Autologous Whole Blood Therapy in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: A Comparative Study Between Autologous Serum Skin Test Positive and Negative Patients
Introduction: Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU) is frequently encountered in our day to day practice. Patients are often reluctant to take medicines for prolonged durations and seek interventions for rapid and prolonged remission. Autologous Whole Blood Therapy (AWBT) has been used with varied res...
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| description | Introduction: Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU) is frequently encountered in our day to day practice. Patients are often reluctant to take medicines for prolonged durations and seek interventions for rapid and prolonged remission. Autologous Whole Blood Therapy (AWBT) has been used with varied results in CSU and Autologous Serum Skin Test (ASST) reactivity has shown to influence the therapeutic response in some studies.
Aim: To compare the efficacy of AWBT in ASST positive versus negative CSU.
Materials and Methods: The present prospective, interventional, parallel group study was conducted in the Department of Dermatology, Command Hospital Air Force (tertiary care centre), Bangalore, India, from January 2014 to December 2015. Eight weekly injections of AWB (5 mL) were administered to 30 ASST positive and 30 age and sex matched ASST negative patients of CSU and followed-up for four weeks. Modified Urticaria Severity Score (MUSS) was recorded at baseline, 4th, 8th and 12th weeks to assess objective response to AWBT. Subjective response was documented as poor, satisfactory, good and excellent based on patient’s feedback at the end of 12 weeks. Independent two-sample t-test, Chi-square (χ2) test and cross tabulations were used to analyse the data through Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 21.0. A p-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results: A total of 102 consenting patients were subjected to ASST, out of which 38 patients were ASST positive. After excluding those who were lost to follow-up, data from 30 ASST positive patients and corresponding age and sex matched ASST negative controls were analysed. Baseline MUSS of ASST positive group was significantly higher, indicating more severe nature of CSU. With AWBT, improvement in MUSS of ASST positive group (68.49±10.32%) was significantly higher than the ASST negative group (p-value <0.001) and ASST positive group required significantly lesser doses of rescue antihistamines (p-value <0.001) at the end of 12 weeks. Subjective response to AWBT was either good or excellent in both groups.
Conclusion: Although AWBT resulted in significant reduction of MUSS in ASST positive patients, it benefited patients in both groups irrespective of their ASST reactivity status. AWBT can be used as an effective adjuvant in the treatment of CSU. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3091d412773f4d4db31c0173ced94f942023-04-27T05:29:11ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2023-04-01174WC09WC1310.7860/JCDR/2023/59655.17801Autologous Whole Blood Therapy in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: A Comparative Study Between Autologous Serum Skin Test Positive and Negative PatientsManjunath V Marigeri0Radhakrishnan Subramaniyan1Manasa Shettisara Janney2Navya Donaparthi3Specialist Medical Officer, Department of Dermatology, Haveri Institute of Medical Sciences, Haveri, Karnataka, India.Professor, Department of Dermatology, Army College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Command Hospital Air Force Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Command Hospital Air Force Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaIntroduction: Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU) is frequently encountered in our day to day practice. Patients are often reluctant to take medicines for prolonged durations and seek interventions for rapid and prolonged remission. Autologous Whole Blood Therapy (AWBT) has been used with varied results in CSU and Autologous Serum Skin Test (ASST) reactivity has shown to influence the therapeutic response in some studies. Aim: To compare the efficacy of AWBT in ASST positive versus negative CSU. Materials and Methods: The present prospective, interventional, parallel group study was conducted in the Department of Dermatology, Command Hospital Air Force (tertiary care centre), Bangalore, India, from January 2014 to December 2015. Eight weekly injections of AWB (5 mL) were administered to 30 ASST positive and 30 age and sex matched ASST negative patients of CSU and followed-up for four weeks. Modified Urticaria Severity Score (MUSS) was recorded at baseline, 4th, 8th and 12th weeks to assess objective response to AWBT. Subjective response was documented as poor, satisfactory, good and excellent based on patient’s feedback at the end of 12 weeks. Independent two-sample t-test, Chi-square (χ2) test and cross tabulations were used to analyse the data through Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 21.0. A p-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: A total of 102 consenting patients were subjected to ASST, out of which 38 patients were ASST positive. After excluding those who were lost to follow-up, data from 30 ASST positive patients and corresponding age and sex matched ASST negative controls were analysed. Baseline MUSS of ASST positive group was significantly higher, indicating more severe nature of CSU. With AWBT, improvement in MUSS of ASST positive group (68.49±10.32%) was significantly higher than the ASST negative group (p-value <0.001) and ASST positive group required significantly lesser doses of rescue antihistamines (p-value <0.001) at the end of 12 weeks. Subjective response to AWBT was either good or excellent in both groups. Conclusion: Although AWBT resulted in significant reduction of MUSS in ASST positive patients, it benefited patients in both groups irrespective of their ASST reactivity status. AWBT can be used as an effective adjuvant in the treatment of CSU.https://www.jcdr.net/articles/PDF/17801/59655_CE[Ra1]_F(IS)_PF1(JY_KM_SS)_PFA(SS_KM_OM)__PN(KM).pdfantihistamineserythemamodified urticaria severity scorepruritus |
| spellingShingle | Manjunath V Marigeri Radhakrishnan Subramaniyan Manasa Shettisara Janney Navya Donaparthi Autologous Whole Blood Therapy in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: A Comparative Study Between Autologous Serum Skin Test Positive and Negative Patients Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research antihistamines erythema modified urticaria severity score pruritus |
| title | Autologous Whole Blood Therapy in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: A Comparative Study Between Autologous Serum Skin Test Positive and Negative Patients |
| title_full | Autologous Whole Blood Therapy in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: A Comparative Study Between Autologous Serum Skin Test Positive and Negative Patients |
| title_fullStr | Autologous Whole Blood Therapy in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: A Comparative Study Between Autologous Serum Skin Test Positive and Negative Patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Autologous Whole Blood Therapy in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: A Comparative Study Between Autologous Serum Skin Test Positive and Negative Patients |
| title_short | Autologous Whole Blood Therapy in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: A Comparative Study Between Autologous Serum Skin Test Positive and Negative Patients |
| title_sort | autologous whole blood therapy in chronic spontaneous urticaria a comparative study between autologous serum skin test positive and negative patients |
| topic | antihistamines erythema modified urticaria severity score pruritus |
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