After 2 Years of Daily Treatment, More Than 80% of Patients Were Successfully Desensitized to 2000 mg Peanut Protein or Equivalent of About 14 Peanut Kernels.
Despite effectively inducing desensitisation in the clinic, OIT for peanut allergies appears to considerably increase allergic and anaphylactic reactions, compared with avoidance or placebo.
Results of a 3 year study of the effectiveness of OIT for desensitization of peanut allergy in children was published today in the medical journal The Lancet.