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Adjuvant Treatment With Abatacept to Promote Remission During Peanut Oral Immunotherapy

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Peanut Allergy
Interventions
Drug: Placebo
Other: Peanut oral immunotherapy
Registration Number
NCT04872218
Lead Sponsor
Philippe Bégin
Brief Summary

This is a phase 2a, multi-center, randomized and double-blind placebo-controlled trial comparing 24 weeks of abatacept versus placebo used as adjuvant to oral immunotherapy to induce remission in adolescents and adults with persistent severe peanut allergy.

This is a proof-of-concept trial in which the primary outcome will be the suppression of the initial peanut specific IgE surge during OIT, which is used as a proxy outcome of peanut allergy remission.

Adolescents and adults with persistent severe peanut allergy (n=14) will be randomized to either abatacept or placebo at a ratio 1:1 for a total period of 24 weeks. Peanut oral immunotherapy will be initiated the day following the first administration of the investigational product. Sustained tolerance to peanut will be assessed at 36 weeks.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
14
Inclusion Criteria
  • Male or female subjects 14 to 50 years old at screening visit
  • History of IgE mediated allergy to peanut protein
  • ImmunoCAP IgE level > 50 kU/L for peanut;
  • Total IgE level < 5000 kU/L
  • Willing to comply to all study requirements during participation in the study;
Exclusion Criteria
  • Previous adverse reactions to abatacept;
  • Known hypersensitivity to abatacept or any of its components;
  • Patients at risk of sepsis, such as immunocompromised or HIV positive;
  • Patient undergoing a treatment with any other biologic agent;
  • Uncontrolled asthma;
  • Unstable angina, significant arrhythmia, uncontrolled hypertension, chronic sinusitis, or other chronic or immunological diseases that, in the judgment of the investigator, might interfere with the evaluation, administration of the test drug or pose additional risk to the subject (e.g., gastrointestinal or gastroesophageal disease, chronic infections, scleroderma, hepatic and gallbladder disease, chronic non-allergic pulmonary disease);
  • Current users of oral, intramuscular, or intravenous corticosteroids, tricyclic antidepressants or beta-blocker
  • Concurrent/prior use of immunomodulatory therapy (within 6 months);
  • A diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis, eosinophilic colitis, or eosinophilic gastritis;
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women;

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PlaceboPlacebo-
PlaceboPeanut oral immunotherapy-
AbataceptPeanut oral immunotherapy-
AbataceptAbatacept-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Peanut specific/total IgE at week 2424 weeks

Relative change in peanut specific/total IgE from baseline to week 24

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Peanut-specific IgG4/IgE ratio at week 2424 weeks

Relative change in peanut-specific IgG4/IgE ratio from baseline to week 24

Peanut-specific IgG4 at week 2424 weeks

Absolute change in peanut-specific IgG4 from baseline to week 24

Sustained toleranceAssessed between week 36 and week 48

Maximum period of avoidance after which a oral food challenge with 300 mg peanut protein is still tolerated

Food dosing reactions48 weeks

Mean cumulative function of food dosing allergic reactions

Desensitization36 weeks

Highest tolerated dose on an oral food challenge at week 36

Desensitization speed36 weeks

Time from the onset of oral immunotherapy to the maintenance dose of 300mg

Adverse events48 weeks

Overall rate of adverse events

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU Sainte-Justine

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Montréal, Quebec, Canada

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