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RecruitingNCT07015996ZENITHUpdated Oct 22, 2026

Efficacy of Tezepelumab in Peanut Oral Immunotherapy

A Phase 2 interventional study of Tezepelumab and Peanut Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) in Peanut Allergy, sponsored by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Recruiting at 10 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 12 Years to 55 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-22.

Sponsored by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Jul 2026; still recruiting 3 months later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
62
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
12 Years to 55 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The proposed study is a proof-of-concept Phase 2, double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of tezepelumab and peanut Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) for the treatment of peanut allergy. Study participation is divided into 3 periods: (i) a monotherapy period comprised of injections of either Tezepelumab or placebo from week 0 to week 8, (ii) followed by a combination therapy period comprised of 56 weeks during which peanut OIT is built up and maintained, and (iii) a treatment withdrawal period comprised of 12 weeks. This study will enroll 62 peanut-allergic individuals from 12 to 55 years of age who experience dose-limiting symptoms to \<=100 mg of peanut protein in a single dose (\<= 144 mg cumulative dose) as assessed by DBPCFC.

The primary objective is to determine whether 56 weeks of tezepelumab plus peanut OIT as compared to 56 weeks of placebo plus peanut OIT induces sustained unresponsiveness to peanut 12 weeks after stopping combination therapy.

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Conditions studied

  • Peanut Allergy

Keywords

  • Tezepelumab
  • Peanut
  • Oral Immunotherapy
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In context

Peanut Hypersensitivity

166 studies on the registry are indexed under Peanut Hypersensitivity; 27 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 62 is above the median of 50 across 127 interventional studies indexed under Peanut Hypersensitivity.

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Lead sponsor

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is the lead sponsor of 2,446 studies on the registry; 179 are open to participants now.

Of its 405 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 302 (75%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
12 Years to 55 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Participant and/or parent/legal guardian must be able to understand and provide (parental permission and informed assent of minor, if applicable).
  2. Age 12 to 55 years inclusive with a personal history of an allergic reaction to peanut ingestion
  3. A positive reaction at or below ingestion of 100 mg of peanut protein in a single dose (≤ 144 mg cumulative dose) during the Screening DBPCFC
  4. A negative challenge to the placebo (oat) during the Screening DBPCFC
  5. Sensitization to peanut as evidenced by either one of the following:

    1. positive sIgE to Ara h2 ≥ 0.35 kU/L by ImmunoCAPTM testing, or
    2. wheal ≥ 3 mm on skin prick test to peanut extract compared to a negative control
  6. Female participants of must have a negative pregnancy test upon study entry
  7. Female participants with must agree to use an FDA approved method of for the duration of the study
  8. Willing and able to comply with the study protocol requirements
  9. Participants with other food allergies must agree to continue avoidance of these food items from their diet to avoid confounding the safety and efficacy data of the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Currently in build-up phase of aeroallergen immunotherapy
  2. Current food allergen immunotherapy or use of any food allergen immunotherapy within the past 12 months
  3. Pregnant, planning a pregnancy during the study, or breast-feeding
  4. History of intolerance, , or allergic reactions to tezepelumab, or the inactive ingredients () of tezepelumab, other IgG biologics, or rescue medications and their excipients
  5. Allergy to oat (participant reported)
  6. History of severe systemic allergic reaction to peanut with symptoms including the need for mechanical ventilation and/or severe hypotension requiring intensive care unit admission
  7. Asthma requiring high dose inhaled therapy for control (2007 NHLBI Criteria Steps 5 or 6 in adults and adolescents)
  8. History of a life-threatening asthma attack within 12 months prior to screening (e.g., requiring an ICU admission or intubation with mechanical ventilation), need for oral corticosteroids for asthma management within the last 6 months, or current Asthma Control Test score less than 19 at screening
  9. History of ischemic cardiovascular disease or other cardiac disease, which, in the opinion of the site investigator, may pose additional risks from participation in the study, may interfere with the participant's ability to comply with study requirements, or that may impact the quality or interpretation of the data obtained from the study
  10. History of eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease at screening
  11. History of disease affecting the immune system such as disease (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus), immune complex disease (e.g., serum sickness), or immunodeficiency, which, in the opinion of the site investigator, may pose additional risks from participation in the study, may interfere with the participant's ability to comply with study requirements, or that may impact the quality or interpretation of the data obtained from the study
  12. History of of any type, excluding basal cell and squamous cell cancers of the skin that only required surgical excision or in situ carcinoma of the cervix study provided that curative therapy was completed at least 12 months prior to screening
  13. Current known helminth infection
  14. Positive QuantiFERON - TB Gold test or TB Gold Plus, or T-SPOT® TB test unless the potential participant has been treated with appropriate chemoprophylaxis. In the case of an indeterminate or borderline Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA), an IGRA may be repeated.
  15. Any of the following:

