Conditions: Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis
Keywords: rhinitis allergy
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 93
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This pilot study is a Phase IV, single center, placebo-controlled, parallel study design conducted using the Environmental Exposure Unit (EEU). The study will aim to be determine whether there are any benefits from Grastek® for the treatment of birch-pollen induced allergic rhinoconjunctivitis. Grastek® is a Health Canada and FDA approved sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) for the treatment of grass-pollen induced allergic rhinoconjunctivitis. The EEU provides a closed environment in which participants are exposed to a predetermined, controlled, constant level of airborne pollen. 96 participants will complete this study and will either receive Grastek® or placebo in a 1:1 ratio. The study will consist of a screening visit, a pre-treatment pollen exposure visit, 60 days of treatment with Grastek® or placebo, two treatment visits and a follow-up pollen exposure visit.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: 48 participants will receive Grastek® once per day for 120 days. Grastek® is a standardized sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) tablet containing 2800 BAU of standardized allergen extract from Timothy grass (Phleum pretense). This SLIT product is approved by Health Canada and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of grass-pollen induced allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (AR) in Canada and the United States respectively. arm 2: 48 participants will receive placebo once per day for 120 days.

Interventions: intervention 1: Grastek® intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: one tablet daily for four months intervention 2: one tablet daily for four months

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