Publications by authors named "Friedrich Kaiser"

Article Synopsis
  • - A study was conducted to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of nirsevimab, a monoclonal antibody, in preventing hospitalizations due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in healthy infants during their first RSV season.
  • - Infants aged 12 months or younger who were born at least 29 weeks gestation were randomly assigned to receive either nirsevimab or standard care, with results showing that 0.3% in the nirsevimab group were hospitalized compared to 1.5% in the standard-care group, indicating an 83.2% efficacy for nirsevimab.
  • - The study also found that severe cases of RSV were less common in the nirsevimab
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Background: Immunotherapy with the SQ-standardized grass tablet Grazax is efficacious and well-tolerated in adult patients with rhinoconjunctivitis. Allergic asthma and rhinoconjunctivitis are closely linked, and a strategy combining treatment of the upper and lower airways is recommended.

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of treatment with the grass tablet on grass pollen-induced rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma as well as the immunologic response and the safety profile in children.

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The aim of the study was to confirm the safety of an orodispersible grass allergen tablet 75,000 SQ-T (Grazax, ALK-Abelló A/S, Hørsholm, Denmark) in children aged 5-12 yr. The study was randomized, double-blinded and placebo-controlled. Sixty children aged 5-12 yr suffering from grass pollen-induced rhinoconjunctivitis (with or without asthma) from five centres in two countries (three in Germany and two in Spain) participated in the study.

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