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Rhinosinusitis: Developing guidance for clinical trials

  • Eli O. Meltzer
  • , Daniel L. Hamilos
  • , James A. Hadley
  • , Donald C. Lanza
  • , Bradley F. Marple
  • , Richard A. Nicklas
  • , Allen D. Adinoff
  • , Claus Bachert
  • , Larry Borish
  • , Vernon M. Chinchilli
  • , Melvyn R. Danzig
  • , Berrylin J. Ferguson
  • , Wytske J. Fokkens
  • , Stephen G. Jenkins
  • , Valerie J. Lund
  • , Mahmood F. Mafee
  • , Robert M. Naclerio
  • , Ruby Pawankar
  • , Jens U. Ponikau
  • , Mark S. Schubert
  • Raymond G. Slavin, Michael G. Stewart, Alkis Togias, Ellen R. Wald, Birgit Winther
  • Research Center
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • University of Rochester
  • PA
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • George Washington University
  • University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
  • Ghent University
  • Asthma and Allergic Diseases Center
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Merck
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Amsterdam University Medical Center
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • University College London
  • University of California at San Diego
  • The University of Chicago
  • Nippon Medical School
  • University of Arizona
  • Saint Louis University
  • Cornell University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • University of Virginia

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Abstract

The Rhinosinusitis Initiative was developed by 5 national societies. The current guidance document is an expansion of the 2004 publication "Rhinosinusitis: Establishing definitions for clinical research and patient care" and provides templates for clinical trials in antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and symptom-relieving therapies for the following: (1) acute presumed bacterial rhinosinusitis, (2) chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) without nasal polyps, (3) CRS with nasal polyps, and (4) classic allergic fungal rhinosinusitis. In addition to the templates for clinical trials and proposed study designs, the Rhinosinusitis Initiative has developed 6 appendices, which address (1) health outcomes, (2) nasal endoscopy and staging of CRS, (3) radiologic imaging, (4) microbiology, (5) laboratory measures, and (6) biostatistical methods.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)S17-S61
JournalJournal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume118
Issue number5 SUPPL.
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2006

Keywords

  • Acute bacterial rhinosinusitis
  • allergic fungal rhinosinusitis
  • chronic rhinosinusitis with or without polyps
  • clinical trials

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