Development and validation of combined symptom-medication scores for allergic rhinitis.

Background: Validated combined symptom-medication scores (CSMSs) are needed to investigate the effects of allergic rhinitis treatments. This study aimed to use real-life data from the MASK-air app to generate and validate hypothesis- and data-driven CSMSs.

Methods: We used MASK-air data to assess the concurrent validity, test-retest reliability and responsiveness of one hypothesis-driven CSMS (modified CSMS: mCSMS), one mixed hypothesis- and data-driven score (mixed score), and several data-driven CSMSs.

[ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma) 2019. Treatments for allergic rhinitis - Italy.].

Allergic rhinitis and asthma represent global health problems for all age groups. ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma) project was initiated during a WHO workshop in 1999 In its 2010 and 2017 Revisions, ARIA has developed clinical practice guidelines for the management of allergic rhinitis and asthma co-morbidities based on GRADE (Grading of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation). The 2019 Revision embedded real-life data into the GRADE recommendations to develop next-generation guidelines.

Efficacy of desloratadine in persistent allergic rhinitis - a GA²LEN study.

Background: The ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma) guidelines proposed a classification for allergic rhinitis based on the duration of symptoms (intermittent or persistent) rather than on the time of allergen exposure (seasonal or perennial). There had been no placebo-controlled, randomized, clinical trial of desloratadine (DL) in patients with persistent allergic rhinitis to date.

Objectives: To assess the efficacy and safety of DL in patients with persistent allergic rhinitis based on the ARIA classification.