Omalizumab Weight-Based Dosing Efficacy Trial

Description

This research is being conducted to assess the safety and effectiveness of increased dosing of Omalizumab for food allergies.

Conditions

Allergies, Food Allergy

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This research is being conducted to assess the safety and effectiveness of increased dosing of Omalizumab for food allergies.

Omalizumab Weight-Based Dosing Efficacy Trial

Omalizumab Weight-Based Dosing Efficacy Trial

Condition
Allergies
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Boston

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114

Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599

Dallas

University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * A positive prick skin test (PST) with a wheal ≥ 6 mm to at least two of the relevant foods (peanut, cashew, walnut, egg, or milk)
  • * Positive food specific IgE (≥2.0 kUA/L) to at least two of the relevant foods
  • * A positive history of clinical reaction to at least one of the qualifying foods other than the challenge-qualifying food
  • * Positive oral food challenge (OFC) to one of the potentially qualifying foods at a cumulative dose of ≤144 mg (maximum tolerated dose ≤30 mg)
  • * Weight \>80 kg at time of screening
  • * Clinically significant laboratory abnormalities at screening.
  • * Sensitivity or suspected/known allergy to any ingredients (including excipients) of omalizumab.
  • * Poorly controlled or severe asthma/wheezing at screening
  • * History of severe anaphylaxis to participant-specific foods that will be used in this study, defined as neurological compromise, PICU admission f for continuous epinephrine for hypotension or severe respiratory compromise requiring intubation.
  • * Treatment with a burst of oral, intramuscular (IM), or intravenous (IV) steroids of more than two days for an indication other than asthma/wheezing within 30 days of screening.
  • * Currently receiving oral, IM, or IV corticosteroids, tricyclic antidepressants, or β-blockers.
  • * Past or current history of eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease within three years of screening.
  • * Past or current history of cancer, or currently being investigated for possible cancer.
  • * Past or current history of any food immunotherapy (e.g., OIT, SLIT, EPIT) within 6 months of screening.
  • * Treatment with monoclonal antibody therapy, or other immunomodulatory therapy within 6 months of screening.
  • * Inability to discontinue antihistamines for minimum wash-out periods required for SPTs or OFCs.
  • * Pregnant or breastfeeding or intending to become pregnant during the study.
  • * Evidence of clinically significant chronic disease.

Ages Eligible for Study

1 Year to 55 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Massachusetts General Hospital,

Wayne Shreffler, MD, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Record Dates

2028-04-01