. Use of "related article" feature in PubMed; and (5) search of ISI the Web of Science for papers citing landmark studies. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing long term treatment with LMWH versus oral anticoagulants (VKA or ximelagatran) in patients with cancer and symptomatic objectively confirmed VTE. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Using a standardized data form we extracted data on methodological quality, participants, interventions and outcomes of interest: survival, recurrent VTE, major bleeding, minor bleeding, thrombocytopenia and postphlebitic syndrome. MAIN RESULTS Of 3986 identified citations, eight RCTs were eligible and reported data for patients with cancer. Their overall methodological quality was moderate. Meta-analysis of six RCTs showed that LMWH, compared to VKA provided no statistically significant survival benefit (Hazard ratio (HR) = 0.96; 95% CI 0.81 to 1.14) but a statistically significant reduction in VTE (HR = 0.47; 95% (Confidence Interval (CI) = 0.32 to 0.71). There was no statistically significant difference between LMWH and VKA in bleeding outcomes (RR = 0.91; 95% CI = 0.64 to 1.31) or thrombocytopenia (RR = 1.02; 95% CI = 0.60 to 1.74). One RCT compared tinzaparin and dalteparin and showed no differences in the outcomes of interest. One RCT compared a six months extension of anticoagulation with 18 months Ximelagatran 24mg twice daily versus placebo. It showed a reduction in VTE (HR = 0.16; 95% CI 0.09 to 0.30) with no apparent effect on survival or bleeding. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS For the long term treatment of VTE in patients with cancer, LMWH compared to VKA reduces venous thromboembolic events but not death. The decision for a patient with cancer and VTE to start long term LMWH versus oral anticoagulation should balance the benefits and downsides and integrate the patient's values and preferences for the important outcomes and alternative management strategies.
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- E A Akl
- State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Medicine, ECMC, CC-142, 462 Girder Street, Buffalo, New York 14215, USA.
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BACKGROUND The use of games as an educational strategy has the potential to improve health professionals' performance (e.g. adherence to standards of care) through improving their knowledge, skills and attitudes. OBJECTIVES The objective was to assess the effect of educational games on health professionals' performance, knowledge, skills, attitude and satisfaction, and on patient outcomes. SEARCH STRATEGY We used a comprehensive search strategy including an electronic search of the following databases: DARE, EPOC register, CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, AMED, ERIC, and Dissertation Abstracts Online (search date: January 2007). We also screened the reference list of included studies and relevant reviews, contact authors of relevant papers and reviews, and searched ISI Web of Science for papers citing studies included in the review SELECTION CRITERIA We included randomized controlled trials (RCT), controlled clinical trials (CCT), controlled before and after (CBA) and interrupted time-series analysis (ITS). Study participants were qualified health professionals or in postgraduate training. The intervention was an educational game with "a form of competitive activity or sport played according to rules". DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Using a standardized data form we extracted data on methodological quality, participants, interventions and outcomes of interest that included patient outcomes, professional behaviour (process of care outcomes), and professional's knowledge, skills, attitude and satisfaction. MAIN RESULTS The search strategy identified 1156 citations. Out of 55 potentially eligible citations, we included one RCT. The methodological quality was fair. The game, used as a reinforcement technique, was based on the television game show "Family Feud" and focused on infection control. The study did not assess any patient or process of care outcomes. The group that was randomized to the game had statistically higher scores on the knowledge test (P = 0.02). AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS The findings of this systematic review do not confirm nor refute the utility of games as a teaching strategy for health professionals. There is a need for additional high-quality research to explore the impact of educational games on patient and performance outcomes.
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- E A Akl
- State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Medicine, ECMC, CC-142, 462 Girder Street, Buffalo, New York 14215, USA.
