FARE Peanut SLIT and Early Tolerance Induction (FARE/SLIT)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02304991 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : December 2, 2014
Last Update Posted : January 15, 2021
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Primary Objective: To determine if 36 months of peanut SLIT as an early intervention in subjects ages 1 to 4 years induces clinical desensitization. The primary outcome of this objective will be a statistically significant difference in challenge scores between the treatment group versus the placebo group during DBPCFC (Double blind placebo controlled food challenge) performed after 36 months of peanut SLIT (desensitization). Challenge scores are measured by the amount of peanut protein participants are able to ingest successfully without symptoms of an allergic reaction. [Time Frame: Baseline, 36 months]
Secondary Objectives:
A secondary outcome of this objective will be a statistically significant difference in the challenge score of the treatment group versus the placebo group during the DBPCFC performed 3 months after discontinuing therapy (tolerance).
To examine the change in immune parameters associated with peanut SLIT and the development of clinical tolerance. Through this objective, the investigators will seek to understand the molecular processes by which SLIT affects the immune system through evaluation of immune mechanisms in relationship to clinical findings of desensitization and tolerance. The investigators will delineate the impact of peanut SLIT on the subsequent cellular and humoral responses to peanut protein: 1) peanut specific IgE, IgG, and IgG4 response, 2) peanut specific basophil activation, 3) mast cell responses through skin prick testing, and 4) specific T-cell cytokine responses and T regulatory cell (TReg) activation. The investigators anticipate that the effect of peanut SLIT will occur by induction of TRegs, conversion of T cells from an allergic (TH2) to a non-allergic (TH1) lymphocyte response (measured by cytokines, antibody levels, and skin prick test size), a change in peanut-specific basophil activation, or through a combination of the above.
[Time Frame: Baseline, 39 months]
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Peanut Hypersensitivity Food Allergy Food Hypersensitivity Peanut Allergy | Drug: Liquid Peanut Extract Drug: Placebo Glycerin SLIT | Phase 2 |

Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 50 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Peanut Sublingual Immunotherapy Induction of Clinical Tolerance of Newly Diagnosed Peanut Allergic 12 to 48 Month Old Children |
Actual Study Start Date : | January 2015 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 31, 2020 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 31, 2020 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Peanut (liquid peanut extract) SLIT
After the entry DBPCFC, subjects will be randomized 1:1 to active or placebo drug product. Subjects randomized to peanut SLIT therapy will dose for 36 months and undergo a second DBPCFC. The subjects will stop dosing for three months and repeat a DBPCFC at 39 months.
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Drug: Liquid Peanut Extract
5000mcg/ml peanut protein
Other Name: SLIT |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo Glycerin SLIT
After the entry DBPCFC, subjects will be randomized 1:1 to active or placebo drug product. Subjects randomized to placebo glycerin SLIT will dose for 36 months and undergo a second DBPCFC. The subjects will stop dosing for three months and repeat a DBPCFC at 39 months.
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Drug: Placebo Glycerin SLIT
pure glycerinated saline solution with caramel coloring to match color
Other Name: SLIT |
- Percentage of participants desensitized to peanut using peanut SLIT as an early intervention in subjects ages 1 to 4 years [ Time Frame: From baseline to 36 months ]The primary outcome is to detect a statistically significant difference in reaction thresholds to peanut between the treatment group versus the placebo group during DBPCFC (Double blind placebo controlled food challenge) performed after 36 months of peanut SLIT (desensitization). Challenge scores are measured by the amount of peanut protein participants are able to ingest successfully without symptoms of an allergic reaction. The difference is measured through utilization of an extreme value hazard function.
- Statistically significant difference in the challenge scores of the treatment group versus the placebo group during the DBPCFC performed 3 months after discontinuing therapy (tolerance) [ Time Frame: From baseline to 39 months ]Detect a statistically significant difference between reaction thresholds to peanut of the treatment group versus the placebo group during the DBPCFC performed 3 months after discontinuing therapy (tolerance).
- The change in peanut specific IgE levels [ Time Frame: From baseline to 39 months ]To examine the change in immune parameters associated with peanut SLIT and the development of clinical tolerance. Through this objective, the investigators will seek to understand the molecular processes by which SLIT affects the immune system through evaluation of immune mechanisms in relationship to clinical findings of desensitization and tolerance. The investigators will delineate the impact of peanut SLIT on the subsequent cellular and humoral responses to peanut protein. Detection of statistically significant differences will be measured through a two-sample t-test.
- The change in peanut specific IgG levels [ Time Frame: From baseline to 39 months ]To examine the change in immune parameters associated with peanut SLIT and the development of clinical tolerance. Through this objective, the investigators will seek to understand the molecular processes by which SLIT affects the immune system through evaluation of immune mechanisms in relationship to clinical findings of desensitization and tolerance. The investigators will delineate the impact of peanut SLIT on the subsequent cellular and humoral responses to peanut protein. Detection of statistically significant differences will be measured through a two-sample t-test.
