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Safety profile of grass, ragweed, and house dust mite sublingual immunotherapy tablets in children and adolescents
Congress MaterialIntroduction
• Allergy immunotherapy (AIT) is the only disease-modifying treatment
for allergic rhinitis and/or conjunctivitis (AR/C)1
• In children, AIT has the added benefit of preventing the onset of
asthma symptoms and asthma medication use2-4
• The convenience of at-home administration and injection-free
administration may make sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT)-tablets
preferred by children (5-11 y), adolescents (12-17 y), and their
caregivers5
• The grass and ragweed SLIT-tablets are approved for ages 5+ years,
and the house dust mite (HDM) SLIT-tablet is approved for ages 12+
years for the treatment of AR/C
• A robust analysis of the safety of SLIT-tablets in children and
adolescents supports SLIT-tablets as a well tolerated alternative to
subcutaneous immunotherapy