For Providers
The La Crosse Method™ Practice Protocol is about providing allergy patients customized treatment. It is the most widely-used SLIT protocol in the U.S.
Using the La Crosse Method™ Protocol, providers have access to a fully customizable, safe, and effective method to treat the full spectrum of allergic patients — from the moderately allergic to those with debilitating and ultimately life-threatening allergies. Allergychoices can help your practice integrate custom, patient-specific sublingual immunotherapy as a seamless part of your practice.
The La Crosse Method™ Practice Protocol
In clinical use since 1970, the evidence-based La Crosse Method is the most widely-used published SLIT protocol in the U.S. with more than 275,000 patients treated.
Protocol family
The La Crosse Method family of protocols gives providers the ability to treat each patient uniquely based on their history, symptoms, and the number and severity of allergies.
Inhalant Allergy Treatment can be provided for those with multiple allergies to pollens, mites, animals & molds or with a history of anaphylaxis.
Learn moreThe goal of food allergy treatment is to reduce the risk of reactions in case of accidental exposure & help build a tolerance to the offending foods.
Learn morePreseasonal sublingual immunotherapy can provide a boost to help reduce allergy symptoms for those who have strong seasonal allergies.
Learn moreIndividualized care
No two patients’ allergic issues are identical — and treatment should reflect their individual allergy “fingerprint.” A hallmark of the La Crosse Method Protocol is its flexibility to address each patient’s individual needs.
Safety and benefit
The Protocol was developed to ensure the highest level of safety for the patient given his/her history, exam and allergy testing results, while providing optimal benefit, i.e. balancing maximum benefits with minimal risk. Optimal dosing levels are based on what is therapeutically effective for each individual patient and adjusted accordingly throughout treatment.
Dose escalation
Because dose escalation is supported by retesting and monitoring patient response, it minimizes risks of unnecessarily high doses without incremental benefit or adverse events, while avoiding a dosing scenario that can be cost-prohibitive for patients.
Mechanism of action
Sublingual immunotherapy is the regular administration of gradually increasing doses of allergens to the area under the tongue in order to induce tolerance to allergens responsible for symptoms. The area under the tongue, the sublingual mucosa, is a “privileged” area with special properties including the highest concentration of dendritic cells in the body. The dendritic cell is the most powerful antigen/allergen presenting cell, presenting allergens to T cells in order to induce either tolerance or a state of allergy. Manipulation of this cell is critical in the practice of immunotherapy.
Dendritic and T cells
Independent review
La Crosse Method Protocol outcomes have been validated through the Validation Institute, an independent team of population health scientists and bio-statisticians who provide objective review to validate performance in healthcare. For more information, visit validationinstitute.com.
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