Disease Impact, Diagnostic Delay, and Unmet Medical Needs of Patients With Cholinergic Urticaria in German-Speaking Countries.

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Journal

Frontiers in allergy
ISSN: 2673-6101
Titre abrégé: Front Allergy
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 9918227355906676

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2022
Historique:
received: 31 01 2022
accepted: 19 04 2022
entrez: 30 6 2022
pubmed: 1 7 2022
medline: 1 7 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Cholinergic urticaria (CholU) is a common type of chronic inducible urticaria. Little is known about the burden of the disease and its unmet medical needs. To characterize the unmet medical needs of patients with CholU. Patients with CholU ( Virtually all patients reported typical signs and symptoms of CholU, i.e., whealing (93.7%) and itching (91.9%), in response to typical trigger situations, such as physical activity, passive warming, or stress. Despite this, patients reported a marked diagnostic delay of 30.2 months (range from 0 to 279 months). Only 38% of the patients received a blood examination, and only 16% underwent provocation testing for diagnosing CholU, as recommended by the international guidelines. Physician contacts were common, but patient satisfaction with their disease management was low. In total, 90.1% of the patients stated to have an uncontrolled disease, resulting in a strong impact on their everyday activities, sleep, and QoL. Patients with CholU exhibit many important unmet needs, and improvement in the diagnostic workup and patient care is needed, as are better treatment options.

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED
Cholinergic urticaria (CholU) is a common type of chronic inducible urticaria. Little is known about the burden of the disease and its unmet medical needs.
Aim UNASSIGNED
To characterize the unmet medical needs of patients with CholU.
Methods UNASSIGNED
Patients with CholU (
Results UNASSIGNED
Virtually all patients reported typical signs and symptoms of CholU, i.e., whealing (93.7%) and itching (91.9%), in response to typical trigger situations, such as physical activity, passive warming, or stress. Despite this, patients reported a marked diagnostic delay of 30.2 months (range from 0 to 279 months). Only 38% of the patients received a blood examination, and only 16% underwent provocation testing for diagnosing CholU, as recommended by the international guidelines. Physician contacts were common, but patient satisfaction with their disease management was low. In total, 90.1% of the patients stated to have an uncontrolled disease, resulting in a strong impact on their everyday activities, sleep, and QoL.
Conclusion UNASSIGNED
Patients with CholU exhibit many important unmet needs, and improvement in the diagnostic workup and patient care is needed, as are better treatment options.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35769577
doi: 10.3389/falgy.2022.867227
pmc: PMC9234879
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

867227

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2022 Altrichter, Mellerowicz, Terhorst-Molawi, Grekowitz, Weller and Maurer.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

KW is a speaker and advisor and has received research funding from Biocryst, CSL Behring, Dr. Pfleger, FAES, Moxie, Novartis, Shire/Takeda, and Uriach. MM is a speaker and advisor and has received research funding from Allakos, Amgen, Aralez, ArgenX, AstraZeneca, Celldex, Centogene, CSL Behring, FAES, Genentech, GIInnovation, GSK, Innate Pharma, Kyowa Kirin, Leo Pharma, Lilly, Menarini, Moxie, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi/Regeneron, Third HarmonicBio, UCB, and Uriach. SA has been a speaker and advisor and has conducted studies for Astra Zeneca, Allakos, GSK, LeoPharma, Lilly, Moxie, Novartis, Thermo Fisher, and Sanofi. DT-M has been an advisor and has received research funding from Moxie, Novartis, Celldex, and Sanofi. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Sabine Altrichter (S)

Institute for Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universitätzu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria.

Emilia Mellerowicz (E)

Institute for Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universitätzu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Dorothea Terhorst-Molawi (D)

Institute for Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universitätzu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine und Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany.
Clinical Physiology/Nutritional Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Eva Grekowitz (E)

Institute for Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universitätzu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine und Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany.

Karsten Weller (K)

Institute for Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universitätzu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine und Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany.

Marcus Maurer (M)

Institute for Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universitätzu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine und Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany.

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