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Peanut AllergyPhase 1/2NCT01290913

Xolair Enhances Oral Desensitization in Peanut Allergic Patients

A Phase 1/2 study testing Omalizumab in people with Peanut Allergy, run by Lynda Schneider at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

This is a pilot feasibility study, using Xolair pretreatment for oral peanut desensitization. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 7 to 25 years
Conditions the study is for
Peanut Allergy
What is being tested?
Omalizumab
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
13 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Feb 2011to Sep 2013
Phase
Phase 1/2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 7 to 25 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients with severe peanut allergy, between the ages of 7-25 years, having a history of significant clinical symptoms within 1 hr of peanut ingestion.
  • Total IgE >50 kU/L but <2,0000 kU/L.
  • Sensitivity to peanut will be documented by a positive skin prick test result and RAST test to peanut, with 20 kU/L as a lower limit for eligibility.
  • Patients must also fail a double blind food challenge with peanut at a dose of 100 mg or less (after a cumulative dose of 186 mg), with minimal or no reactions to the placebo challenge.
  • All female subjects of childbearing potential will be required to provide a urine sample for pregnancy testing that must be negative one week before being allowed to participate in the study.
  • Subjects must be planning to remain in the study area during the trial.
  • Subjects and/or their parents must be trained on the proper use of the Epi-Pen to be allowed to enroll in the study.

Who cannot join

  • Due to the risk of serious systemic anaphylactic reactions to peanut in this study, we will exclude:
  • Patients with acute infections, autoimmune disease, severe cardiac disease, and those who are treated with beta-adrenergic antagonistic drugs (beta-blockers, which increase the risk of more serious symptoms of anaphylaxis).
  • Subjects having a history of severe anaphylaxis to peanut requiring intubation or admission to an ICU, frequent urticaria, or history consistent with poorly controlled persistent asthma.
  • Total IgE > 2,000 IU/mL.
  • Subjects with unstable angina, significant arrhythmia, uncontrolled hypertension, chronic sinusitis, or other chronic or immunological diseases that in the mind of the investigator might interfere with the evaluation or administration of the test drug or pose additional risk to the subject e.g. gastrointestinal or gastroesophageal disease, chronic infections, scleroderma, hepatic and gallbladder disease, chronic non-allergic pulmonary disease.
  • Subject with an FEV1 or PEF less than 80% predicted with or without controller medication (if able to perform the maneuver) at screening, the oral desensitization visit, or food challenge visit.
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  • Subjects who have received an experimental drug in the last 30 days prior to admission into this study or who plan to use an experimental drug during the study, who are current users of oral, intramuscular, or intravenous corticosteroids, or tricyclic antidepressants, or who are using medication that could induce adverse gastrointestinal reactions during the study.
  • Subjects refusing to sign the EpiPen Training Form.
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding females.
  • Subjects with severe food associated eczema, dermatitis herpetiformis, eosinophilic esophagitis, eosinophilic enteritis, proctocolitis, food protein induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) or other gastrointestinal diseases. These requirements are necessary to limit the study to patients with primarily IgE mediated peanut allergy, and to exclude patients with peanut sensitivity mediated by cellular/T cell (non-IgE mediated) mechanisms.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

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About this study

This is a pilot feasibility study, using Xolair pretreatment for oral peanut desensitization.

Read the detailed description

We hypothesize that pretreatment with anti-IgE mAb will greatly reduce the side effects and allergic reactions that occur during oral desensitization to peanut and will enhance the development of oral tolerance in patients with severe peanut allergy.

We will follow the patients for 5 years following study completion.

Conditions
Peanut Allergy
Being tested
Omalizumab
Keywords
peanut allergy, Xolair
Medical subject headings
Peanut Hypersensitivity

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • OmalizumabDrug

    Also called Xolair

    Omalizumab is an antibody that helps decrease allergic responses in the body

Study groups in NCT01290913
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
omalizumab, oral desensitizationExperimentalPatients receive omalizumab along with oral peanut desensitization.
Receives: Drug: Omalizumab

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number of Participants That Tolerated Rapid Oral Peanut Desensitization to a Dose of 500 mg Peanut Flour (Cumulative Dose, 1,000 mg)

    To tolerate refers to the ability of the patient to ingest the challenge dose of 500 mg peanut flour (1000 mg cumulatively) with either no or mild symptoms.

    Measured: First day of desensitization

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Number of Participants That Tolerated Rapid Oral Peanut Desensitization to a Dose of 4,000 mg of Peanut Flour.

    To tolerate refers to the ability of the patient to ingest the final challenge of 4000mg peanut flour, with either no or mild symptoms.

    Measured: after 7-8 wks of desensitization

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted7 Feb 2011 (estimated)
  2. Study startFeb 2011
  3. Primary completionSep 2013
  4. Study completionSep 2013

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1/2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
13 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01290913
Sponsor's protocol ID
CHB10090470
Other IDs
Xolair and Peanut Allergy
Status last verified
Mar 2015
First submitted
4 Feb 2011
Last updated
7 Apr 2015
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Abdel-Gadir A, Schneider L, Casini A, Charbonnier LM, Little SV, Harrington T, Umetsu DT, Rachid R, Chatila TA. Oral immunotherapy with omalizumab reverses the Th2 cell-like programme of regulatory T cells and restores their function. Clin Exp Allergy. 2018 Jul;48(7):825-836. doi: 10.1111/cea.13161. Epub 2018 May 29.

    PubMed 29700872

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing Omalizumab in people with Peanut Allergy, run by Lynda Schneider at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 10 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Apr 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this combined phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 20 Feb 2015). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of Participants That Tolerated Rapid Oral Peanut Desensitization to a Dose of 500 mg Peanut Flour (Cumulative Dose, 1,000 mg) (time frame: First day of desensitization). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01290913, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Apr 2015.

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