The Efficacy of Allergen Immunotherapy with Cat Dander in Reducing Symptoms in Clinical Practice

Table 4

Clinical Outcomes in Patients on Concomitant ICS.

	Cat immunotherapy; 𝑛=26	Traditional Immunotherapy; 𝑛=23	𝑃 value
Patients requiring prednisone taper, 𝑛 (%)	10 (38.4%)	10 (43%)	0.72
Prednisone tapers	18	14	0.76
Patients requiring acute office visit, 𝑛 (%)	12 (46%)	18 (78%)	0.02
Acute office visits	26 visits	34 visits	0.21
Hospitalizations, 𝑛 (%)	1 (3.8%)	0 (0%)	0.34

Allergic asthmatic patients on inhaled corticosteroids and immunotherapy.
Comparisons between groups were made using the 𝑡 test and 𝜒² where appropriate.