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Akl EA, Rohilla S, Barba M, Sperati F, Terrenato I, Muti P, Schünemann HJ. Anticoagulation for the initial treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2008:CD006649. [PMID: 18254108 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd006649.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND Compared to patients without cancer, patients with cancer receiving anticoagulant treatment for venous thromboembolism are more likely to develop recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE). OBJECTIVES To compare the efficacy and safety of three types of anticoagulants (i.e. low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), unfractionated heparin (UFH), and fondaparinux) for the initial treatment of VTE in patients with cancer. SEARCH STRATEGY A comprehensive search for studies of anticoagulation in cancer patients including a January 2007 electronic search of : Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE, EMBASE and ISI the Web of Science. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) comparing LMWH, UFH, and fondaparinux in patients with cancer and objectively confirmed VTE. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Using a standardized data form data was extracted in duplicate on methodological quality, participants, interventions and outcomes of interest that included all cause mortality, recurrent VTE, major bleeding, minor bleeding, thrombocytopenia and postphlebitic syndrome. MAIN RESULTS Of 3986 identified citations, 26 RCTs including cancer patients as subgroups fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Cancer subgroup data was obtained for 15 of the 26 RCTs. Thirteen studies compared a LMWH to UFH while one study compared fondaparinux to UFH and one study compared dalteparin to tinzaparin. Meta-analysis of 11 studies showed a statistically significant mortality reduction in patients treated with LMWH compared with those treated with UFH (Relative risk (RR) = 0.71; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.52 to 0.98). There was little change in the results after excluding studies of lower methodological quality (RR = 0.72; 95% CI 0.52 to 1.00). A meta-analysis of three studies comparing LMWH with UFH in reducing recurrent VTE was inconclusive (RR = 0.78; 95% CI 0.29 to 2.08). No data was available for bleeding outcomes, thrombocytopenia or postphlebitic syndrome. Compared to UFH, fondaparinux showed a non-statistically significant benefit for the outcome of death (RR = 0.52; 95% CI 0.26 to 1.05). The one study comparing dalteparin to tinzaparin showed a non-statistically significant mortality reduction with dalteparin (RR = 0.86; 95% CI 0.43 to 1.73). AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Based on the included trials, LMWH is likely to be superior to UFH in the initial treatment of VTE in patients with cancer. However, there is a need for more trials to better address this research question in cancer patients. Moreover, researchers should consider making the raw data of RCTs available for individual patient data meta-analyses.
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- E A Akl
- State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Medicine, ECMC, CC-142, 462 Girder Street, Buffalo, New York 14215, USA.
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Brozek JL, Baena-Cagnani CE, Bonini S, Canonica GW, Rasi G, van Wijk RG, Zuberbier T, Guyatt G, Bousquet J, Schünemann HJ. Methodology for development of the Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma guideline 2008 update. Allergy 2008; 63:38-46. [PMID: 18053015 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2007.01560.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND We describe the methodology for the 2008 update of the Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines. The methodology differs from the 2001 edition in several respects. The most prominent change is the application of the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach to compiling evidence, assessing the quality of evidence and grading of recommendations. METHODS AND RESULTS Representatives of the GRADE working group joined the ARIA guideline panel to achieve these tasks. While most recommendations result from existing systematic reviews, systematic reviews were not always available and the panel compiled the best available evidence in evidence profiles without conducting actual reviews. The panel conducted two meetings and used the GRADE criteria to assess the quality of evidence (four categories of high, moderate, low and very low) and the strength of recommendation (strong and weak) based on weighing up the desirable and undesirable effects of management strategies, considering values and preferences influencing recommendations, and resource implications. The guideline panel has chosen the words 'we recommend'--for strong recommendations and 'we suggest'--for weak recommendations. Both categories indicate the best course of action for a given patient population, but their implementation, requires different considerations as we describe subsequently in this article. CONCLUSIONS The 2008 update of the ARIA guidelines has become more evidence-based. Future iterations of the guidelines will further be improved by following the described processes even closer, such as ensuring availability of updated high quality systematic reviews for each question.
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- J L Brozek
- S.C. Epidemiologia, Italian National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy
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Capurso G, Schünemann HJ, Terrenato I, Moretti A, Koch M, Muti P, Capurso L, Delle Fave G. Meta-analysis: the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and pancreatic cancer risk for different exposure categories. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2007; 26:1089-99. [PMID: 17894651 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03495.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND A better understanding of predictors of risk for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) could inform preventive efforts against this lethal cancer. While aspirin (ASA) and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) might protect against several gastrointestinal cancers, their role in the development of PDAC remains unclear. AIM To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on the relation between ASA/NSAIDs exposure and the risk of PDAC. Methods We searched Pubmed, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane database of systematic reviews and reference lists of identified papers and included observational (cohort or case-control) studies and randomized controlled trials examining exposure to ASA and/or NSAIDs and the incidence or mortality of PDAC. We defined three categories (low, intermediate, high), based on exposure duration and dose. RESULTS Eight studies fulfilled our inclusion criteria (four cohort, three case controls, and one randomized controlled trial studies) enrolling 6301 patients between 1971-2004; all but one study took place in the US. The pooled OR were 0.99 (0.83-1.19), 1.11 (0.84-1.47) and 1.09 (0.67-1.75) in the low, intermediate and high exposure groups respectively, with considerable heterogeneity (I(2) ranging 60-86%). Sensitivity analysis by ASA use only, study design or sex did not reveal additional important information. CONCLUSIONS This study did not show an association between ASA/NSAIDs and PDAC. The large baseline exposure in controls in North-America may have obscured an association. There is need for additional studies, especially in Europe, to clarify this issue.
