Retail Food Equivalents for Post-Oral Immunotherapy Dosing in the Omalizumab as Monotherapy and as Adjunct Therapy to Multi-Allergen Oral Immunotherapy in Food-Allergic Children and Adults (OUtMATCH) Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with food allergy may be advised to introduce specific foods into their diets, both to increase tolerance gradually and as next steps after completing oral immunotherapy or other therapeutic interventions. However, the safe use of retail foods depends on the ability to establish the specific allergen protein content of these foods.

Objective

To develop a systematic approach to estimate the protein content of peanut, milk, egg, wheat, cashew, hazelnut, and walnut in a variety of retail food equivalents for each allergen and associated patient education materials.

Method

We created an algorithm that used a multistep process with information from product food labels, nutrient databases, independent weighing and measuring of foods, and information prov

SUBMITTER: Groetch M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10147955 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature