Immunotherapy With Depigmented and Polymerized Allergen Extract of Olea Europaea (GPIT)

Immunotherapy is a specific treatment for allergic diseases. Unlike conventional pharmacological treatment, immunotherapy is the only treatment that could modify the natural course of allergic disease. This is a prospective double-blind placebo controlled study with two arms of treatment: placebo and active.

Inclusion criteria

• Positive suggestive clinical history of allergic seasonal rhinitis or rhinoconjunctivitis
• Patients of both gender > 18 years old
• Positive prick test results using non modified Olea europaea allergen extract (wheal size > 3mm2)
• Specific IgE to Olea europaea
• Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Use of immunotherapy during the last four years.
• Any contraindication for the use of immunotherapy in accordance with European Allergy and Clinical Immunology Immunotherapy Subcommittee criteria:
• Treatment with ß-blockers
• Coexistence of immunopathological diseases (e.g. of the liver, kidney, the nervous system, thyroid gland, rheumatic diseases) in which autoimmune mechanisms play a role
• Patients suffering from immune deficiencies
• Patients with serious psychiatric / psychological disturbances
• In addition, the following was considered as exclusion criteria:
• Pregnant or/ in lactation patients
• Patients aspirin intolerance