Skip to content
Inhalant allergen immunotherapy Survey
1.
What country are you from?
Afghanistan
Aland Islands
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Bouvet Island
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Terr
British Virgin Islands
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Colombia
Comoros
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic Republic Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands/Malvinas
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
French Southern Terr
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Holy See
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Dem Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestinian Territory
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peoples Republic of China
Peoples Republic of Korea
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of Congo
Reunion
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Barthelemy
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Georgia and the SSI
Spain
Sri Lanka
St Vincent and Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
US Minor Outlying Islands
US Virgin Islands
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Wallis and Futuna
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
2.
Is allergen immunotherapy available in your country?
Yes
No
3.
Is allergen immunotherapy funded by your national health system?
Yes
No
4.
Where is your practice located?
Europe
North America
South America
Central America
Australia
Asia: Middle East
South East Asian
Asia
Africa
Other: Please, state your country:
5.
What is your primary specialty?
Allergology
Immunology
Allergology and Clinical Immunology
Pulmonology
Pediatrics
Dermatology
General Practice/Primary Care
Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)
Other or secondary specialties (please specify):
6.
Inhalant IT is used to treat:
Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis
Allergic asthma
Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis as asthma profilaxis
A and B
All of above
None
7.
Which is the indication you follow for this prescription?
Medical management failure
Patient´s preference
Pharmacoeconomics
Asthma appearance prevention
First line treatment
Other (please specify):
8.
Which of the following describes your practice type the best? Please select all that apply
Academic setting, research field
Public health system
Private practice
Combination of 2, which?
All of above
9.
In which location is the AIT administered?
Hospital
Outpatient clinic
Primary care center
Research facilities (Not hospital based)
By a doctor or nurse at the patient’s house
By the patient in no specific location
Other
10.
In case it is administered in a medical facility, where is AIT administered?
Day hospital
IT unit
No specific room is assigned for it
11.
What kind of administration route do you prescribe (Please select a percentage in all that apply)
Subcutaneous immunotherapy: %
Sublingual immunotherapy – tablet: %
Sublingual immunotherapy – drops: %
Oral immunotherapy: %
Epicutaneous immunotherapy: %
Intralymphatic: %
More than one, including simultaneous combination: %
12.
Is your patient population mainly:
Polysensitized
Monosensitized
13.
How many allergen extracts do you mix in the same immunotherapy vaccine in a polysensitized patient?
Only one
Two
More than two
14.
Which parameters do you use to guide AIT?
Equally high sIgE to 2 or more allergens?
Positive skin prick test
Clinical history pointing to the causative role of several allergens
Positive intranasal challenge to two and more allergens?
Other considerations
15.
In case you use more than one extract in the same vaccine which type do you use?
Monocomponent vaccines (e.g. 100% birch and 100% grass)
Polivalent vaccines (e.g. 50% birch and 50% grass)
16.
In case you use more than one extract in the same vaccine which type of mixtures do you use?
Just pollens
Dust+pollen
Dander+dust
Dander+pollen
Mold+dust
Other (please specify):
17.
What kind of extract do you use?
Native allergen
Allergoids
Both
18.
Do you use standardized extracts?
Always
Never
Sometimes (State a percentage):
19.
After how many years do you discontinue immunotherapy?
One year
Three years
Four years
Five years
More than five years
Life-long
Other; specify in years
20.
In case the decision to discontinue AIT is not made only the basis of time which criteria do you use: (more than 1 can be selected)
Reduced symptom and medication scores
Negative skin prick test
Negative intranasal challenge
Decrease in sIgE levels
Increase in sIgG4
Increased IgE-FAB
Product-specific recommendations by the manufacturer
Patient’s compliance
21.
How long do you administer IT throughout the year?
Pre-seasonal
Pre- and co-seasonal
Co-seasonal
Perennial
Booster
Other (please specify)
22.
What kind of immunotherapy build-up schedule do you use?
Conventional
Cluster
Rush
Ultra-rush
All of the above
Other
23.
How many patients in your practice are currently undergoing an inhalant allergen immunotherapy?
0%-10%
11%-20%
>20%
24.
Do you use any follow-up tool to promote adherence?
Patient reminder
Reaching out to no-show patients
None
Other