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- G Capurso
- Digestive and Liver Disease Unit, II Medical School, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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Akl EA, Karmath G, Yosuico V, Kim SY, Barba M, Sperati F, Cook D, Schünemann HJ. Anticoagulation for thrombosis prophylaxis in cancer patients with central venous catheters. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2007:CD006468. [PMID: 17636845 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd006468.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Central venous catheter (CVC) placement increases the risk of thrombosis in cancer patients. Thrombosis often necessitates the removal of the CVC, resulting in treatment delays and thrombosis related morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the efficacy and safety of anticoagulation in reducing venous thromboembolic (VTE) events in cancer patients with CVC. SEARCH STRATEGY A comprehensive search for studies of anticoagulation in cancer patients up to January 2006 was conducted in the following databases: The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials ( CENTRAL), MEDLINE, EMBASE and ISI the Web of Science. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing unfractionated heparin (UFH), low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), vitamin K antagonists (VKA), fondaparinux or ximelagatran to no intervention or placebo in cancer patients with a CVC or comparing two different anticoagulants. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Data was extracted on methodological quality, patients, interventions and outcomes including all cause mortality (primary outcome), premature CVC removal, catheter-related infections, CVC site and non CVC site deep venous thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), major and minor bleeding and thrombocytopenia. MAIN RESULTS Of 3986 identified citations nine RCTs were included in the meta-analysis including one published as an abstract and one focusing on paediatric patients not included in the meta-analysis. None of these RCTs tested fondaparinux or ximelagatran. The use of heparin in cancer patients with CVC was associated with a trend towards a reduction in symptomatic DVT (Relative Risk (RR) = 0.43; 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 0.18 to 1.06), but the data did not show any statistically significant effect on mortality (RR = 0.74; 95% CI: 0.40 to 1.36), infection (RR = 0.91; 95% CI: 0.36 to 2.28), major bleeding (RR = 0.68; 95% CI: 0.10 to 4.78) or thrombocytopenia (RR = 0.85; 95% CI: 0.49 to 1.46). The effect warfarin on symptomatic DVT was not statistically significant (RR = 0.62; 95% CI: 0.30 to 1.27). When studies assessing different types of anticoagulants were pooled, symptomatic DVT rates were significantly reduced (RR = 0.56; 95% CI: 0.34 to 0.92). AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Cancer patients with CVC considering anticoagulation, should consider the possible benefit of reduced incidence of thromboembolic complications with the burden and harms of anticoagulation. Future studies should be adequately powered and evaluate the effects of newer anticoagulants such as fondaparinux and ximelagatran in cancer patients with CVC.
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- State University of New York at Buffalo, Medicine, ECMC, CC-142, 462 Girder Street, Buffalo, New York 14215, USA.
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Akl EA, van Doormaal FF, Barba M, Kamath G, Kim SY, Kuipers S, Middeldorp S, Yosuico V, Dickinson HO, Schünemann HJ. Parenteral anticoagulation for prolonging survival in patients with cancer who have no other indication for anticoagulation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2007:CD006652. [PMID: 17636846 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd006652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Basic research and clinical studies have generated the hypothesis that anticoagulation may improve survival in patients with cancer through an antitumour effect in addition to the antithrombotic effect. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the efficacy and safety of heparin (including unfractionated heparin (UFH) and low molecular weight heparin (LMWH)) and fondaparinux to improve survival of patients with cancer. SEARCH STRATEGY A comprehensive search for studies of anticoagulation in cancer patients including (1) A January 2007 electronic search of the following databases: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE, EMBASE and ISI the Web of Science; (2) Hand search of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and of the American Society of Hematology; (3) Checking of references of included studies; and (4) Use of "related article" feature in PubMed. SELECTION CRITERIA We included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in cancer patients without clinical evidence of venous thromboembolism comparing UFH, LMWH or fondaparinux to no intervention or placebo and RCTs comparing two of the three agents of interest. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Using a standardized form we extracted in duplicate data on methodological quality, participants, interventions and outcomes of interest including all cause mortality, venous thrombosis, symptomatic pulmonary embolism, major bleeding and minor bleeding. MAIN RESULTS Of 3986 identified citations five RCTs fulfilled the inclusion criteria. In all included RCTs the intervention consisted of heparin ( either UFH or LMWH). The overall methodological quality of the included studies was acceptable. Overall, heparin therapy was associated with a statistically and clinically significant survival benefit (hazard ratio (HR) = 0.77; 95% CI: 0.65 to 0.91). In subgroup analyses, patients with limited small cell lung cancer experienced a clear survival benefit (HR = 0.56; 95% CI: 0.38 to 0.83). The survival benefit was not statistically significant for either patients with extensive small cell lung cancer (HR = 0.80; 95% CI: 0.60 to 1.06) or patients with advanced cancer (HR = 0.84; 95%: 0.68 to 1.03). The increased risk of bleeding with heparin was not statistically significant (RR = 1.78; 95% CI: 0.73 to 4.38). AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Heparin has a survival benefit in cancer patients in general, and in patients with limited small cell lung cancer in particular. Heparin might be particularly beneficial in cancer patients with limited cancer or a longer life expectancy. Future research should investigate the survival benefit of different types of anticoagulants (in different dosing, schedules and duration of therapy) in patients with different types and stages of cancers.
