{"title":"Use of the DEFASE score in research trials.","authors":"Stefania Arasi, Lucia Lo Scalzo, Maddalena Sciannamea, Ludger Klimek, Alessandro Fiocchi","doi":"10.1097/ACI.0000000000001072","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>To explore the potential applicability in clinical trials of the groundbreaking international consensus named DEFASE (DEfinition of Food Allergy SEverity) as the unique grading system for IgE-mediated food allergy (FA) severity embracing the different aspects of the disease in a holistic approach. Herein, we discuss its relevance in clinical trials and potential applications in research and clinical settings through a few clinical scenarios.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>The DEFASE score has been developed to be used in research settings as a comprehensive scoring system. Researchers are currently focusing on internal and external validation of the scoring system, targeting these models to various food allergenic sources, populations, and settings.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>Implementing the DEFASE score in clinical trials could improve patient stratification, guide therapeutic decisions, and support regulatory assessments. Future research will focus on its external validation and integration with biomarker data to refine its predictive accuracy and make this tool applicable in the near future.</p>","PeriodicalId":10956,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/ACI.0000000000001072","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ALLERGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Purpose of review: To explore the potential applicability in clinical trials of the groundbreaking international consensus named DEFASE (DEfinition of Food Allergy SEverity) as the unique grading system for IgE-mediated food allergy (FA) severity embracing the different aspects of the disease in a holistic approach. Herein, we discuss its relevance in clinical trials and potential applications in research and clinical settings through a few clinical scenarios.
Recent findings: The DEFASE score has been developed to be used in research settings as a comprehensive scoring system. Researchers are currently focusing on internal and external validation of the scoring system, targeting these models to various food allergenic sources, populations, and settings.
Summary: Implementing the DEFASE score in clinical trials could improve patient stratification, guide therapeutic decisions, and support regulatory assessments. Future research will focus on its external validation and integration with biomarker data to refine its predictive accuracy and make this tool applicable in the near future.
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This reader-friendly, bimonthly resource provides a powerful, broad-based perspective on the most important advances from throughout the world literature. Featuring renowned guest editors and focusing exclusively on one to three topics, every issue of Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology delivers unvarnished, expert assessments of developments from the previous year. Insightful editorials and on-the-mark invited reviews cover key subjects such as upper airway disease; mechanisms of allergy and adult asthma; paediatric asthma and development of atopy; food and drug allergies; and immunotherapy.