    1. Current or prior infection with virus (HBV)
    2. Current or prior infection with virus (HCV), except adequately treated HCV with sustained virologic response ≥ 12 weeks.
  16. Active liver disease, defined as either:

    1. , ALT, and/or Alk phos >2x , or
    2. other active liver disease which, in the opinion of the site investigator, may pose additional risks from participation in the study, may interfere with the participant's ability to comply with study requirements, or that may impact the quality or interpretation of the data obtained from the study
  17. Any of the following:

    1. Current use of beta-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, or angiotensin-receptor blockers
    2. Received any product within the past 4 months or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to screening
    3. Received systemic corticosteroids within 14 days prior to screening
    4. Receipt of immunoglobulin or other blood product within 30 days prior to screening
    5. Receipt of within 30 days prior to screening
    6. Use of an or immunomodulating drug within 30 days prior to screening
    7. Use of biologics targeting the human immune system within the past 12 months prior to screening
    8. Use of any herbal medications, which, in the opinion of the investigator, may pose additional risks from participation in the study, may interfere with the participant's ability to comply with study requirements, or that may impact the quality or interpretation of the data obtained from the study
  18. Past or current medical problems or findings from physical examination or laboratory testing that are not listed above, which, in the opinion of the site investigator, may pose additional risks from participation in the study, may interfere with the participant's ability to comply with study requirements, or that may impact the quality or interpretation of the data obtained from the study
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Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Reproductive potential

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Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Hypersensitivity

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Autoimmune disease

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Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.

Cancer (malignancy)

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HIV

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Hepatitis B tests

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Hepatitis C tests

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ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

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Investigational drug or device

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Live vaccines

Vaccines made with a weakened form of the germ, such as measles–mumps–rubella (MMR), chickenpox and yellow fever. They can be risky when the immune system is weakened. Flu injections are not live; the nasal flu spray is.

Immunosuppression

A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
62 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Tezepelumab plus Peanut Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) Group

    Eligible participants will be randomized in a 1:1 fashion to receive Tezepelumab during the monotherapy period of the trial. Throughout the combination therapy period, which also includes an OIT build-up and maintenance period, participants will remain on tezepelumab 210 mg every 4 weeks until reaching the final period of the trial, the withdrawal period.

    Biological: Tezepelumab · Drug: Peanut Oral Immunotherapy (OIT)

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo for Tezepelumab plus peanut Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) Group

    Eligible participants will be randomized in a 1:1 fashion to receive placebo for Tezepelumab during the monotherapy period of the trial. Throughout the combination therapy period, which also includes an OIT build-up and maintenance period, participants will remain on placebo for tezepelumab every 4 weeks until reaching the final period of the trial, the withdrawal period.

    Drug: Peanut Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) · Biological: Placebo for Tezepelumab

Interventions

  • BiologicalTezepelumab

    Monotherapy Period: Participants randomized to tezepelumab will receive two subcutaneous (SQ) injections of tezepelumab 210 mg during the monotherapy period. Combination Therapy Period: Participants randomized to Tezepelumab will continue to receive Tezepelumab 210 mg every 4 weeks. Withdrawal Period: Participants will stop receiving Tezepelumab injections.

  • DrugPeanut Oral Immunotherapy (OIT)

    Monotherapy Period: Not Applicable. Combination Therapy Period: During combination therapy period, each participant will start peanut OIT. Participants will start on a minimum of 0.1 mg peanut OIT, with starting dose depending on last tolerated dose from screening double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge (DBPCFC) and build to a maximum of 6 mg peanut OIT on the initial dose escalation (IDE) day. Participants will return every 2 weeks for dose escalation to a goal maintenance dose of 2000 mg peanut protein. Withdrawal Period: Participants will stop peanut OIT.

  • BiologicalPlacebo for Tezepelumab

    Monotherapy Period: Participants randomized to placebo for tezepelumab will receive two subcutaneous (SQ) injections of placebo 210 mg during the monotherapy period. Combination Therapy Period: Participants randomized to placebo will continue to receive placebo for Tezepelumab every 4 weeks. Withdrawal Period: Participants will stop receiving placebo injections.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Consumption of a cumulative dose of 4000 mg of peanut protein without dose-limiting symptoms during the open Oral Food Challenge (OFC)

    The primary endpoint is sustained unresponsiveness to peanut 12 weeks after stopping combination therapy, as assessed by passing the open OFC to peanut at Week 76

