The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 126, Issue 1 , Pages 31-32, July 2010

Peanut oral immunotherapy is not ready for clinical use

  • Ananth Thyagarajan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Pooja Varshney, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Stacie M. Jones, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Ark
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  • Scott Sicherer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Robert Wood, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
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  • Brian P. Vickery, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Hugh Sampson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • A. Wesley Burks, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: A. Wesley Burks, MD, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 2898, Durham, NC 27710.

Received 20 April 2010; received in revised form 7 May 2010; accepted 10 May 2010.

Key words: Peanut allergy, oral immunotherapy, desensitization

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 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: S. M. Jones has received research support from the National Peanut Board, the National Institutes of Health (NIAID), and DYAX Corp and is on the Medical Advisory Board for the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network. S. Sicherer is a consultant for the Food Allergy Initiative and has received research support from the National Institutes of Health (NIAID), the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, and the Food Allergy Initiative. R. Wood has received research support from the National Institutes of Health and is on the Medical Advisory Board for the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network. B. P. Vickery has received research support from the Thrasher Research Fund and the National Institutes of Health (NIAID). H. Sampson is a consultant for Allertein, LLC; has received research support from the Food Allergy Initiative and the National Institutes of Health (NIAID); is a consultant and scientific advisor for the Food Allergy Initiative; and is 45% owner of Herbal Springs, LLC. A. W. Burks is a consultant for ActoGeniX NV, Intelliject, McNeil Nutritionals, and Novartis; is a minority stockholder in Allertein and MastCell, Inc; is on the Advisory Board for Dannon Co Probiotics; is on the expert panel for Nutricia; has received research support from the National Institutes of Health, the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, and the Wallace Research Foundation; has served as an expert witness on the topic of food allergy; is on the Medical Board of Directors for the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network; is a Dermatological Allergy Committee Member for the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology; is a Study Section Member for the National Institutes of Health (HAI); and is on the Reviewer Board for the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and the US Food and Drug Administration. The rest of the authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(10)00813-4

doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2010.05.012

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 126, Issue 1 , Pages 31-32, July 2010

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