This is an open label observational single center study of clinical food oral immunotherapy outcomes with biomarker samples and participant and/or caregiver-completed questionnaires in participants between 6 months and 65 years of age with IgE-mediated peanut allergy undergoing food oral immunotherapy.
In this research study the investigators want to learn more about the experience of participants with peanut allergy and their caregivers undergoing food oral immunotherapy (OIT) for peanut allergy. Food oral immunotherapy (OIT) is a treatment for individuals with a food allergy to reduce the body's allergic response to the food allergen, resulting in fewer symptoms. The treatment is also called desensitization. An individual becomes desensitized to the food allergen by ingesting small amounts of the food that are slowly increased. Over time, this helps the body's immune system become used to the food so that it no longer causes an allergic reaction. By desensitizing to peanut, it may lower the risk of life-threatening allergic reactions and cause a decreased sensitivity to peanut. The investigators specifically want to learn more about the effects of food OIT on quality of life and other outcomes important to participants with peanut allergy and their caregivers and to ultimately develop tests to predict who may respond favorably to food OIT.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
500
Peanut oral immunotherapy for peanut allergy
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The proportion of participants who tolerate the maintenance dose of 300 mg peanut protein with no symptoms within two years of starting OIT
Feasibility analysis as assessed by the proportion of participants who tolerate the maintenance dose in a dichotomous manner
Time frame: 2 years
Change in quality of life scores from baseline to end of treatment
Change in quality of life scores from baseline assessment to end of treatment assessment using the Food Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire (FAQLQ) total score. The FAQLQ total and domain scores range from 1-7 where 1 was the best possible score (i.e. fewest problems or better health related quality of life) and with the total score being the average of the domain scores. The domains include Emotional Impact, Social and Dietary Restrictions, and Food Anxiety.
Time frame: 4 years
Change in peanut specific serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) from baseline to end of treatment
Change in peanut specific serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) \[in kilo-units per liter (kU/L) or international units per milliliter (IU/mL)\] from baseline to end of treatment
Time frame: 4 years
Change in skin prick test reactivity to peanut extract from baseline to end of treatment
Change in skin prick test wheal diameter measurement in millimeters to peanut extract from baseline to end of treatment
Time frame: 4 years
The proportion of participants who tolerate a cumulative dose of 5000 mg peanut protein on oral food challenge without treatment after 12 months on maintenance dose
Desensitization to peanut as assessed by cumulative tolerated dose
Time frame: 4 years
Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v4.0
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Safety analysis as assessed by patient-reported or observed allergic symptoms that will be analyzed and tabulated
Time frame: 4 years