Significant improvement in symptoms, skin test, and specific bronchial reactivity after 6 months of treatment with a depigmented, polymerized extract of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and D. farinae.

Abstract

Depigmented polymerized extracts of D. pteronyssinus and D. farinae are safe and effective in the treatment of mite allergic asthmatic patients, and provide clinical benefit in the shock organ after 6 months of treatment. Skin test reactivity, symptom and medication scores were also improved. Depigmented polymerized extracts of D. pteronyssinus and D. farinae induce clinical protection against a native extract as verified by specific bronchial challenges.