Mh. Schoni et al., EFFICACY TRIAL OF BIORESONANCE IN CHILDREN WITH ATOPIC-DERMATITIS, International archives of allergy and immunology, 112(3), 1997, pp. 238-246
Single case reports and uncontrolled studies claim significant improve
ments in patients with atopic diseases treated with bioresonance thera
py, also called biophysical information therapy (BIT). To assess the e
fficacy of this alternative method of treatment, we performed a conven
tional double-blind parallel group study in children hospitalized for
long-lasting atopic dermatitis. Over a period of 1.5 year, 32 children
with atopic dermatitis, age range 1.5-16.8 years and hospitalized for
4-6 weeks at the Alpine Children's Hospital Davos, Switzerland, were
randomized according to sex, age and severity of the skin disease to r
eceive conventional inpatient therapy and either a putatively active o
r a sham (placebo) BIT treatment. Short- and long-term outcome within
I year were assessed by skin symptom scores, sleep and itch scores, bl
ood cell activation markers of allergy, and a questionnaire. Hospitali
zation and conventional therapy in a high altitude climate resulted in
immediate and sustained amelioration of the disease state in both the
BIT-treated and sham-treated groups. BIT had no significant additive
measurable effect on the outcome variables determined in this study. T
he statement by protagonists of this alternative form of therapy that
BIT can considerably influence or even cure atopic dermatitis was not
confirmed using for the first time a conventional double-blind study d
esign. Considering the high costs and false promises caused by the pro
moters of this kind of therapy it is concluded that BIT has no place i
n the treatment of children with atopic dermatitis.