Pilot Study on Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Persistant Peanut Allergy

The purpose of this trial is to assess the safety and efficacy of peanut immunotherapy in children and adults with peanut allergy. Participants will receive immunotherapy with peanut every 2 weeks for a period of 3 months.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Peanut Allergy; Food Allergy
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Peanut Immunotherapy

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 12
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Switzerland
  • Geneva, Switzerland, 1211
    • Pediatric allergy unit, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG)

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 12 years to 45 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Informed Consent as documented by signature.
2. Male or female subjects 12 to 45 years old at screening visit.

3. Patients with convincing history of IgE-mediated systemic allergic reaction after consumption of peanut, and specific IgE above 95% positive predictive value:

   a. Peanut ≥ 15kU/L or Ara h 2 ≥ 5U/L

4. Patients without a convincing history of IgE-mediated systemic allergic reaction (for example only oral symptoms) after consumption of peanuts but with clear evidence of sensitization (SPT > 3 mm and/or positive specific IgE (> 0.1kU/l) and a positive standardized food challenge to peanut between V0 and V1.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subjects with a history of severe anaphylaxis to the incriminated food with the following symptoms: hypotension, hypoxia, neurological compromise (collapse, loss of consciousness or incontinence).
2. Subjects with a history of systemic reaction to peanutskin prick test with commercial extract.
3. Uncontrolled asthma (Forced expiratory volume at one second (FEV1) <70% of predicted value), active eosinophilic oesophagitis or any condition deemed incompatible by the investigator.
4. Known or suspected systemic mastocytosis.
5. Subject currently under allergen immunotherapy.
6. Subject/parent with excessive anxiety unlikely to cope with study conditions as per investigator's opinion.
7. Participation in a clinical study with a new investigational drug within the last 3 months or for a biological within the last 6 months prior to or during the study.
8. Use of immunosuppression or immunomodulatory drug (including anti-IgE or anti-Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)) within 1 year prior to inclusion in study.
9. Relative counter-indication or inability to use epinephrine auto-injector.
10. Subjects receiving beta-blockers or angiotensin converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors.
11. Women who are pregnant or breast feeding.
12. Intention to become pregnant during the course of the study, or inadequate contraceptive measures for women of child-bearing age (contraceptive measures considered adequate are: intrauterine devices, hormonal contraceptives, such as contraceptive pills, implants, transdermal patches, hormonal vaginal devices or injections with prolonged release).
13. Other clinically significant concomitant disease states (e.g., renal failure, hepatic dysfunction, cardiovascular disease, etc.).
14. Diseases with a contraindication for the use of adrenalin (e.g. hyperthyroidism, glaucoma).
15. Known or suspected non-compliance, drug or alcohol abuse.
16. Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems, psychological disorders, dementia, etc. of the participant.
17. Patients who are employees of the sponsor, institution or 1st grade relatives or partners of the investigators

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Peanut allergenic extract; injected peanut extract.	Drug: Peanut Immunotherapy; Treatment will be injected peanut extract every 2 weeks for a period of 3 months.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Result (positive or negative) and cumulative reaction threshold at 3 months peanut oral food challenge (OFC).	An unblinded evaluation of peanut OFC cumulative reaction threshold after 3 months of peanut immunotherapy.	3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in serum levels of allergen specific IgE and IgG4 after 6 weeks and 3 months of treatment compared to baseline peanut specific IgE and IgG4 after 3 months of treatment with peanut extract.	An evaluation of changes in serum levels of allergen specific IgE and IgG4 after 6 weeks and 3 months of treatment compared to baseline peanut specific IgE and IgG4 after 3 months of treatment with peanut extract.	3 months
Change in titrated skin prick test after 6 weeks and 3 months of treatment with peanut extract compared to baseline.	An evaluation of changes in titrated skin prick tests after 6 weeks and 3 months of treatment with peanut extract compared to baseline.	3 months
Incidence rate of treatment emergent adverse events during peanut immunotherapy	An unblinded evaluation of the safety of peanut immunotherapy as measured by the incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events (AEs and SAEs).	3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Hospital, Geneva
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Jean-Christoph Caubet, MD, University Hospitals of Geneva

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 1, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 19, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): April 19, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 16, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 22, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): July 23, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 28, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 24, 2023
• Last Verified: August 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Immune System Diseases; Hypersensitivity, Immediate; Nut and Peanut Hypersensitivity; Hypersensitivity; Peanut Hypersensitivity; Food Hypersensitivity; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Immunologic Factors; Immunomodulating Agents
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2018-02316

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No