TX-SMILE is an investigator-initiated, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of an alternative injection site and associated adjustments to dosing and treatment regimen for allergen immunotherapy with a commercially-available, FDA-approved allergenic extract for the immunotherapy treatment of allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis due to pollen from the conifer Mountain Cedar (Juniperus ashei).~The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a three-dose treatment series of ultrasonography-guided, intra-lymphatic immunotherapy injections over a two-month period prior to the start of the 2018-2019 Mountain Cedar allergy season in central Texas. Patients will be evaluated for safety and tolerability during the treatment period and for efficacy during the 2018-2019 Texas Mountain Cedar pollen season.
TX-SMILE is an investigator-initiated, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of intra-lymphatic administration of an approved allergenic extract for the immunotherapy treatment of allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis due to pollen from the conifer Mountain Cedar.