Walnut Oral Immunotherapy for Tree Nut Allergy

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if walnut oral immunotherapy can be used in participants allergic to tree nuts to reduce tree nut allergy and induce changes in the participant's immune system.

Timeline

Start

2012-04-27

Primary completion

2015-07-02

Completion

2020-07-02

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry analysis (superiority test); Walnut Protein Powder vs Oat Powder; p = 0.001; Wilcoxon (Mann-Whitney) NCT01546753 ↗

Publications

• Background Jones SM, Pons L, Roberts JL, Scurlock AM, Perry TT, Kulis M, Shreffler WG, Steele P, Henry KA, Adair M, Francis JM, Durham S, Vickery BP, Zhong X, Burks AW. Clinical efficacy and immune regulation with peanut oral immunotherapy. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009 Aug;124(2):292-300, 300.e1-97. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.05.022. Epub 2009 Jul 3.
• Background Hofmann AM, Scurlock AM, Jones SM, Palmer KP, Lokhnygina Y, Steele PH, Kamilaris J, Burks AW. Safety of a peanut oral immunotherapy protocol in children with peanut allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009 Aug;124(2):286-91, 291.e1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.03.045. Epub 2009 May 27.
• Background Kulis M, Li Y, Lane H, Pons L, Burks W. Single-tree nut immunotherapy attenuates allergic reactions in mice with hypersensitivity to multiple tree nuts. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011 Jan;127(1):81-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.09.014. Epub 2010 Nov 18.
• Background Varshney P, Jones SM, Scurlock AM, Perry TT, Kemper A, Steele P, Hiegel A, Kamilaris J, Carlisle S, Yue X, Kulis M, Pons L, Vickery B, Burks AW. A randomized controlled study of peanut oral immunotherapy: clinical desensitization and modulation of the allergic response. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011 Mar;127(3):654-60. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.12.1111.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.