- The change in peanut specific IgG4 levels [ Time Frame: From baseline to 39 months ]To examine the change in immune parameters associated with peanut SLIT and the development of clinical tolerance. Through this objective, the investigators will seek to understand the molecular processes by which SLIT affects the immune system through evaluation of immune mechanisms in relationship to clinical findings of desensitization and tolerance. The investigators will delineate the impact of peanut SLIT on the subsequent cellular and humoral responses to peanut protein. Detection of statistically significant differences will be measured through a two-sample t-test.
- The change in peanut specific basophil activation [ Time Frame: From baseline to 39 months ]To examine the change in immune parameters associated with peanut SLIT and the development of clinical tolerance. Through this objective, the investigators will seek to understand the molecular processes by which SLIT affects the immune system through evaluation of immune mechanisms in relationship to clinical findings of desensitization and tolerance. The investigators will delineate the impact of peanut SLIT on the subsequent cellular and humoral responses to peanut protein. Detection of statistically significant differences will be measured through a two-sample t-test.
- The change in responses of mast cell as measured by prick skin testing to peanut [ Time Frame: From baseline to 39 months ]To examine the change in immune parameters associated with peanut SLIT and the development of clinical tolerance. Through this objective, the investigators will seek to understand the molecular processes by which SLIT affects the immune system through evaluation of immune mechanisms in relationship to clinical findings of desensitization and tolerance. The investigators will delineate the impact of peanut SLIT on the subsequent cellular and humoral responses to peanut protein. Detection of statistically significant differences will be measured through a two-sample t-test.
- The change in specific T-cell cytokine responses [ Time Frame: From baseline to 39 months ]To examine the change in immune parameters associated with peanut SLIT and the development of clinical tolerance. Through this objective, the investigators will seek to understand the molecular processes by which SLIT affects the immune system through evaluation of immune mechanisms in relationship to clinical findings of desensitization and tolerance. The investigators will delineate the impact of peanut SLIT on the subsequent cellular and humoral responses to peanut protein. Detection of statistically significant differences will be measured through a two-sample t-test.
- The change in T regulatory cell activation [ Time Frame: From baseline to 39 months ]To examine the change in immune parameters associated with peanut SLIT and the development of clinical tolerance. Through this objective, the investigators will seek to understand the molecular processes by which SLIT affects the immune system through evaluation of immune mechanisms in relationship to clinical findings of desensitization and tolerance. The investigators will delineate the impact of peanut SLIT on the subsequent cellular and humoral responses to peanut protein. Detection of statistically significant differences will be measured through a two-sample t-test.
- Incidence of all serious adverse events during the study [ Time Frame: From baseline to 39 months ]Incidence of all serious adverse events during the study

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 12 Months to 48 Months (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Written informed consent from participant's parent/guardian.
- Age 12-48 months of either sex, any race, any ethnicity.
- A peanut allergy diagnosis with a convincing clinical history of peanut allergy and a serum peanut-specific IgE [UniCAP] > 0.35 kUA/L AND a positive skin prick test to peanut (>3 mm than the negative control) OR are sensitized to peanut (based on a serum IgE [UniCAP] to peanut of > 5 kUA/L) AND a positive skin prick test to peanut (> 3 mm than the negative control) and no known history of ingestion of peanut.
- A positive DBPCFC to 1000 mg of peanut at enrollment.
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of severe anaphylaxis to peanut, defined as hypoxia, hypotension, or neurologic compromise (cyanosis or SpO2 < 92% at any stage, hypotension, confusion, collapse or loss of consciousness).
- Participation in any interventional study for the treatment of food allergy in the past 6 months.
- Known oat, wheat, or glycerin allergy.
- Eosinophilic or other inflammatory (e.g. celiac) gastrointestinal disease.
- Severe asthma (2007 NHLBI Criteria Steps 5 or 6 - Appendix 2).
- Inability to discontinue antihistamines for skin testing and DBPCFCs.
- Use of omalizumab or other non-traditional forms of allergen immunotherapy (e.g., oral or sublingual) or immunomodulator therapy (not including corticosteroids) or biologic therapy within the past year.
- Use of beta-blockers (oral), angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARB) or calcium channel blockers.
- Significant medical condition (e.g., liver, kidney, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, hematologic, or pulmonary disease) which would make the subject unsuitable for induction of food reactions.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02304991
United States, North Carolina | |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599 | |
United States, Texas | |
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | |
Dallas, Texas, United States, 75235 |
Principal Investigator: | Wesley Burks, MD | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
Responsible Party: | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02304991 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
14-0648 R01AT004435-07 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | December 2, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 15, 2021 |
Last Verified: | January 2021 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Peanut Food Allergy |
Hypersensitivity Food Hypersensitivity Peanut Hypersensitivity Immune System Diseases Hypersensitivity, Immediate |
Nut and Peanut Hypersensitivity Glycerol Cryoprotective Agents Protective Agents Physiological Effects of Drugs |