Table 1. . Randomized trials of sublingual immunotherapy for food allergy.
Study (year) | Allergen | Study participants (active treatment) | Median participant age (years) | Maintenance dose (mg) | Treatment duration | Treatment responders (desensitization) | Median cumulative tolerated dose at challenge (mg) | % doses with adverse effects | Treatment group dropouts | Dropouts related to adverse events | Ref. |
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Enrique (2005) | Hazelnut† | 12 | 29.2‡ | 13.25 | 8–12 weeks | Not reported¶ | Fivefold increase | 7.6 | 1 | 0 | [37] |
Fernández-Rivas (2009) | Peach† | 37 | 29.1‡ | 0.01§ | 6 months | Not reported¶ | Three- to ninefold increase | 39.8 | 4 | 1 | [38] |
Fleischer (2013) | Peanut | 20 | 15 | 1.386 | 44 weeks | 14/20 (70%)# | 371 | 37 | 5 | 1 | [40] |
Narisety (2015) | Peanut | 10 | 11 | 3.7 | 12 months | 7/10 (70%)# | 496 | 9 | 1 | 1 | [43] |
Kim (2011) | Peanut | 11 | 5.8 | 2 | 6 months | Not reported¶ | 1710 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | [44] |
Kim (2019) | Peanut | 48 | 6.5 | 2 | 3–5 years | 32/48 (67%)†† | 1750 | 4.8 | 11 | 2 | [45] |