All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 February Researchers discover two treatments that induce peanut allergy remission in children Treatments that induce peanut allergy remission in children discovered 07/02/2022 | 4 MINS Researchers have discovered two peanut allergy treatments for children that are both highly effective at inducing remission. The research, led by the Murdoch ChildrenΓÇÖs Research Institute (MCRI), found the treatments ΓÇô a combination of a probiotic together with oral immunotherapy (the gradual introduction of the allergenic food) and oral immunotherapy alone ΓÇô significantly induced remission and desensitisation. About half of the children achieved remission, allowing them to stop treatment and safely eat peanut freely. Both treatments also provided substantial improvement in quality of life compared with current standard care. The randomised controlled trial conducted at The Royal ChildrenΓÇÖs Hospital in Melbourne, Perth ChildrenΓÇÖs Hospital, and the WomenΓÇÖs and ChildrenΓÇÖs Hospital in Adelaide involved 201 children aged between 1-10 years. The trial was st
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 February Researchers discover two treatments that induce peanut allergy remission in children Treatments that induce peanut allergy remission in children discovered 07/02/2022 | 4 MINS Researchers have discovered two peanut allergy treatments for children that are both highly effective at inducing remission.
The research, led by the Murdoch ChildrenΓÇÖs Research Institute (MCRI), found the treatments ΓÇô a combination of a probiotic together with oral immunotherapy (the gradual introduction of the allergenic food) and oral immunotherapy alone ΓÇô significantly induced remission and desensitisation.
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About half of the children achieved remission, allowing them to stop treatment and safely eat peanut freely.
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Both treatments also provided substantial improvement in quality of life compared with current standard care.
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The randomised controlled trial conducted at The Royal ChildrenΓÇÖs Hospital in Melbourne, Perth ChildrenΓÇÖs Hospital, and the WomenΓÇÖs and ChildrenΓÇÖs Hospital in Adelaide involved 201 children aged between 1-10 years.
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