Interest of Flow Cytometry for the Diagnosis, the Follow up and Specific Immunotherapy (SIT) Arrest of Hymenoptera Venom Allergy (Cytoven)

University of Limoges (UL)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Allergy

Treatments

Other: flow cytometry

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00805402

I07021

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to show that flow cytometry can be an accurate tool to help physicians regarding the diagnosis, the SIT decision and the SIT arrest of hymenoptera venom allergy.

75 patients having a story of reaction to hymenoptera venom will be selected for this trial.

Blood samples will be analyzed at: inclusion visit, Week 1 visit, Week 3 visit, Week 10 and Week 21 visit.

Enrollment

75 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 70 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adult patient (18 - 70 years)
Patient being informed and accepting to participate in the study with signature of informed consent
Patients having a clinical systematic and local, loco-regional story of reaction to the piqures of hymenopterans.
Patients treated by SIT for at least 5 years
Patients benefiting from a national insurance health

Exclusion criteria

Children
Pregnant woman or who breast-feed
Patient under antihistaminic or corticoid for less than 8 days before the blood drawing
Protected Patient
Patient not having given his agreement after it was informed