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- E A Akl
- State University of New York at Buffalo, Medicine, ECMC, CC-142, 462 Girder Street, Buffalo, New York, 14215, USA.
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Akl EA, Kamath G, Kim SY, Yosuico V, Barba M, Terrenato I, Sperati F, Schünemann HJ. Oral anticoagulation may prolong survival of a subgroup of patients with cancer: a cochrane systematic review. J Exp Clin Cancer Res 2007; 26:175-84. [PMID: 17725096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of oral anticoagulants in improving survival of cancer patients. We conducted in January 2007 a comprehensive search for relevant randomized clinical trials (RCTs). We extracted data on methodological quality, participants, interventions and outcomes using a standardized form. Five RCTs fulfilled the inclusion criteria and all compared warfarin to either placebo or no intervention. Their overall methodological quality was acceptable. The effect of warfarin on mortality was not statistically significant at 6 months (RR = 0.96; 95% CI 0.80-1.16), at 1 year (RR = 0.95; 95% CI 0.86-1.05), at 2 years (RR = 0.97; 95% CI 0.87-1.08) or at 5 years (RR 0.91; 95% CI 0.83-1.01). In the subgroup of patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC), warfarin reduced mortality at 6 months (RR = 0.69; 95% CI 0.50-0.96) but not at 1 year (RR = 0.88; 95% CI 0.77-1.01). This 6 months mortality benefit was statistically significant in the subgroup of extensive SCLC (RR = 0.65; 95% CI 0.45-0.93) but not in the subgroup of limited SCLC (RR = 0.68; 95% CI 0.36-1.28). Warfarin increased both major bleeding (RR = 4.24; 95% CI 1.85-9.68) and minor bleeding (RR = 3.34; 95% CI 1.66-6.74). The evidence suggests a survival benefit from warfarin in patients with extensive SCLC, but not in other patient groups. This survival benefit should be weighed against the increased risk for hemorrhage.
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- E A Akl
- Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY 14215, USA.
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Schünemann HJ, Castelli M, Muti P. Systematic reviews for the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research: going where the science takes us. J Exp Clin Cancer Res 2007; 26:169-174. [PMID: 19069300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Akl EA, Kamath G, Kim SY, Yosuico V, Barba M, Terrenato I, Sperati F, Schünemann HJ. Oral anticoagulation for prolonging survival in patients with cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2007:CD006466. [PMID: 17443622 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd006466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND A number of basic research and clinical studies have led to the hypothesis that oral anticoagulants may improve the survival of patients with cancer through an antitumour effect in addition to their antithrombotic effect. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of oral anticoagulation (including vitamin K antagonists and ximelagatran) as an intervention to improve survival of patients with cancer. SEARCH STRATEGY A comprehensive search for studies of anticoagulation in cancer patients including (1) a January 2007 electronic search of the following databases: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE, EMBASE, ISI the Web of Science; (2) hand search of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (starting with its first volume, 1982) and of the American Society of Hematology (starting with its 2003 issue); (3) checking of references of included studies; and (4) use of "related article" feature in PubMed. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) comparing vitamin K antagonist or ximelagatran to no intervention or placebo in cancer patients without clinical evidence of venous thromboembolism. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Using a standardized data form we extracted data on methodological quality, participants, interventions and outcome of interest that included all cause mortality, symptomatic deep venous thrombosis, symptomatic pulmonary embolism, major bleeding and minor bleeding. MAIN RESULTS Of 3986 identified citations five RCTs fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Warfarin was the oral anticoagulant in all of these RCTs and it was compared to either placebo or no intervention. The overall methodological quality of these RCTs was acceptable. The effect of warfarin on reduction in mortality was not statistically significant at six months (Relative risk (RR) = 0.96; 95% CI 0.80 to 1.16), at one year (RR = 0.95; 95% CI 0.86 to 1.05) at 2 years (RR = 0.97; 95% CI 0.87 to 1.08) or at five years (RR 0.91; 95% CI 0.83 to 1.01). In the subgroup of patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC), warfarin reduced mortality at six months (RR = 0.69; 95% CI 0.50 to 0.96) but not at one year (RR = 0.88; 95% CI 0.77 to 1.01). This six month mortality benefit was statistically significant in the subgroup of extensive SCLC (RR = 0.65; 95% CI 0.45 to 0.93) but not in the subgroup of limited SCLC (RR = 0.68; 95% CI 0.36 to 1.28). One study assessed the effect of warfarin on venous thromboembolism and showed a RR reduction of 85% (p = 0.031). Warfarin increased both major bleeding (RR = 4.24; 95% CI 1.85 to 9.68) and minor bleeding (RR = 3.34; 95% CI 1.66 to 6.74). Warfarin increased the risk of major bleeding (RR 5.46; 95% CI 3.04 to 9.81) and minor bleeding (RR 4.01; 95% CI 1.30 to 12.42) also in patients with SCLC. There was no evidence for a significant reduction in mortality in any other cancer subtype. