PvP is currently conducting safety testing of KumaMax, and hopes to begin clinical trials as early as next year. If those prove to be successful, KumaMax could be the first-ever treatment for celiac disease. However, Simpson says that it's too early right now to give a timeline as to when that would be available. Additionally, you still shouldn't be consuming gluten with aplomb while being treated with KumaMax. According to Simpson, the enzyme is meant to reduce symptoms and intestinal damage when the protein network is accidentally consumed. Thus, it's not particularly designed to handle consumption of something like a massive hunk of bread. Still, the fact that gluten could be broken down by medicine is ground-breaking.