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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bonfanti, P
• Pusterla, L
• Parazzini, F
• Libanore, M
• Cagni, A E
• Franzetti, M
• Faggion, I
• Landonio, S
• Quirino, T

Titel

The effectiveness of desensitization versus rechallenge treatment in HIV-positive patients with previous hypersensitivity to TMP-SMX: a randomized multicentric study. C.I.S.A.I. Group

Ist Teil von

• Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy, 2000-02, Vol.54 (1), p.45

Ort / Verlag

France

Erscheinungsjahr

2000

Quelle

Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Our study was undertaken to evaluate if desensitization treatment is more effective than rechallenge in preventing hypersensitivity reactions in HIV-positive patients with previous allergic reactions to TMP-SMX; the secondary aim was to evaluate the frequency of reactions to TMP alone. This was a randomized, multicentre open study. Patients with previous documented hypersensitivity to TMP-SMX who required primary or secondary PCP prophylaxis were enrolled; subjects who had previously had serious adverse reactions to TMP-SMX were excluded. All eligible patients assumed 200 mg TMP for 14 days and in case of no reactions were randomized for desensitization or rechallenge with TMP-SMX. The patients were then followed up by periodical visits for six months. Seventy-three patients were enrolled; 14 subjects (19%) presented reactions on TMP alone during the pre-enrollment phase. The remaining 59 subjects were randomly assigned to the two treatment groups: 34 carried out desensitization (group 1) and 25 rechallenge (group 2) with TMP-SMX. Seven patients in group 1 (20.5%) and seven in group 2 (28%) showed hypersensitivity reactions during treatment; this difference was not statistically significant. No serious reaction occurred in either group. This study showed the comparable effectiveness of the desensitization procedure and rechallenge in patients with a previous, not serious, allergic reaction to TMP-SMX.