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Active, not recruitingNCT02449850PreventADALLUpdated Aug 29, 2019

Preventing Atopic Dermatitis and ALLergies in Children

An interventional study of Food intervention and Skin care in Atopic Dermatitis, Food Allergy in Children and Asthma, sponsored by Oslo University Hospital. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in Norway. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-08-29.

Sponsored by Oslo University Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jul 2020, 6 years 3 months ago, but the record still lists the study as active, not recruiting.
  • Registered 5 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Dec 2014, registered May 2015).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
2,701
Allocation
Randomized
Sex
All
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Study summary

The primary objective is of the PreventADALL study is to test if primary prevention of allergic diseases is possible by simple and low cost strategies, and secondary to asses the impact of xenobiotic exposure and microbiota in and on the body and the environment on allergic disease development.

The secondary objective is an exploratory focus to investigate early life risk factors for development of non-communicable diseases, including asthma and allergic diseases as well as for diseases that may share common risk factors, including cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes.

Design: A multi-national population-based prospective birth cohort with a factorial designed randomized controlled intervention trial of two clinical interventions; skin care 0-9 months and early food introduction by 3-4 months, thereafter observation only.

Recruitment in three cities (Oslo, Ostfold and Stockholm) of approximately 2500 mother-child pairs is done in two steps; first pregnant women are recruited and enrolled at the 18-weeks ultrasound investigation (n=approximately 2700) and thereafter their new-born babies are included.

Randomization into four groups is done by the postal code or "township" to ensure all four intervention-groups within each "township".

Visits for biological and environmental sampling, observations and investigations will be at the relevant pediatric departments (at 3-6-12-24-36 months of age) and through childhood into adulthood thereafter, provided sufficient funding.

Read the detailed description

The PreventADALL study is a long term prospective birth cohort study, with an intervention aspect designed as a randomized clinical trial (RCT), and an exploratory aspect, enrolling mother-child pairs by including pregnant women, allowing for intrauterine investigations of the baby and maternal factors during pregnancy, and thereafter including their new-born babies for long-term follow-up investigations.

With the knowledge that allergic diseases often manifest in early infancy, interventions will be carried out as early as possible to investigate if allergic diseases can be prevented. Two interventions, early and systematic introduction to common foods, and early skin care are carried out within the first four months and the first nine months of life, respectively.

Inclusion/Exclusion criteria:

Ante-natal inclusion, step 1: All mothers to-be at 18 weeks ultrasound investigation with sufficient language skills (Norwegian or Swedish), gestational age: at least 16-22 weeks. Exclusion: Plans to move further than reasonable travel distance from any of the participating hospitals within the first year of the offspring's life.

Inclusion of the child, step 2: Live-born babies of gestational age 35.0 weeks or more (including multiple pregnancies), maternal/parental willingness to participate in the study Exclusion criteria child: 1) severe neonatal cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, dermatological disease or other disease that may influence the outcomes 2), plans to move further than reasonable travel distance away from any of the participating hospitals within the first nine months of life.

  1. Non-willingness to participate 4) More than two fetuses

Overall design:

A multi-national population-based prospective birth cohort with a factorial designed randomized controlled intervention trial of two clinical interventions; skin care 0-9 months and early food introduction by 3-4 months continuing to at least 6 moths and preferentially continuing thereafter. Observation only after nine months of age. Recruitment is done in two steps; first pregnant women at the 18-weeks ultrasound investigation and thereafter their new-born babies.

Randomisation into four groups is done by the postal code or "township" to ensure all four intervention-groups within each "township".

Electronic questionnaires will be completed by the mother at 18 and 34 weeks gestation, as well as for the baby at 3-6-9-12-18-24-30-36 months and annually thereafter. Also, an electronic diary will be completed each week from 2-26 weeks of age, to register weekly interventions, as well as symptoms of allergic diseases and food intake.

Visits for biological and environmental sampling, observations and investigations will be at the relevant pediatric departments (at 3-6-12-24-36 months of age) and annually thereafter. It is a hope that the study can be maintained well into adulthood.

The study will be run in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP).

Investigations:

Clinical investigations and biological sampling focuses on: General development, clinical assessments of health or disease, as well as diagnosing allergic disease and later also other non-communicable diseases (NCD)s.

