EFFICACY TRIAL OF BIORESONANCE IN CHILDREN WITH ATOPIC-DERMATITIS

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.