Xolair or OIT? The better option is...

About this episode

The episode discusses the nuances of choosing between Xolair and oral immunotherapy for food allergies based on new data from the AAAAI 2026 conference.

What topic would you like discussed? Text us! The headlines makes it sound simple: omalizumab (Xolair) performs as well as or better than multi-food oral immunotherapy for food allergy. But once you look under the hood, the story gets a lot more nuanced and a lot more real. Fresh from the AAAAI 2026 conference, I walk you through what the new data actually show, why the study design isn't ideal, and what parents should ask their allergist before choosing a path, whether that be with Xolair, O...

People in this episode

Host: Alice Hoyt, MD

Topics covered

• food allergy
• Xolair
• oral immunotherapy
• parenting
• health

Keywords

• food allergy
• Xolair
• oral immunotherapy
• parenting
• allergist
• AAAAI
• omalizumab

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AAAAI

Products: omalizumab, Xolair, multi-food oral immunotherapy

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