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Wiley, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 5(35), 2024

DOI: 10.1111/pai.14132

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Current options in the management of tree nut allergy: A systematic review and narrative synthesis

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Abstract

AbstractTree nut allergy is a lifelong and potentially life‐threatening condition. The standard of care is strictly avoiding the culprit nut and treating accidental reactions symptomatically. To evaluate potential therapeutic options for desensitizing patients with IgE‐mediated tree nut allergy, we systematically searched three bibliographic databases for studies published until January 2024. We looked for active treatments of IgE‐mediated allergy to tree nuts (walnut, hazelnut, pistachio, cashew, almond, pecan, macadamia nut, and brazil nut). We focused on allergen‐specific immunotherapy (AIT) using oral (OIT), sublingual (SLIT), epicutaneous (EPIT), or subcutaneous (SCIT) delivery, or other disease‐modifying treatments. We found 19 studies that met our criteria: 3 studies investigated sublingual immunotherapy, 5 studied oral immunotherapy to a single tree nut, and 6 used multi‐food oral immunotherapy with or without omalizumab. The remaining studies investigated the effectiveness of monoclonal antibodies or IgE‐immunoadsorption in multi‐food allergic patients, including patients with tree nut allergy. The heterogeneity of the studies prevented pooling and meta‐analysis. Oral immunotherapy, single or multi‐nut, with or without omalizumab, was the most studied approach and appears effective in conferring protection from accidental exposures. Omalizumab monotherapy is the only approved alternative management for reducing allergic reactions that may occur with accidental exposure.image