Background Efficacy of standardized short ragweed sublingual immunotherapy tablet (SLIT-T), MK-3641 (Merck/ALK; 12 Amb a 1-U of Ambrosia artemisiifolia) treatment on Canadian ragweed-allergic subjects was assessed using subgroup analysis of data from 2 multinational, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials designed to evaluate ragweed SLIT-T efficacy and safety in adults wi...

INTRODUCTION Breakthrough pain is common among patients with cancer and presents challenges to effective pain management. Breakthrough pain is characterized by rapid onset, severe intensity, and duration typically lasting <1 h. Thus, optimal relief from breakthrough pain is best attained by administering analgesics with dissolution times and bioavailabilities that closely match the onset and du...

BACKGROUND Allergoids are chemically modified allergen extracts administered to reduce allergenicity and to maintain immunogenicity. Oralair® (the 5-grass tablet) is a sublingual native grass allergen tablet for pre- and co-seasonal treatment. Based on a literature review, meta-analysis, and cost-effectiveness analysis the relative effects and costs of the 5-grass tablet versus a mix of subcuta...

Desmopressin is used to treat primary nocturnal enuresis in children. Over the years, various formulations of desmopressin were commercialized of which the sublingual melt tablet is preferred in the pediatric population, despite the lack of full PK studies in this population. A full PK study was performed in growing conventional piglets to evaluate if this juvenile animal model can provide supp...

Background: Sublingual immunotherapy with grass allergen tablets may be the future treatment for grass pollen allergy because it reduces symptoms and medication use, improves quality of life and is easy to use. Rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma co-exist and we aimed to fi nd a safe dose range of a self-administered grass allergen tablet (ALK Abello A/S) in patients suffering from rhinoconjunctivit...

BACKGROUND During allergen-specific sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT), the relevance of changes in specific IgE and IgG antibody titres to treatment efficacy remains to be evaluated at an individual patient level. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether antibody responses can be used as biomarkers for SLIT efficacy. METHODS Comprehensive quantitative, qualitative and functional analyses of allergen-...

BACKGROUND Problems with intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV PCA) are well known, including invasive route of delivery and pump programming errors. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate patient satisfaction with a novel sublingual sufentanil PCA system (sufentanil sublingual tablet system 15 mcg with a 20-minute lockout interval; SSTS) to IV PCA morphine sulfate 1 mg with...

Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is now widely used in various forms of administration to aid cessation of tobacco use. In this smoking cessation programme, a new tablet formulation has been compared to and found bioequivalent to the existing one. The present trial was performed in order to investigate the local tolerance of the new sublingual tablet. The study was performed as a prospective ...