These include:

  • Fetal growth and respiratory development
  • Somatic growth and status (anthropometric data)
  • Blood pressure
  • Skin, respiratory, gastrointestinal and other relevant organs
  • Skin barrier (trans epidermal water loss (TEWL))
  • Lung function and -development
  • Microbiota/diversity (in and on the body and the environment)
  • Viral infections
  • Immune-deviation/tolerance development
  • Specific allergen antibodies (IgE/IgG)
  • Xenobiotics and interactions between exposures (microbiota/xenobiotics)
  • Genetics/epi-genetics

Outcome measures:

Primary outcomes from birth to assessment times, first at 12 months of age for AD and at 36 months for food allergy to intervention allergens:

  1. Atopic dermatitis (AD), Food allergy to any intervention allergen
  2. Allergic sensitization (yes/no as well as quantitative, by skin prick test and s-IgE) Secondary outcomes: annually (ie 12, 24, 36, months and further follow-up investigations through childhood into adulthood): asthma (bronchial obstruction in year 1-2) and/or food allergy to any other allergen and/or anaphylaxis and/or allergic rhinitis Later outcomes for the exploratory part of the study will be defined in terms of obesity, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.

For assessments of food allergy, first determined at three years of age, we will harmonize study protocols with similar studies.

Interventions:

Skin intervention (IS): Skin care is performed from week 2 through 8 months of age, supervised by study personnel prior to leaving the hospital.

Food intervention (IF): Major food allergens (cow's milk, peanut, wheat, egg) are introduced no later than 4.0 months of age as tastes, not interfering with nutrition.

Safety assessment: An external surveying committee to assess adverse events and main outcomes will be established prior to study start, to assess safety and potential needs for re-assessing interventions. The safety committee is offered free access to any data they need, at their discretion.

Statistical approaches: Stratum randomization, logistic regression analyses (primary outcomes), mixed models (continuous outcomes particularly of allergic sensitization by quantification) will be applied. An external surveillance committee will monitor the safety aspects with availability to reports whenever, and whatever clinical or other criteria they deem appropriate. Their assessment will have the potential to stop the trial in case of large differences in the groups. However, due to the short time span of observation before the interventions are completed, it is unlikely that intervention differences may be observed prior to completion.

Power analysis lack underlying data and is therefore based upon the prevalence Environment and Childhood Asthma study (ECA study) of AD at two years of age for skin barrier intervention only. The prevalence (%) of (ever) allergic disease in the ECA study were at 2, 10 and 16 years of age: Asthma: 8 (recurrent bronchial obstruction), 20 and 26.4%, Atopic eczema: 23.2, 33.2 and 34.8%, Allergic rhinitis (10 and 16 years): 19 and 32.1%, Allergic sensitization (10/16 years): 37.4 and 52.6%, respectively. Data on food allergy is lacking.

The investigators' pilot study suggested a prevalence reduction in AD from 16 to four % at 6-months of age in children with dry skin subjected to skin care from 2 weeks. Thus, an estimated reduction from 23.2 % to 18.2 % (five per cent points) in a general population would be highly clinically relevant, worthwhile and feasible and require 1030 children in each skin care versus observation group to attain an 80 % power at 5% significance level. A reduction to 19.2 % (four per cent points) requires 1638 children per group.

Recent publications demonstrated approximately 30 % reduction in atopic dermatitis at 32 weeks of age after daily use of skin care and 50% risk reduction at 6 months of age in 124 high risk children, respectively suggesting that approx. 1000 babies in each group would be sufficient to detect significant and relevant reductions in AD in a factorially 2x2 designed study. With many sub-studies we aim for 2400-2500 mother-child pairs.

In line with emerging study results (2015) the power-estimates will be repeated with potential modification of population size requirement until the target population is recruited.

Study Phases:

The first phase of the PreventADALL study; to establish the birth cohort study, collect information and biological samples, closely assess the children in the first 3 years of life, assess the impact of the two interventions and the impact of microbiota and xenobiotic exposure on early allergic disease presentation.

This phase will also create the foundation for a long-term follow-up study with careful assessments of potential risk or protective factors for allergic as well as other NCDs at the start of life. The PreventADALL study will lead to improved knowledge of the potential effect of primary prevention and of management of allergic diseases in early life as well as improving knowledge of risk factors for NCDs later in life.

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Conditions studied

  • Atopic Dermatitis
  • Food Allergy in Children
  • Asthma
  • Rhinitis, Allergic
  • Non-communicable Diseases
  • Obesity
  • Cardiovascular Disease

Keywords

  • In-utero environment
  • Asthma
  • Allergic diseases
  • Food allergy
  • Birth cohort study
  • Primary prevention
  • Intervention study
  • Atopic dermatitis
  • Rhinitis
  • Allergy
  • Lung function
  • Non-communicable diseases
  • Foetal growth
  • Obesity
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Diabetes
  • Blood pressure
  • Anthropometric
  • Trans epidermic water loss
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In context

Rhinitis

1,105 studies on the registry are indexed under Rhinitis; 65 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 2,701 is above the median of 89 across 906 interventional studies indexed under Rhinitis.

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Lead sponsor

Oslo University Hospital is the lead sponsor of 810 studies on the registry; 148 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

The study enrolls Mother-child pairs in two steps; first mother, thereafter her new-born baby.

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Ante-natal inclusion, step 1: All mothers to-be at 18 weeks ultrasound investigation with sufficient language skills (Norwegian or Swedish), gestational age: at least 16-22 weeks.
  1. Exclusion: Plans to move further than reasonable travel distance from any of the participating hospitals within the first year of the offspring's life.
  1. Inclusion of the child, step 2: Live-born babies of gestational age 35.0 weeks or more (including multiple pregnancies), maternal/parental willingness to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Exclusion criteria child: 1) severe neonatal cardiac, pulmonary, neurologic, dermatologic disease or other disease that may influence the outcomes 2), plans to move further than reasonable travel distance away from any of the participating hospitals within the first nine months of life.

  1. Non-willingness to participate, 4) More than two foetuses
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Factorial assignment
Masking
Single (Investigator)
Enrollment
2,701 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    Observation only

    Observation only

  • Experimental
    Food intervention

    Intervention; systematic introduction of egg, milk, wheat and peanut by 4 months of age

    Other: Food intervention

  • Experimental
    Skin care

    Intervention: regular baths with bath-oil 0.5-9 months of age

    Other: Skin care

  • Experimental
    Food intervention and skin care

    Intervention; systematic introduction of egg, milk, wheat and peanut by 4 months of age Intervention: regular baths with bath-oil 0.5-9 months of age

    Other: Food intervention · Other: Skin care

Interventions

  • OtherFood intervention

    Intervention; systematic introduction of egg, milk, wheat and peanut by 4 months of age

  • OtherSkin care

    Bath with bath-oil aim and Ceridal face cream for least 5 times/ week from 0.5-9 months of age.

    Also known as: PreventADALL bath oil

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Atopic dermatitis (AD)

    AD by international standards,

    Time frame: AD 0-12 months, with follow-up investigations at 2 and 3 yrs and at intervals up to year 2044, provided funding

  2. Food allergy to any intervention allergen

    By clinical relevant reactions, intolerance to foods and food challenges, when needed

    Time frame: 0-36 months, assessed first at 36 months, with follow-up investigations at intervals up to year 2044, provided funding

Secondary outcomes

  1. Allergic sensitisation (yes/no as well as quantitative, by skin prick test and s-IgE)

    (yes/no as well as quantitative, by skin prick test and s-IgE)

    Time frame: first at 6 months, with follow-up investigations at 2 and 3 yrs and at intervals up to year 2044, provided funding

  2. Asthma (bronchial obstruction in year 1-2)

    In line with international criteria as used in Mechanisms of Allergy Development (MeDALL) criteria, and doctor diagnosis

    Time frame: first at 0-12 months, with follow-up investigations at 2 and 3 yrs and at intervals up to year 2044, provided funding

  3. Food allergy to any other allergen

    As reported by parents, in line with international criteria and documentation from patient charts

    Time frame: 0-36 months, assessed first at 36 months of age, with follow-up investigations at intervals up to year 2044, provided funding

  4. Anaphylaxis

    As reported by parents, with additional documentation from patient charts

    Time frame: 0-36 months, assessed first at 36 months of age, with follow-up investigations at intervals up to year 2044, provided funding

  5. Rhinitis/Allergic rhinitis

    As reported by parents, in the absence (rhinitis) or presence (allergic rhinitis) of allergic sensitisation to inhalant allergens

    Time frame: 12-36 months, with follow-up investigations at intervals up to year 2044, provided funding

Other outcomes

  1. Cardiovascular diseases

    Blood pressure measurements, defined by percentiles and quartiles. Not an outcome of the RCT but of the exploratory part of PreventADALL

    Time frame: Blood pressure 3-12 months of age, with follow-up investigations at 2 and 3 yrs and at intervals up to year 2044, provided funding

  2. Diabetes

    Clinical diagnosis from patient charts, not an outcome of the randomized clinical trial (RCT) but of the exploratory part of PreventADALL

    Time frame: at 36 months and with follow-up investigations at intervals up to year 2044, provided funding

  3. Obesity

    by international standards, based upon BMI adjusted for age and gender

    Time frame: 0-12 months, with follow-up investigations at 2 and 3 yrs and at intervals up to year 2044, provided funding

  4. Any other allergic disease

    Venom or medication allergy, urticaria

    Time frame: 0-12 months, with follow-up investigations at 2 and 3 yrs and at intervals up to year 2044, provided funding

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Study locations

1 site
  • Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo
    Oslo, 0424, Norway
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References and documents

Publications

  • Lodrup Carlsen KC, Rehbinder EM, Skjerven HO, Carlsen MH, Fatnes TA, Fugelli P, Granum B, Haugen G, Hedlin G, Jonassen CM, Landro L, Lunde J, Marsland BJ, Nordlund B, Rudi K, Sjoborg K, Soderhall C, Staff AC, Vettukattil R, Carlsen KH; study group. Preventing Atopic Dermatitis and ALLergies in Children-the PreventADALL study. Allergy. 2018 Oct;73(10):2063-2070. doi: 10.1111/all.13468. Epub 2018 Jun 19. No abstract available. PubMed 29710408 ↗
  • Rehbinder EM, Lodrup Carlsen KC, Staff AC, Angell IL, Landro L, Hilde K, Gaustad P, Rudi K. Is amniotic fluid of women with uncomplicated term pregnancies free of bacteria? Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Sep;219(3):289.e1-289.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.05.028. Epub 2018 May 29. PubMed 29852156 ↗
  • Rehbinder EM, Winger AJ, Landro L, Asarnoj A, Berents TL, Carlsen KH, Hedlin G, Jonassen CM, Nordlund B, Sandvik L, Skjerven HO, Soderhall C, Vettukattil R, Carlsen KCL; PreventADALL study group. Dry skin and skin barrier in early infancy. Br J Dermatol. 2019 Jul;181(1):218-219. doi: 10.1111/bjd.17626. Epub 2019 Apr 12. No abstract available. PubMed 30637724 ↗
  • Kreyberg I, Bains KES, Carlsen KH, Granum B, Gudmundsdottir HK, Haugen G, Hedlin G, Hilde K, Jonassen CM, Nordhagen LS, Nordlund B, Sjoborg KD, Skjerven HO, Staff AC, Soderhall C, Vettukatil RM, Lodrup Carlsen KC. Stopping when knowing: use of snus and nicotine during pregnancy in Scandinavia. ERJ Open Res. 2019 Apr 8;5(2):00197-2018. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00197-2018. eCollection 2019 Apr. Erratum In: ERJ Open Res. 2020 Feb 17;6(1):00197-2018-AUT. doi: 10.1183/23120541.50179-2018. PubMed 30972353 ↗
  • Skjerven HO, Lie A, Vettukattil R, Rehbinder EM, LeBlanc M, Asarnoj A, Carlsen KH, Despriee AW, Fardig M, Gerdin SW, Granum B, Gudmundsdottir HK, Haugen G, Hedlin G, Haland G, Jonassen CM, Landro L, Magi CO, Olsen IC, Rudi K, Saunders CM, Skram MK, Staff AC, Soderhall C, Tedner SG, Aadalen S, Aaneland H, Nordlund B, Lodrup Carlsen KC. Early food intervention and skin emollients to prevent food allergy in young children (PreventADALL): a factorial, multicentre, cluster-randomised trial. Lancet. 2022 Jun 25;399(10344):2398-2411. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00687-0. PubMed 35753340 ↗
  • Skjerven HO, Rehbinder EM, Vettukattil R, LeBlanc M, Granum B, Haugen G, Hedlin G, Landro L, Marsland BJ, Rudi K, Sjoborg KD, Soderhall C, Staff AC, Carlsen KH, Asarnoj A, Bains KES, Carlsen OCL, Endre KMA, Granlund PA, Hermansen JU, Gudmundsdottir HK, Hilde K, Haland G, Kreyberg I, Olsen IC, Magi CO, Nordhagen LS, Saunders CM, