Pinpoint Trial: Prebiotics IN Peanut Oral ImmunoTherapy
NCT ID: NCT05138757
Last Updated: 2025-07-09
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Basic Information
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ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
PHASE1/PHASE2
30 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2021-11-30
2025-12-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
SINGLE_GROUP
PREVENTION
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Treatment Group
Subjects who meet inclusion criteria will be randomized 1:1. The treatment group will receive prebiotic therapy for 30 days, then subjects will start peanut oral immunotherapy (POIT) in addition to the prebiotic. Subjects will continue through a prescribed course of POIT for approximately 180 days. After completion of POIT up-dosing, subjects will continue on maintenance POIT plus prebiotic therapy for an additional 180 days at which time they will undergo a DBPCFC. Subjects will then stop prebiotic therapy and continue on maintenance POIT in extended observation for approximately 4 years.
Prebiotic
A prebiotic is a purified fiber of plant origin that has digestive health benefits by fostering the growth of beneficial microbes.
Control Group
Subjects who meet inclusion criteria will be randomized 1:1. The control group will receive placebo therapy for 30 days, then subjects will start peanut oral immunotherapy (POIT) in addition to the placebo. Subjects will continue through a prescribed course of POIT for approximately 180 days. After completion of POIT up-dosing, subjects will continue on maintenance POIT plus placebo for an additional 180 days at which time they will undergo a DBPCFC. Subjects will then stop placebo and continue on maintenance POIT in extended observation for approximately 4 years.
Placebo
A placebo is a substance that has no therapeutic effects used as a control while testing new drugs.
Interventions
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Prebiotic
A prebiotic is a purified fiber of plant origin that has digestive health benefits by fostering the growth of beneficial microbes.
Placebo
A placebo is a substance that has no therapeutic effects used as a control while testing new drugs.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* A convincing clinical history of peanut allergy
* Immune markers consistent with peanut allergy
* Serum IgE to peanut of \>0.35 kUA/L and a skin prick test to peanut \>8mm greater than the negative saline control -or-
* Serum IgE to peanut of \>5 kUA/L and a mean peanut wheal diameter on skin prick test 3 to 8mm greater than the negative saline control -or-
* Serum IgE to peanut of \>14 kUA/L and mean peanut wheal diameter on skin prick test 3mm greater than the negative saline control
* Experience dose-limiting symptoms at or before 100mg challenge dose of peanut protein on screening double blind placebo-controlled food challenge (DBPCFC)
* Written informed consent from parent/guardian
* Written assent from subjects above the age of 7
Exclusion Criteria
* History of mast cell disease
* History of recurrent idiopathic or virally induced urticaria, angioedema or anaphylaxis
* Any history or presence of autoimmune, cardiovascular disease, chronic lung disease (other than asthma), malignancy, psychiatric illness, or gastrointestinal inflammatory conditions, including celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, eosinophilic esophagitis or other eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease
* Current participation in any other interventional study
* Subject who has undergone any type of oral immunotherapy
* Severe asthma or uncontrolled mild to moderate asthma
* Uncontrolled atopic dermatitis
* Current use of oral steroid medications
* Use of \>1 bursts of oral steroid medications in the past year
* Inability to eat by mouth the fiber supplementation or placebo control and peanut flour for any reason
* Use of any therapeutic antibody (biologic medication) or any immunomodulatory medication in the past 12 month (other than a short course of oral steroids)
* Current use of any type of immunotherapy
* Pregnancy or lactation
* Allergy to potato or corn oat or cow's milk
* Unwillingness to carry an epinephrine auto-injector
* Unwillingness to comply with activity restrictions during OIT or any other study procedure
4 Years
17 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Chicago
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Christina E Ciaccio, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Chicago
Locations
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Comer Children's Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Chicago- Department of Pediatrics
Hyde Park, Illinois, United States
Countries
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References
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Other Identifiers
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IRB21-0589
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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