Which peanut oral immunotherapy is FDA approved?

PALFORZIA is approved for use in patients with a confirmed diagnosis of peanut allergy.

Is there a peanut vaccine?

Peanut DNA Vaccine Astellas Pharma Inc. has completed a small safety trial in adults with peanut allergy to test ASP0892™ (formerly ARA-LAMP-Vax) , a DNA-based vaccine that contains genes for peanut allergens rather than the allergens themselves.

How much does OIT therapy cost?

The total OIT process with a new patient visit is typically $3,500 - $4,000 . We will submit all but your equipment fee to your insurance carrier.

How successful is peanut immunotherapy?

Benefits of Palforzia treatment In those who continued treatment with Palforzia for 12 months, 96% of children could consume more than 1 peanut with no more than mild symptoms . 84% could tolerate 2 peanuts, while 63% could tolerate at least 3 peanuts.

What is the new treatment for peanut allergies in 2024?

Many omalizumab-treated participants could eat 1,044 mg of peanut protein, or about four peanuts. And 44% could eat over 5,000 mg, or close to 25 peanuts. On February 16, 2024, omalizumab received FDA approval for the reduction of allergic reactions to one or more foods based on findings from the trial.

Can you reverse a peanut allergy?

Currently, 1 in 5 children with a peanut allergy outgrows the condition before adulthood. Dr. Hong and Dr. Bjelac say treatment advances could reverse those numbers , with as many as 4 in 5 children leaving their peanut worries behind with the boogeyman and other childhood fears.

Can you desensitize yourself to peanut allergies?

Peanut allergy immunotherapy is a treatment that focuses on building tolerance to peanut . It desensitizes the body to the allergen. The treatment starts with giving a tiny amount of peanut protein, then gradually larger amounts until a target dose is reached.

Is sublingual immunotherapy FDA approved?

Yes, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved certain SLIT tablets . Extracts for many more allergens are FDA-approved for use in allergy shots.

What is the peanut immunotherapy for 2024?

Now, in February 2024, the FDA has approved the anti-IgE monoclonal antibody omalizumab to reduce food allergy severity or block reactions after accidental ingestions; this drug also is approved for asthma, chronic urticaria, and nasal polyps.

What is the oral treatment for peanut allergies?

Oral immunotherapy (OIT) for peanut allergy is when we expose patients to peanut starting at very low doses and slowly increase to a target peanut dose. The goal is to reduce symptoms of an allergic reaction in case the child accidentally eats peanut.

When will Palforzia be available?

This treatment has been most studied for milk, egg and peanut and in early 2020, Palforzia, a peanut containing capsule, become the first licenced food immunotherapy treatment in the US and then in the UK in October 2021 . It has since been approved by NICE for children aged 4-17.

Allergy Therapeutics announces FDA clearance of IND application for novel peanut allergy vaccine candidate VLP Peanut (2024)

January 26, 2022 07:00 ET | Source: Allergy Therapeutics

Allergy Therapeutics plc
(“Allergy Therapeutics”, “ATL” or the “Group”)

Allergy Therapeutics announces FDA clearance of IND application for novel peanut allergy vaccine candidate VLP Peanut

Paves the way for start of VLP Peanut vaccine candidate’s Phase I PROTECT trial in H1 2022
Topline data from first-in-human trial expected in H1 2023
Analysis of data from earlier ex-vivo biomarker study, VLP001, demonstrates beneficial mode of action of the vaccine candidate

26 January 2022 Allergy Therapeutics (AIM: AGY), the fully integrated commercial biotechnology company specialising in allergy vaccines, today announces that the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Group’s Investigational New Drug application (IND) for its novel virus-like particle (VLP)-based peanut allergy vaccine candidate (“VLP Peanut”).

The clearance by the FDA of the Group’s IND application paves the way for the initiation of the Phase I PROTECT trial which will be run in the United States. The trial will include multiple cohorts beginning with healthy subjects, followed by peanut allergic patients who will undergo skin prick tests, and then peanut allergic patients who will receive subcutaneous injections. The topline data from the Phase I PROTECT trial in adult patients is expected in H1 2023, earlier than the originally intended data readout of Q4 2023.

The potential of an effective short-course peanut allergy vaccine represents a significant opportunity in the $8 billion worldwide food allergy market¹. Peanut allergy is one of the most common types of food allergy and its symptoms can range from mild to severe and life-threatening. In the western world, the prevalence of peanut allergy doubled between 2005 and 2015 and it is becoming apparent in Africa and Asia². Only about 20% of children diagnosed with peanut allergy outgrow it by the time they reach school age. In the US, peanut allergy was the most common cause of severe and fatal food-induced anaphylactic reactions³.