    Time frame: At week 76

Secondary outcomes

  1. Highest single dose of peanut protein consumed without doselimiting symptoms during the open Oral Food Challenge (OFC)

    Time frame: At week 64 and 76

  2. Consumption of a cumulative dose of 4000 mg of peanut protein without doselimiting symptoms during the open Oral Food Challenge (OFC)

    Time frame: At week 64

  3. Highest cumulative dose of peanut protein consumed without dose limiting symptoms during the open Oral Food Challenge (OFC)

    Time frame: At week 64 and 76

  4. An adverse event related to monotherapy

    Time frame: During 8 weeks of therapy

  5. An adverse event related to combination therapy

    Time frame: During 56 weeks of therapy

  6. An adverse event related to tezepelumab plus peanut Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) discontinuation

    Time frame: 12 weeks after discontinuation of treatment

  7. An adverse event related to placebo plus peanut Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) discontinuation

    Time frame: 12 weeks after discontinuation of treatment

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Study locations

6 of 10 sites recruiting
  • Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute: Department of Pediatrics, Allergy & Immunology
    Little Rock, Arkansas 72202, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of California, Los Angeles: Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy
    Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
    Not yet recruiting
  • Johns Hopkins Children's Center: Department of Allergy & Immunology
    Baltimore, Maryland 21287, United States
    Recruiting
    • Paul Jones · Contactpjones48@jh.edu · 410-502-1711
    • Bob Wood, MD · Principal investigator
  • Massachusetts General Hospital: Department of Medicine: Allergy & Clinical Immunology Unit
    Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States
    Recruiting
  • Boston Children's Hospital: Allergy and Asthma Program
    Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
    Not yet recruiting
  • The University of Michigan: Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
    Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, United States
    Not yet recruiting
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Department of Pediatrics Allergy & Immunology
    New York, New York 10029-6574, United States
    Recruiting
  • North Carolina Children's Hospital: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
    Recruiting
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Division of Allergy and Immunology
    Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: Division of Allergy and Immunology
    Dallas, Texas 75390-9063, United States
    Not yet recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Immunology Database and Analysis Portal (ImmPort), a long-term archive of clinical and mechanistic data from DAIT-funded grants and contracts.

Time frame: On average, within 24 months after database lock for the trial.

Access criteria: Open access.

Data sharing details ↗ · www.immport.org

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Updates

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
Site contacts
Changed at 5 sites. See the sites
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  • Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute: Department of Pediatrics, Allergy & Immunology · Little Rock, United StatesContact T•••@archildrens.org · •••2325→P•••@archildrens.org · •••3886
  • University of California, Los Angeles: Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy · Los Angeles, United StatesContact •••6482→•••5561Contact s•••@mednet.ucla.edu→u•••@mednet.ucla.edu
  • The University of Michigan: Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · Ann Arbor, United StatesContact •••7999→•••2592Contact l•••@med.umich.edu→F•••@med.umich.edu
  • North Carolina Children's Hospital: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology · Chapel Hill, United StatesContact l•••@email.unc.edu · •••4406→L•••@med.unc.edu · •••4409
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Division of Allergy and Immunology · Cincinnati, United StatesContact j•••@cchmc.org · •••7085→J•••@cchmc.org · •••1146
Oct 22, 2026
Show all 1 update
  1. Oct 22, 2026
    Site contacts Changed at 5 sites. See the sites
    Show 5 sites
    • Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute: Department of Pediatrics, Allergy & Immunology · Little Rock, United StatesContact T•••@archildrens.org · •••2325→P•••@archildrens.org · •••3886
    • University of California, Los Angeles: Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy · Los Angeles, United StatesContact •••6482→•••5561Contact s•••@mednet.ucla.edu→u•••@mednet.ucla.edu
    • The University of Michigan: Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · Ann Arbor, United StatesContact •••7999→•••2592Contact l•••@med.umich.edu→F•••@med.umich.edu
    • North Carolina Children's Hospital: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology · Chapel Hill, United StatesContact l•••@email.unc.edu · •••4406→L•••@med.unc.edu · •••4409
    • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Division of Allergy and Immunology · Cincinnati, United StatesContact j•••@cchmc.org · •••7085→J•••@cchmc.org · •••1146

From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07015996
Collaborators
Immune Tolerance Network (ITN), PPD Development, LP, Rho Federal Systems Division, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 11, 2025
Start date
Jul 27, 2026
Primary completion
May 2029 (estimated)
Completion
May 2029 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 22, 2026

Study contacts

Edwin H Kim, M.D., M.S.
study chair · North Carolina Children's Hospital: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology
Sarita Patil, M.D.
study chair · Massachusetts General Hospital: Department of Medicine: Allergy & Clinical Immunology Unit

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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