GA2LEN ANACARE consensus statement: Potential of omalizumab in food allergy management

Torsten Zuberbier*, Antonella Muraro, Ulugbek Nurmatov, Stefania Arasi, Katarina Stevanovic, Aikaterini Anagnostou, Roberta Bonaguro, Sharon Chinthrajah, Gideon Lack, Alessandro Fiocchi, Thuy My Le, Paul Turner, Montserrat Alvaro Lozano, Elizabeth Angier, Simona Barni, Phillippe Bégin, Barbara Ballmer-Weber, Victoria Cardona, Carsten Bindslev-Jensen, Antonella CianferoniNicolette de Jong, Debra de Silva, Antoine Deschildre, Audrey Dunn Galvin, Motohiro Ebisawa, David M. Fleischer, Jennifer Gerdts, Mattia Giovannini, Josefine Gradman, Susanne Halken, Syed Hasan Arshad, Ekaterina Khaleva, Susanne Lau, Richard Loh, Mika J. Mäkelä, Mary Jane Marchisotto, Laura Morandini, Charlotte G. Mortz, Caroline Nilsson, Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn, Marcia Podestà, Lars K. Poulsen, Graham Roberts, Pablo Rodríguez del Río, Hugh A. Sampson, Angel Sánchez, Sabine Schnadt, Peter K. Smith, Hania Szajewska, Natasa Teovska Mitrevska, Alice Toniolo, Carina Venter, Amena Warner, Gary W.K. Wong, Robert Wood, Margitta Worm

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Abstract

Immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated food allergies are the most common type of food allergy, often causing rapid symptoms after exposure to allergens posing a serious health risk and a high impact on patient's and caregiver's quality of life. Omalizumab, a humanized anti-IgE monoclonal antibody, reduces allergic reactions by binding to circulating IgE. Omalizumab has been successfully used in allergic asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, and chronic urticaria, and was recently approved for treating IgE-mediated food allergies by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This GA2LEN ANACARE Consensus Statement presents our position on the use of omalizumab for treating IgE-mediated food allergies, based on a systematic review and meta-analysis, experience with use for other conditions, and expert consensus achieved via an eDelphi process. Following publication of the recent OUtMATCH study (stage 1) results and subsequent FDA approval, we propose that there is now sufficient evidence to recommend omalizumab as the only drug currently available that can mechanistically reduce IgE-mediated food allergic reactions. We acknowledge that the evidence does not reach the highest level of evidence which would be needed for a guideline recommendation.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere70002
JournalClinical and Translational Allergy
Volume14
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2024

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© 2024 The Author(s). Clinical and Translational Allergy published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

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