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To predict the clinical efficacy of house dust mite immunotherapy (IT), clinical factors before IT were analyzed in relation to clinical efficacy in bronchial asthmatics treated by standard IT method. In 111 asthmatics treated by IT, 88 cases (80%) obtained favorable results over a one-year period, while only 39% of asthmatics without IT showed clinical improvement (p < 0.05, chi 2 test). Factors including severity, skin test threshold, age, age at which IT was started, duration of asthma, onset of asthma, FEV1.0% and serum IgE levels before IT were analyzed. Severity showed the most significant influence on clinical efficacy (r = 0.412, p < 0.01). A study to determine whether some specific criteria could be used to predict the clinical efficacy of IT was then carried out. Using multivariate analysis with the factors above mentioned, the clinical efficacy ranging from deteriorated to good response could be expressed as a formula with a multi-regression coefficient of 0.56, p < 0.05. Moreover, the application of linear discriminating analysis gave an 80% true positive discriminating rate in 75 asthmatics. In both methods, severity seemed to be the most important factor, skin test threshold next and FEV1.0% third. The other factors were not significant. Hopefully, the use of this formula in clinical practice will improve the efficacy of IT, thus providing further therapeutic benefits to bronchial asthmatics.
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