Sublingual immunotherapy shows promise for peanut allergy

A majority of individuals with peanut allergy achieved low-level desensitization after sublingual immunotherapy, according to recent data.The multicenter trial included 40 patients, aged 12 to 37 years, randomly assigned to receive daily peanut or placebo sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT). All patients received baseline oral food challenge of up to 2 g of peanut powder to assess tolerance before onset of symptoms.







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