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Existing evidence does not suggest a mortality benefit from oral anticoagulation in patients with cancer. In patients with SCLC, the evidence suggests a survival benefit at six months from warfarin particularly when the disease is extensive. The decision for a patient with extensive SCLC to start warfarin for survival benefit should balance that benefit with the downsides of increased bleeding risk in light of patient values for these outcomes.
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- State University of New York at Buffalo, Medicine, ECMC, CC-142, 462 Girder Street, Buffalo, New York 14215, USA.
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Ochs-Balcom HM, Grant BJB, Muti P, Sempos CT, Freudenheim JL, Browne RW, McCann SE, Trevisan M, Cassano PA, Iacoviello L, Schünemann HJ. Antioxidants, oxidative stress, and pulmonary function in individuals diagnosed with asthma or COPD. Eur J Clin Nutr 2006; 60:991-9. [PMID: 16482071 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to investigate the association between antioxidant nutrients and markers of oxidative stress with pulmonary function in persons with chronic airflow limitation. DESIGN Cross-sectional study exploring the association of antioxidant nutrients and markers of oxidative stress with forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1%) and forced vital capacity (FVC%). SETTING/SUBJECTS The study data included 218 persons with chronic airflow limitation recruited randomly from the general population of Erie and Niagara counties, New York State, USA. RESULTS After adjustment for covariates, multiple linear regression analysis showed that serum beta-cryptoxanthin, lutein/zeaxanthin, and retinol, and dietary beta-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, lutein/zeaxanthin, vitamin C, and lycopene were positively associated with FEV1% (P < 0.05, all associations). Serum vitamins beta-cryptoxanthin, lutein/zeaxanthin, and lycopene, and dietary beta-cryptoxanthin, beta-carotene, vitamin C, and lutein/zeaxanthin were positively associated with FVC% (P < 0.05, all associations). Erythrocytic glutathione was negatively associated with FEV1%, while plasma thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) were negatively associated with FVC% (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION These results support the hypothesis that an imbalance in antioxidant/oxidant status is associated with chronic airflow limitation, and that dietary habits and/or oxidative stress play contributing roles.
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- H M Ochs-Balcom
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Puhan MA, Guyatt GH, Armstrong D, Wiklund I, Fallone CA, Heels-Ansdell D, Degl'Innocenti A, Veldhuyzen van Zanten SJO, Tanser L, Barkun AN, Chiba N, Austin P, El-Dika S, Schünemann HJ. Validation of a symptom diary for patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2006; 23:531-41. [PMID: 16441474 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02775.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Symptom diaries are potentially attractive but, because of concerns about patient compliance, they have had limited use in clinical trials. We assessed the validity and responsiveness of a symptom diary for patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. METHODS We included 215 patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease after starting treatment for 4 weeks with 40 mg esomeprazole once daily. Patients recorded whether they experienced night-time heartburn (yes/no), the severity of daytime heartburn on a scale from 1 (no heartburn) to 4 (severe heartburn) and their antacid use. Patients also completed a number of disease-specific and preference-based Health-related Quality of Life questionnaires at baseline and follow-up. RESULTS Consistent with a priori predictions, daytime heartburn showed moderate to strong correlations with the Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia questionnaire (0.36-0.67) and four scales of symptom severity (0.36-0.70) for baseline, follow-up and change scores, but low correlations with the Standard Gamble. Responsiveness of the daytime heartburn item was excellent with a mean change from baseline to follow-up of -1.3 (95% CI -1.4 to -1.1) and a standardized response mean of 1.33 while responsiveness of the daily antacid use item was moderate (mean change scores -1.8 tablets taken, 95% CI -2.3 to -1.3 and standardized response mean of 0.64). CONCLUSIONS The excellent psychometric properties of this simple gastro-oesophageal reflux disease diary make it an attractive measure for future trials.
