The FDA is expected to make a final decision in the coming months.
An advisory committee for the Food and Drug Administration voted Friday to recommend a peanut allergy treatment for FDA approval.
“From a science standpoint, this is a breakthrough,” said Dr. Bruce Lanser, a pediatric allergist and immunologist and director of the pediatric food allergy program at National Jewish Health in Denver. Lanser ran one arm of the clinical trials on the treatment. The panelists said the medication was an important option for parents and children dealing with peanut allergies. However, several also said they had concerns because the pill has to be taken continuously to maintain its effect.
After one year, about 66 percent of study participants who took the pills could tolerate the equivalent of three to four peanuts, compared to just 4 percent of patients who received a dummy treatment. At the beginning of the study, most participants could not tolerate even a minuscule amount of peanuts.
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