First Real-World Safety Analysis of Preschool Peanut Oral Immunotherapy

• Published in: The journal of allergy and clinical immunology in practice (Cambridge, MA) Vol. 7; no. 8; p. 2759
• Main Authors: Soller, Lianne, Abrams, Elissa M, Carr, Stuart, Kapur, Sandeep, Rex, Gregory A, Leo, Sara, Lidman, Per G, Yeung, Joanne, Vander Leek, Timothy K, McHenry, Mary, Wong, Tiffany, Cook, Victoria E, Hildebrand, Kyla J, Gerstner, Thomas V, Mak, Raymond, Lee, Nicole J, Cameron, Scott B, Chan, Edmond S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2019
• Subjects: Adverse events; Preschool children; Peanut allergy; Real-world; Preschoolers; Peanut oral immunotherapy; Allergic reactions; Safety; Oral immunotherapy

In 2017, a clinical trial of 37 subjects demonstrated that preschool peanut oral immunotherapy (P-OIT) was safe, with predominantly mild symptoms reported and only 1 moderate reaction requiring epinephrine. We sought to examine whether these findings would be applicable in a real-world setting. As p...