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- M A Puhan
- Horten Centre, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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Puhan MA, Schünemann HJ, Frey M, Scharplatz M, Bachmann LM. How should COPD patients exercise during respiratory rehabilitation? Comparison of exercise modalities and intensities to treat skeletal muscle dysfunction. Thorax 2005; 60:367-75. [PMID: 15860711 PMCID: PMC1758898 DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.033274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Physical exercise is an important component of respiratory rehabilitation because it reverses skeletal muscle dysfunction, a clinically important manifestation of COPD associated with reduced health-related quality of life (HRQL) and survival. However, there is controversy regarding the components of the optimal exercise protocol. A study was undertaken to systematically evaluate and summarise randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing different exercise protocols for COPD patients. METHODS Six electronic databases, congress proceedings and bibliographies of included studies were searched without imposing language restrictions. Two reviewers independently screened all records and extracted data on study samples, interventions and methodological characteristics of included studies. RESULTS The methodological quality of the 15 included RCTs was low to moderate. Strength exercise led to larger improvements of HRQL than endurance exercise (weighted mean difference for Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire 0.27, 95% CI 0.02 to 0.52). Interval exercise seems to be of similar effectiveness as continuous exercise, but there are few data on clinically relevant outcomes. One small RCT which included patients with mild COPD compared the effect of high and low intensity exercise (at 80% and 40% of the maximum exercise capacity, respectively) and found larger physiological training effects from high intensity exercise. CONCLUSIONS Strength exercise should be routinely incorporated in respiratory rehabilitation. There is insufficient evidence to recommend high intensity exercise for COPD patients and investigators should conduct larger high quality trials to evaluate exercise intensities in patients with moderate to severe COPD.
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- M A Puhan
- Horten Centre, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland.
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Schünemann HJ, Goldstein R, Mador MJ, McKim D, Stahl E, Puhan M, Griffith LE, Grant B, Austin P, Collins R, Guyatt GH. A randomised trial to evaluate the self-administered standardised chronic respiratory questionnaire. Eur Respir J 2005; 25:31-40. [PMID: 15640320 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00029704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The original chronic respiratory questionnaire (CRQ), one of the most widely used measures of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in chronic respiratory disease (CRD), is traditionally interviewer administered (IA) and includes an individualised dyspnoea domain. The present authors studied the impact of self-administered (SA) and standardised dyspnoea questions on CRQ measurement properties. In a factorial design multicentre trial, 177 patients with CRD (mean age 67.7 yrs; mean forced expiratory volume in one second per cent predicted 44.6%) were randomised to CRQ-IA (n = 86) or CRQ-SA (n = 91), and to initially complete the standardised or individualised items before and after respiratory rehabilitation. While maintaining validity, the CRQ-SA proved more responsive to changes in HRQL than the CRQ-IA in all domains. Compared with the standardised dyspnoea domain, the individualised dyspnoea domain indicated greater responsiveness. The correlations of baseline scores and change scores with other HRQL instruments indicated good validity of the CRQ-SA. In conclusion, self-administration and standardisation of the chronic respiratory questionnaire maintains validity and responsiveness relative to the interviewer-administered chronic respiratory questionnaire. These results challenge the assumption that interviewer-administered questionnaires are superior to self-administered questionnaires in older patients with chronic respiratory disease.
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- H J Schünemann
- Department of Medicine, University Health Sciences Centre, Room 2C12, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada.
