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Given the various trials in the literature studying different target maintenance doses, particularly as it pertains to peanut allergy, how do you determine your target maintenance dose for each patient undergoing oral immunotherapy?

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Allergy & Immunology · University of Rochester Medical Center

Indeed, many studies use different maintenance doses in OIT. Our practice uses 3 g of peanut protein (3 teaspoons of pure peanut powder like PB2), which is one approach. The goal is the same irrespective of the given patient. There are limited studies looking at the efficacy of the maintenance dose,...

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