Updated grading system for systemic allergic reactions: Joint Statement of the World Allergy Organization Anaphylaxis Committee and Allergen Immunotherapy Committee
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
There is a lack of consensus over the description and severity assignment of allergic adverse reactions to immunotherapy, although there seems to be a consensus at least in terms of using the World Allergy Organization (WAO) grading systems to describe local adverse events for Sublingual Immunotherapy (SLIT) and Systemic Allergic Reactions (SARs) to Subcutaneous Immunotherapy (SCIT) amongst the major national/regional allergy societies. In this manuscript, we propose a modification of the previous WAO Grading system for SARs, which aligns with the newly-proposed Consortium for Food Allergy Research (CoFAR) Grading Scale for Systemic Allergic Reactions in Food Allergy (version 3.0). We hope this can facilitate a unified grading system appropriate to SARs due to allergen immunotherapy, independent of allergen and route of administration, and across clinical and research practice.
Date Issued
2024-03-01
Date Acceptance
2024-01-25
Citation
The World Allergy Organization Journal, 2024, 17 (3)
ISSN
1939-4551
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal / Book Title
The World Allergy Organization Journal
Volume
17
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of
World Allergy Organization. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
World Allergy Organization. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
License URL
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38361745
PII: S1939-4551(24)00007-3
Subjects
Adverse events
Allergen immunotherapy
Anaphylaxis
Clinical trials
Safety reporting
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Article Number
100876
Date Publish Online
2024-02-10