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Fallone CA, Guyatt GH, Armstrong D, Wiklund I, Degl'Innocenti A, Heels-Ansdell D, Barkun AN, Chiba N, Zanten SJOV, El-Dika S, Austin P, Tanser L, Schünemann HJ. Do physicians correctly assess patient symptom severity in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease? Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2004; 20:1161-9. [PMID: 15569119 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02257.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND The accuracy of physicians' assessment of the severity of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease is unclear. AIM To correlate physician and patient assessment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease severity and its response to treatment. METHODS Adult uninvestigated gastro-oesophageal reflux disease patients (n = 217) completed symptom and health-related quality of life questionnaires at baseline and after treatment with esomeprazole 40 mg p.o. daily. Pearson coefficients quantified correlations between physician assessments and patient responses. RESULTS At baseline, the strongest correlations were heartburn severity (0.31), overall symptom severity (0.44) and a domain of the quality of life in reflux and dyspepsia questionnaire (0.31) (P < 0.001). Correlations of change with treatment were greater than baseline correlations: heartburn (0.39), overall symptoms (0.50) and global rate of change -- stomach problems (0.72, all P < 0.001). The mean difference between the physicians' assessment of change and the patients' global rating of change was 0.20 (95% confidence intervals: 0.10-0.29) with physicians overestimating benefit. CONCLUSIONS Correlations were often significant, although weak to moderate and better with symptom severity than with health-related quality of life instruments as well as with change after therapy than at baseline. Increasing attention to health-related quality of life may help physicians better understand patients' experience. In clinical trials, treatment success should be assessed by the patient as well as the physician.
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- C A Fallone
- Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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- H J Schünemann
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214-3000, USA.
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Schünemann HJ, Grant BJ, Freudenheim JL, Muti P, Browne RW, Drake JA, Klocke RA, Trevisan M. The relation of serum levels of antioxidant vitamins C and E, retinol and carotenoids with pulmonary function in the general population. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 163:1246-55. [PMID: 11316666 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.163.5.2007135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Reduced pulmonary function is an important predictor of mortality in the general population, and antioxidant vitamins are thought to positively influence pulmonary function. Vitamin C, vitamin E, retinol, and carotenoids are powerful antioxidants but information about the joint relation of serum levels of these antioxidants to pulmonary function is limited. We analyzed the association of FEV(1) and FVC with serum vitamins C and E, retinol, and carotenoids (beta-cryptoxanthin, lutein/zeaxanthin, beta-carotene, and lycopene) in a cross-sectional study. The analysis was carried out in a sample of 1,616 randomly selected residents of Western New York, USA, age 35 to 79 yr and free of respiratory disease. Lung function was adjusted for height, age, sex, and race and expressed as percentage of predicted normal FEV(1) (FEV(1)%) and FVC (FVC%). Participants in the lowest quartile of each of the serum antioxidants had consistently lower FEV(1)% and FVC% than those in higher quartiles. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed significant associations of vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-cryptoxanthin, lutein/zeaxanthin, beta-carotene, and retinol with FEV(1)% when these variables were investigated individually after adjustment for other covariates (smoking status, pack-years of smoking, weight, eosinophil count, and education). When all of these antioxidant vitamins were analyzed simultaneously in a multivariate regression model, the strongest association was seen with vitamin E and beta-cryptoxanthin. Only retinol showed an independent effect on FEV(1)% after controlling for vitamin E and beta-cryptoxanthin. As for FEV(1)%, vitamin E and beta-cryptoxanthin were most strongly related to FVC% when all variables were considered in the multivariate regression model. The differences in FEV(1) associated with a reduction of one standard deviation of serum vitamin E or beta-cryptoxanthin were equivalent to the negative influence of approximately 1 to 2 yr of aging. Our findings support the hypothesis that antioxidant vitamins may play a role in respiratory health and that vitamin E and beta-cryptoxanthin appear to be stronger correlates of lung function than other antioxidant vitamins.
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- H J Schünemann
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, and Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
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Schünemann HJ, Stanulla M, Trevisan M, Aplan PD, Freudenheim JL, Muti P. Short-term storage of blood samples and DNA isolation in serum separator tubes for application in epidemiological studies and clinical research. Ann Epidemiol 2000; 10:538-44. [PMID: 11118934 DOI: 10.1016/s1047-2797(00)00076-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate the use of a simple DNA isolation technique for application in epidemiologic studies. To analyze systematically the potential impact of lag time between blood drawing and DNA isolation and the condition of storage of blood samples on the quantity and quality of isolated DNA in large-scale epidemiologic studies. METHODS A modified single tube DNA isolation technique was used. DNA was isolated from samples collected from six participants and processed in triplicate: a) without delay after blood drawing; b) after blood cells were stored at 4 degrees C for 7 days; c) after blood cells were stored at -70 degrees C for 7 days; and d) after storage for 7 days at -70 degrees C with addition of lysis/digestion buffer. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern blot analysis were performed to analyze the quality of the isolated DNA. RESULTS The average amount of DNA isolated ranged from 27.0 to 71.1 microg/4.5 ml whole blood. Storage at 4 degrees C yielded, on the average, 20% less DNA than the samples processed without delay or after storage at -70 degrees C, although this difference was not statistically significant. All four conditions studied allowed isolation of highly pure DNA suitable for genetic analyses by Southern blot analysis and polymerase chain reaction. CONCLUSIONS This pilot study suggests that storage for 7 days and at different temperatures allows isolation of high quality DNA. Using the described technique, storage of up to 7 days permits processing of large numbers of samples (50-70) in a single day, allowing for a reliable and cost-efficient way of processing in various settings. Further studies are needed to investigate the influence of long-term storage of biological specimens on DNA isolation and quality.
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- H J Schünemann
- Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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Muti P, Bradlow HL, Micheli A, Krogh V, Freudenheim JL, Schünemann HJ, Stanulla M, Yang J, Sepkovic DW, Trevisan M, Berrino F. Estrogen metabolism and risk of breast cancer: a prospective study of the 2:16alpha-hydroxyestrone ratio in premenopausal and postmenopausal women. Epidemiology 2000; 11:635-40. [PMID: 11055622 DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200011000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Experimental and clinical evidence suggests that 16alpha-hydroxylated estrogen metabolites, biologically strong estrogens, are associated with breast cancer risk, while 2-hydroxylated metabolites, with lower estrogenic activity, are weakly related to this disease. This study analyzes the association of breast cancer risk with estrogen metabolism, expressed as the ratio of 2-hydroxyestrone to 16alpha-hydroxyestrone, in a prospective nested case-control study. Between 1987 and 1992, 10,786 women (ages 35-69 years) were recruited to a prospective study on breast cancer in Italy, the "Hormones and Diet in the Etiology of Breast Cancer" (ORDET) study. Women with a history of cancer and women on hormone therapy were excluded at baseline. At recruitment, overnight urine was collected from all participants and stored at -80 degrees C. After an average of 5.5 years of follow-up, 144 breast cancer cases and four matched controls for each case were identified among the participants of the cohort. Among premenopausal women, a higher ratio of 2-hydroxyestrone to 16alpha-hydroxyestrone at baseline was associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer: women in the highest quintile of the ratio had an adjusted odds ratio (OR) for breast cancer of 0.58 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.25-1.34]. The corresponding adjusted OR in postmenopausal women was 1.29 (95% CI = 0.53-3.10). Results of this prospective study support the hypothesis that the estrogen metabolism pathway favoring 2-hydroxylation over 16alpha-hydroxylation is associated with a reduced risk of invasive breast cancer risk in premenopausal women.
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- P Muti
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University at Buffalo, State University of New York at Buffalo, 14226, USA
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Schünemann HJ, Dorn J, Grant BJ, Winkelstein W, Trevisan M. Pulmonary function is a long-term predictor of mortality in the general population: 29-year follow-up of the Buffalo Health Study. Chest 2000; 118:656-64. [PMID: 10988186 DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.3.656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 392] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Results from several studies have described a relationship between pulmonary function and both all-cause and cause-specific mortality. The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictive value of pulmonary function by gender after 29 years of follow-up. DESIGN Prospective study with 29-year follow-up of the Buffalo Health Study cohort. PARTICIPANTS Randomly selected sample of 554 men and 641 women, aged 20 to 89 years, from all listed households of the city of Buffalo, NY. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Baseline measurements were performed in 1960 to 1961. Pulmonary function was assessed based on FEV(1) expressed as the normal percent predicted (FEV(1)%pred). FEV(1)%pred adjusted by age, body mass index, systolic BP, education, and smoking status was inversely related to all-cause mortality in both men and women (p<0.01). A sequential survival analysis in participants who had a survival time of at least 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 years after enrollment in the study was also performed. Except for men who survived for > 25 years, we observed a statistically significant negative association between FEV(1)%pred and all-cause mortality. FEV(1)%pred was also inversely related to ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality. When participants were divided into quintiles of FEV(1)%pred, participants in the lowest quintile of FEV(1)%pred experienced significantly higher all-cause mortality compared with participants in the highest quintile of FEV(1)%pred. For the entire follow-up period, the adjusted hazard ratios for all-cause mortality were 2.24 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.60 to 3.13) for men and 1. 81 (95% CI, 1.24 to 2.63) for women, respectively. Hazard ratios for death from IHD in the lowest quintile of FEV(1)%pred were 2.11 (95% CI, 1.20 to 3.71) and 1.96 (95% CI, 0.99 to 3.88) for men and women, respectively. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that pulmonary function is a long-term predictor for overall survival rates in both genders and could be used as a tool in general health assessment.
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- H J Schünemann
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY 14214-3000, USA.
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