Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Omalizumab to Accelerate a Symptom-driven Multi-food OIT

Lead Sponsor:

Philippe Bégin

Collaborating Sponsors:

The Hospital for Sick Children

Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Conditions:

Food IgE-mediated Allergy

Immunotherapy

Eligibility:

All Genders

6-25 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This study will determine the dose-related efficacy of a 20-week treatment of omalizumab started 8 weeks before the onset of a symptom-driven multi-food oral immunotherapy (OIT) protocol at decreasing...

Detailed Description

This is a phase 2b, multi-center randomized controlled trial comparing 2 doses of omalizumab to placebo in subjects 6 to 25 years old with multiple food allergies undergoing a symptom-driven multi-foo...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Male or female subjects 6 to 25 years old at screening visit.
  • History of IgE-mediated allergy to at least three foods within the following list: peanut, milk, egg, wheat, oat, soy, barley, rye, buckwheat, hazelnut, pecan, cashew, pistachio, almond, walnut and sesame.
  • Subjects currently following a strict avoidance of these three foods.
  • Positive SPT with a largest wheal diameter ≥ 6 mm to all three foods.
  • Food-specific IgE level greater than 15 kU/L for all three foods
  • Positive DBPCFC to treatment food mix with an eliciting dose ≤ 300 mg of total food protein.
  • Signed informed consent and assent.
  • Exclusion criteria
  • Subjects reacting objectively to the placebo during the screening DBPCFC.
  • Severe asthma as defined by GINA 201948.
  • Active or past confirmed eosinophilic oesophagitis.
  • Subject currently under allergen immunotherapy.
  • Subject/parent with excessive anxiety unlikely to cope with study conditions as per investigator's opinion.
  • Subject/parent unwillingness to comply with study requirements.
  • Subject unwillingness to ingest a daily food dose of up to 1500 mg of allergen protein.
  • Inability to discontinue anti-histamine medication prior to study procedures.
  • Known allergy to omalizumab or its excipients.
  • Known allergy to components of the placebo food treatment mix that cannot be substituted without interfering with the blind (e.g.: dates, banana, chocolate syrup)
  • Use of immunosuppression or immunomodulatory drug (including omalizumab) or food oral immunotherapy or investigational treatment or procedure within 1 year.
  • Relative contraindication or inability to use epinephrine auto-injector.
  • Subjects receiving beta-blockers or angiotensin converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors.
  • Pregnancy or lactation for the duration of the study.
  • Any condition that is not compatible with the study treatment or procedures as per investigator judgment.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    November 11 2019

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    March 1 2026

    Estimated Enrollment :

    90 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT04045301

    Start Date

    November 11 2019

    End Date

    March 1 2026

    Last Update

    November 27 2024

    Active Locations (3)

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    The Hospital for Sick Children

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8

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    Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1C5

    3

    CIUSSS de l'Estrie - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS)

    Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, J1H 5N4