Previously announced primary and secondary data from the VLP001 trial, an ex-vivo biomarker study which took place at Imperial College London, demonstrated a significant 24-fold reduction in basophil activation and histamine release, and reduced IgE binding capacity to B cells,compared to exposure to the major allergen Ara h2. This strongly suggests a promising safety profile with reduced potency to induce allergic reactions.

Analysis of the data also revealed that VLP Peanut has:

Reduced capacity to induce proliferation of Th2 cells compared to Ara h2 and whole peanut extract.
The ability to promote IFN- γ and Th1 cells and selected regulatory B cell subsets.
Demonstrates downregulation of DC2-associated genes.

These data provide strong confidence in the beneficial immunologic mode of action of VLP Peanut – i.e., confirmation of an effective mechanism to promote class switching from the allergic Th2 pathway to the more tolerogenic Th1 pathway.

Manuel Llobet, CEO of Allergy Therapeutics,stated: “We have achieved a key milestone with the FDA’s clearance of our IND application and look forward to advancing our innovative peanut allergy vaccine candidate into the clinic. We are now one step closer to bringing to patients a safe and effective short-course vaccine with the potential to provide long-term protection and a long-lasting protective immune response. I am excited to see the start of the PROTECT trial later this year.”

About VLP Peanut
VLP Peanut is being developed as a novel VLP-based therapy for the treatment of peanut allergy. This novel immunogenic, protective, and non-reactogenic vaccine candidate is based on immunologically optimised Cucumber Mosaic Virus-derived VLPs (CuMV_TT) with the major peanut allergen (Arachis hypogaea) (Ara h2) displayed on its surface. Patents behind the technology to treat peanut allergy with VLP Peanut have been granted in the US and are at the national phase in other territories.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulatory (EU) No596/2014.

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References
1. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2016. 1% of US population. EACCI Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Guidelines Group 2016 0.2% of Western European Population. Management assumption of annual treatment of $2k

2. Du Toit G, Roberts G, Sayre PH, et al. Randomized trial of peanut consumption in infants at risk for peanut allergy [published correction appears in N Engl J Med. 2016 Jul 28;375(4):398]. N Engl J Med. 2015;372(9):803‐813.

3. Sampson H, Shreffler W, Yang W, Sussman G, Brown-Whitehorn T, Nadeau K et al. Effect of Varying Doses of Epicutaneous Immunotherapy vs Placebo on Reaction to Peanut Protein Exposure Among Patients With Peanut Sensitivity. JAMA. 2017; 318 (18):1798.

For further information, please contact:

Allergy Therapeutics
+44 (0) 1903 845 820
Manuel Llobet, Chief Executive Officer
Nick Wykeman, Chief Financial Officer

Panmure Gordon
+44 (0) 20 7886 2500
Freddy Crossley, Emma Earl, Corporate Finance
Rupert Dearden, Corporate Broking

Consilium Strategic Communications
+44 20 3709 5700
Mary-Jane Elliott / David Daley / Davide Salvi
allergytherapeutics@consilium-comms.com

Stern Investor Relations, Inc.
+1 212 362 1200
Christina Tartaglia
christina@sternir.com

Notes for editors:

About Allergy Therapeutics

Allergy Therapeutics is an international commercial biotechnology company focussed on the treatment and diagnosis of allergic disorders, including aluminium free immunotherapy vaccines that have the potential to cure disease. The Group sells proprietary and third-party products from its subsidiaries in nine major European countries and via distribution agreements in an additional ten countries. Its broad pipeline of products in clinical development includes vaccines for grass, tree and house dust mite, and peanut allergy vaccine in pre-clinical development. Adjuvant systems to boost performance of vaccines outside allergy are also in development.

Formed in 1999 out of Smith Kline Beecham, Allergy Therapeutics is headquartered in Worthing, UK with more than 11,000m² of state-of-the-art MHRA-approved manufacturing facilities and laboratories. The Group, which has achieved over 9% compound annual growth since formation, employs c.600 employees and is listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIM:AGY). For more information, please see www.allergytherapeutics.com.

Allergy Therapeutics announces FDA clearance of IND application for novel peanut allergy vaccine candidate VLP Peanut (2024)

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