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. 2020 Jan 20;10:659. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-56961-3

Table 1.

Characteristics of included peanut oral immunotherapy studies.

Study/Year [Country] RCT Blinded OIT Comparator Co-Treatment Entry OFC Type Rush Phase Peanut OIT Dose (mg peanut protein) Exit OFC Subjects Receiving OIT
Starting Target Maintenance
Anagnostou 2011 [UK] No No None None DBPCFC No 0.5 800 Open 22
Anagnostou 2014 [UK] Yes No Peanut Avoidance None DBPCFC No 2 800 DBPCFC 94
Bird 2015 [USA] No No None None DBPCFC No Variable 2000 DBPCFC 11
Bird 2018 [USA] Yes Yes Placebo None DBPCFC Yes 0.5 to 6 300 DBPCFC 29
Blumchen 2010 [Germany] No No None None DBPCFC Yes Variable 125 DBPCFC* 23
Blumchen 2019 [Germany] Yes Yes Placebo None Open No Variable 125 or 250 Open 31
Fauquert 2018 [France] Yes Yes Placebo None DBPCFC No 2 400 DBPCFC 21
Hofmann 2009 [USA] No No None None None Yes 0.1 to 50 300 None 28
Howe 2019 [USA] Yes No Symptoms as side effects (n = 24) or symptoms as positive signals (n = 26) Antihistamine None No 1.3 240 None 50
Jones 2009 [USA] No No None None None Yes 0.1 to 50 300 Open 39
Kukkonen 2017 [Finland] No No Peanut Avoidance Antihistamine DBPCFC No 0.1 800 DBPCFC 39
MacGinnitie 2017 [USA] Yes No Omalizumab + Oral OIT [n = 27] Vs. Oral OIT alone [n = 8] Omalizumab DBPCFC Yes 0.5 to 250 2000 Open 35
Nachshon 2018 [Israel] No No None None Open Yes Variable 1200 or 3000 Open 145
Nagakura 2018a [Japan] No No None Antihistamine & Montelukast DBPCFC Yes Variable 795 OFC* 22
Nagakura 2018b [Japan] No No None Antihistamine Open Yes Variable 133 OFC* 24
Narisety 2015 [USA] Yes No Oral Vs. Sublingual OIT None Open Yes 0.1 to 6 2000 Open 11
Nozawa 2014 [Japan] No No None None DBPCFC Yes Variable 1750 or 3500 None 18
PALISADE 2018 [North America & Europe] Yes Yes Placebo None DBPCFC Yes 0.5 to 6 300 DBPCFC 372
Reier-Nilsen 2019 [Norway] Yes No Peanut Avoidance None DBPCFC No 5 or 1 5000 None 57
Schneider 2013 [USA] No No None Omalizumab DBPCFC Yes 0.05 to 250 4000 DBPCFC 13
Tang 2015 [Australia] Yes Yes Placebo Probiotic None Yes 0.1 to 12 2000 DBPCFC 31
Tao 2017 [Australia] No No None None Open No Boiled 2500 Open 14
Varshney 2011 [USA] Yes Yes Placebo None None Yes 0.1 to 6 4000 DBPCFC 19
Vickery 2017 [USA] Yes No 300 mg [n = 20] Vs. 3000 mg [17] maintenance dose None Open Yes 0.05 to 3 300 vs. 3000 DBPCFC 37
Wasserman 2019 [USA] No No None None None Yes 0.001 to 10 mg/0.002 to 2.05 mg 3000 None 270
Yu 2012 [USA] No No None None None Yes Variable 4000 None 24
Zhong 2019 [Singapore] No No None Probiotic Open No 0.5 3000 Open 9

Abbreviations: RCT, randomised controlled trial; OIT, oral immunotherapy; OFC, oral food challenge; DBPCFC, double blind placebo controlled food challenge.

*OFC completed after 2 weeks of peanut avoidance.

Lactobacillus rhamnosus.