An observational study in Egg Hypersensitivity, sponsored by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Completed. Open to participants aged 6 Years to 17 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2013-10-22.
Sponsored by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · Observational
For patients with Immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated food allergy, the current management includes identification of the causative food and avoidance. Egg allergy is among the most common causes of IgE-mediated food allergy in children, affecting approximately 1.6% of children (its prevalence is higher in children with atopic dermatitis or other food allergies). Given the prevalence of egg and the difficulty to avoid it in the diet, we aim to investigate the safety and efficacy of baked egg oral immunotherapy.
The primary objective is to study the efficacy of baked egg oral immunotherapy. The secondary objectives are to determine the safety of allergen-specific immunotherapy for egg allergy through ingestion of baked egg products and whether it will ultimately lead to a desensitized state for native egg. We will also examine if quality of life is improved by expansion of diets.
Subjects aged six to 17 years with a history of egg protein allergy will be recruited from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Allergy practice (main campus and satellite locations).
Prior to and after the desensitization to baked egg, we will conduct double blind placebo-controlled food challenges to native egg protein. During the desensitization phase, we will give increasing doses of baked egg (meringue cookie or equivalent) on a weekly basis, as tolerated.
The primary endpoint of the study includes the percentage of subjects who can successfully complete the food challenge to native egg once they have completed the desensitization protocol to baked egg. Secondary outcome measures include egg-specific IgE, quality of life before and after desensitization, and egg skin prick test size.
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outpatient Allergy patients followed at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Subjects must satisfy all inclusion criteria:
Subjects will have a history (within the past six months) of a positive skin prick test to egg extract or an immunocap IgE level greater than 0.35 kU/L, and a positive allergic reaction history to egg within the past 12 months.
a. Subjects will be accepted to the study if they have had a positive food challenge conducted at CHOP in the three months prior to the start of the study.
Females of must be using an effective method of , including abstinence, and agree to continue to practice an acceptable method of contraception for the duration of their participation in the study.
If a positive pregnancy test was obtained during the study, the subject will be asked to withdraw from the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
Subjects will be excluded from the study if they meet any one of the following criteria:
Use of oral or injection within one month of protocol initial visit.
a. Should it become necessary for a subject to be on systemic corticosteroids while on the study, the subject will either be withdrawn from the study or the use of corticosteroids during the study will be taken into account during data analysis. The PI and lead investigators will make that decision based on the individual case.
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Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
From a breathing test (spirometry): how much air you can blow out in the first second. Often given as a percentage of what is expected for your age, height and sex.
Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
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Childbearing potential
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraception
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
FEV1
From a breathing test (spirometry): how much air you can blow out in the first second. Often given as a percentage of what is expected for your age, height and sex.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Corticosteroids (steroids)
Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Percentage of children completing desensitization
Evaluate proportion of subjects who successfully complete the food challenge to native egg upon completion of the desensitization protocol to baked egg.
Time frame: Baseline & 12 months
Change in Egg specific IgE values at the beginning and end of desensitization
Specific IgE values will be compared for egg at the beginning and the end of the desensitization protocol.
Time frame: Baseline & 12 months
Change in quality of life variables
Comparison of quality of life before and after desensitization through the completion of a voluntary and confidential survey.
Time frame: Baseline & 12 months
Number of participants with adverse events
Determine the safety of allergen-specific immunotherapy for egg allergy through ingestion of baked egg products and whether it will ultimately lead to a desensitized state for native egg.
Time frame: Baseline & 12 months
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