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Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy

NCT00429429 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 7

Last updated 2016-06-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Currently, when a food allergy is diagnosed, the "standard of care" is strict avoidance of the allergic food and ready access to self-injectable epinephrine. Yet, accidental ingestions do occur. Unfortunately, for a ubiquitous food such as peanut, the possibility of an inadvertent ingestion is great. It is estimated that over 50% of individuals who are allergic to peanuts will have an accidental reaction to peanuts over a 2-year period. The purpose of this study is to determine if peanut sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) reduces the number and/or symptoms of accidental peanut ingestion in peanut allergic subjects. We would anticipate that the subjects on the peanut SLIT protocol would experience few adverse effects with accidental peanut ingestion over the course of the two years of SLIT. The primary endpoint to evaluate the effectiveness of SLIT will be a negative DBPCFC to peanuts (8 grams) at the completion of the two years of the study.

Conditions

  • Allergy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Sublingual immunotherapy

Drops of peanut protein placed and held under the tongue for a specific time before swallowed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wesley Burks, MD · University of North Carolina

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-04-30
Primary Completion
2011-05-31
Completion
2011-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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