Consensus communication on early peanut introduction and the prevention of peanut allergy in high-risk infants

• Published in: Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology Vol. 115; no. 2; pp. 87 - 90
• Main Authors: Fleischer, David M., MD, Sicherer, Scott, MD, Greenhawt, Matthew, MD, Campbell, Dianne, MB BS, FRACP, PhD, Chan, Edmond, MD, Muraro, Antonella, MD, PhD, Halken, Susanne, MD, Katz, Yitzhak, MD, Ebisawa, Motohiro, MD, PhD, Eichenfield, Lawrence, MD, Sampson, Hugh, MD, Lack, Gideon, MB, BCh, Du Toit, George, MB, BCh, Roberts, Graham, DM, Bahnson, Henry, MPH, Feeney, Mary, MSc, RD, Hourihane, Jonathan, MD, Spergel, Jonathan, MD, PhD, Young, Michael, MD, As'aad, Amal, MD, Allen, Katrina, BMedSc, MB BS, FRACP, PhD, Prescott, Susan, BMedSc, MB BS, FRACP, PhD, Kapur, Sandeep, MD, Saito, Hirohisa, MD, PhD, Agache, Ioana, MD, Akdis, Cezmi A., MD, PhD, Arshad, Hasan, MD, Beyer, Kirsten, MD, Dubois, Anthony, MD, Eigenmann, Philippe, MD, Fernandez-Rivas, Monserrat, MD, Grimshaw, Kate, PhD, RD, RNutr, Hoffman-Sommergruber, Karin, PhD, Host, Arne, MD, Lau, Susanne, MD, O'Mahony, Liam, MD, Mills, Clare, PhD, Papadopoulos, Nikolaus, MD, Venter, Carina, BSc, PhD, Agmon-Levin, Nancy, MD, Kessel, Aaron, MD, Antaya, Richard, MD, Drolet, Beth, MD, Rosenwasser, Lanny, MD
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2015
• Subjects: Allergens - administration & dosage; Allergens - immunology; Allergy and Immunology; Allergy prevention; Arachis - immunology; complementary feeding; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - immunology; Male; peanut allergy; Peanut Hypersensitivity - etiology; Peanut Hypersensitivity - immunology; Peanut Hypersensitivity - pathology; Peanut Hypersensitivity - prevention & control; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; EAACI; European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology; Skin prick test; complementary feeding; LEAP; NIAID; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; peanut allergy; Learning Early About Peanut Allergy; Number needed to treat; NNT; Allergy prevention; SPT
• ISSN: 1081-1206; 1534-4436
• DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2015.06.001

Abstract The purpose of this brief communication is to highlight emerging evidence to existing guidelines regarding potential benefits of supporting early, rather than delayed, peanut introduction during the period of complementary food introduction in infants. This document should be considered as interim guidance based on consensus among the following organizations: American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Israel Association of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Japanese Society for Allergology, Society for Pediatric Dermatology, and World Allergy Organization. More formal guidelines regarding early-life, complementary feeding practices and the risk of allergy development will follow in the next year from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-sponsored Working Group and the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.