Oral peanut immunotherapy with a modified dietary starch adjuvant for treatment of peanut allergy in children aged 10-16 years.
- Conditions
- Peanut allergyInflammatory and Immune System - Allergies
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12617000914369
- Lead Sponsor
- Sydney Children's Hospital Network
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 65
Children aged 10-16 years with a diagnosis of peanut allergy with a positive skin prick test to a commercially available peanut extract (wheal at least 3mm larger than the negative control) and confirmation of clinical reactivity to roasted peanut in a double blind, placebo-controlled food challenge (DBPCFC) with a cumulative threshold of >9mg but <3000mg of peanut protein; tolerant of soy (DBPCFC is given in a soy-based matrix) at a food challenge; parents, or legal guardians, must give informed consent and the child must also agree to partake in the study.
Previous admission to intensive care unit for the management of a peanut allergic reaction; clinically significant chronic disease other than eczema, rhinitis or asthma; poorly controlled asthma in the last 3 months (as defined by clinican judgement with reference to the ICON consensus) or asthma requiring oral corticosteroids in the previous 3 months; those in the first year of immunotherapy (subcutaneous or sublingual) for respiratory allergens; those receiving anti-IgE therapy, oral immunosuppressants, beta-blockers or ACE inhibitor therapy; a clinical allergy to soya or sunflower seed; tolerance to roasted peanut in a double blind, placebo-controlled food challenge with thresholds <10mg or 3000mg or more peanut protein; pregnancy; or unwilling or being unable to fulfil study requirements.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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