Status:

COMPLETED

Improving the Safety of Oral Immunotherapy for Cow's Milk Allergy

Lead Sponsor:

Imperial College London

Collaborating Sponsors:

JP Moulton Charitable Foundation

Sociedad Española de Alergología e Inmunología

Conditions:

Food Allergy

Eligibility:

All Genders

6-17 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Allergy to cow's milk is the most common food allergy affecting children. There is currently no accepted routine clinical therapy to cure milk allergy. Recently studies have attempted to induce desens...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Allergic to 1.44g CM protein (approx. 40ml fresh milk) or less, at DBPCFC prior to randomisation
  • Informed consent of parent/legal guardian, patient assent where possible

Exclusion

  • Required previous admission to an intensive care unit for management of an allergic reaction.
  • Significant symptoms of non---IgE---mediated CM allergy within the previous 12 months.
  • Children with a past history of CM allergy currently consuming CM-containing products other than extensively--heated milk in baked foods (e.g. biscuits, cakes).
  • Poorly controlled asthma within the previous 3 months (as defined by clinician judgement with reference to the ICON consensus), or asthma requiring treatment with \>5 days oral corticosteroids within the previous 3 months.
  • Moderate---severe eczema, defined as requiring more than once daily application of 1% hydrocortisone as maintenance treatment despite appropriate use of emollients (eczema is not otherwise an exclusion criteria)
  • Clinically significant chronic illness (other than asthma, rhinitis or eczema)
  • History of symptoms of eosinophilic oesophagitis, irrespective of cause
  • Undergoing specific immunotherapy to another allergen and within the first year of treatment.
  • Receiving anti--IgE therapy, oral immunosuppressants, beta---blocker or ACE inhibitor.
  • Pregnancy
  • Unwilling or unable to fulfil study requirements

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 19 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 19 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

68 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02216175

Start Date

July 19 2018

End Date

January 19 2022

Last Update

January 18 2023

Active Locations (2)

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1

Niño Jesús Hospital

Madrid, Spain

2

Imperial College London / Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

London, United Kingdom