Omalizumab for the Treatment of Food Allergy in Patients With Elevated Total IgE Levels
Recruiting
Phase 2
Interventional Study
Food Hypersensitivity
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Prior Safety Data
This treatment has already been tested in at least one earlier human trial.
At a Glance
- Age
- 1 – 55
- Sex
- Any
- Trial phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 32 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University · Other
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About This Trial
In this project, the investigators would like to learn if 24 weeks (about 5 and a half months) of omalizumab injections, given every 2 weeks, will be safe and effective for food allergic people who have a total immunoglobulin E (IgE) above the current FDA approved dosing regimen enabling a person to increase tolerance to the food(s) that the person is allergic to.
The investigators would also lik…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age 1 to 55 years
* A positive prick skin test (PST) with a wheal ≥ 6 mm to at least one of the relevant foods (peanut, cashew, walnut, egg, milk, or wheat)
* Positive food-specific IgE (≥2.0 kilo units of allergen-specific IgE per liter (kUA/L)) to at least one of the study s…
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