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The selection of pharmacotherapy for patients with allergic rhinitis aims to control the disease and depends on many factors. Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) guidelines have considerably improved the treatment of allergic rhinitis. However, there is an increasing trend toward use of real-world evidence to inform clinical practice, especially because randomized controlled trials are often limited with regard to the applicability of results. The Contre les Maladies Chroniques pour un Vieillissement Actif (MACVIA) algorithm has proposed an allergic rhinitis treatment by a consensus group. This simple algorithm can be used to step up or step down allergic rhinitis treatment. Next-generation guidelines for the pharmacologic treatment of allergic rhinitis were developed by using existing GRADE-based guidelines for the disease, real-world evidence provided by mobile technology, and additive studies (allergen chamber studies) to refine the MACVIA algorithm.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.jaci.2019.06.049

Type

Journal article

Journal

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology

Publication Date

01/2020

Volume

145

Pages

70 - 80.e3

Addresses

MACVIA-France, Fondation Partenariale FMC VIA-LR, Montpellier, France; VIMA, INSERM U 1168, VIMA: Ageing and chronic diseases Epidemiological and public health approaches, Villejuif, France, Université Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UMR-S 1168, Montigny le Bretonneux, Euforea, Brussels, Belgium and Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Comprehensive Allergy Center, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: jean.bousquet@orange.fr.

Keywords

Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Working Group, Humans, Asthma, Algorithms, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Evidence-Based Practice, Rhinitis, Allergic