Trial reportClinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology2025
Pragmatic Low-Dose Oral Immunotherapy for Preschool Children With Peanut Allergy: A Randomised Controlled Trial.
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- Safety and efficiency of peanut oral immunotherapy in preschool children with slow up-dosing and low maintenance dosing: a randomised controlled trial.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2026Article
- Hazelnut oral immunotherapy in children: An Italian single-center retrospective cohort study.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2026Article
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Abstract
introductionPeanut allergy is the most common childhood-onset, persistent food allergy. Peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) is a potential treatment, but few studies prospectively examine the outcome of peanut OIT in young children using parent-measured doses compared to standard care (peanut avoidance).
objectiveTo determine the efficacy, safety and tolerability of a pragmatic peanut OIT protocol (parent-measured doses with low maintenance dose) compared to avoidance.
methodsIn this unblinded randomised controlled trial (1:1 ratio), children 1-4 years old were assigned to receive peanut OIT (maintenance dose 360 mg) or avoidance for 12 months. The primary outcome was desensitisation, defined as the ability to tolerate at least 600 mg peanut protein during an end-of-treatment oral food challenge (EOT OFC), with secondary outcomes frequency and severity of adverse events, change in quality of life and change in immunological markers of peanut allergy.
resultsA total of 54 children were randomised, with 23/27 in the peanut OIT and 25/27 in the avoidance group undergoing open peanut challenge after 12 months. An eliciting dose of ≥ 600 mg peanut protein was tolerated by 74% (20/27) of OIT compared to 11% (3/27) of avoidance participants. 41% of OIT (11/27) and 7% of avoidance (2/27) participants passed the end-of-treatment challenge. The OIT group reported significantly better quality of life than the avoidance group after 12 months (Food Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire-Parent Form mean difference -0.5, p = 0.041). There were 79 treatment-related adverse events reported by 21 participants in the OIT group (median 2 per participant, range 0-13).
conclusionPeanut OIT using parent-measured doses and a low maintenance dose of 360 mg is effective at inducing desensitisation after 12 months in 1- to 4-year-old children. In this cohort, peanut OIT is associated with improved quality of life compared to avoidance and appears to have an acceptable safety profile.
trial registrationAustralian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12621001001886 (registered 30 July 2021).
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