Poster 1007: Universal allergen particle generation for inhaled allergen challenges in the fraunhofer environmental challenge chamber (ECC)
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Background Efficacy testing of immunotherapy in field studies is often hampered by variation of airborne allergens. Standardized allergen exposure in challenge chamber settings might overcome aforementioned limitations. However, airborne allergens such as house dust mite (HDM) or cat allergen are not available as standardized source material with distinct particle size. Therefore, we developed a method for universal allergen particle generation and conducted a pilot study to clinically validate this challenge paradigm for house dust mite.
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