... and really, on that note, WOW, wouldn't that be pretty much a wicked awesome reason to not be included in a trial??
I am going to second the 'caution' that Boo noted above. All of the researchers involved in
trials or studies are painfully well aware of what a death or a permanent injury would do to the entire trial/study. They do NOT want that to happen. Do NOT want.
They are, if anything, much
more cautious from what I can tell (and from hints dropped by our allergist re: specific physicians doing desensitization vs. trials) than the few places which have rolled out desensitization protocols as regular treatment.
While there hasn't been a death anywhere associated with a trial since... well, in over a decade, anyway... it definitely pays to be aware that any challenge is serious business. I wouldn't trust a doc that
didn't treat it that way.
Have you talked to the docs running the study? I'd do that, at the very least.
(Oh, and stick around-- many of us have gone through the 8-10 yo 'if my HEAD weren't attached, I'd forget it too' years. Ugh. It's a nightmare when you add epinephrine into things.
But I'm sure that some of our parents who have teen boys can offer some insights into this age and gender. )