Non-allergic severe asthma: is it really always non-allergic? The IDENTIFY project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This differential diagnosis of allergic vs non-allergic asthma is typically made on the basis of sensitization to allergens, such that absence of sensitization could result in a patient being managed as having non-allergic asthma. In Germany, the number of specific allergen tests is limited and non-standardized (across clinicians and laboratories), with the potential for false negative diagnoses. IDENTIFY aimed to gain data on sensitizations toward aeroallergens in patients with severe asthma who had tested negative to perennial aeroallergens in previous tests.

Methods

This was a single visit, non-randomized, non-interventional study conducted in 87 centers across Germany. The only inclusion criteria were that patients had to be adults (at least 18 years of age) w

SUBMITTER: Koschel D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7607813 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature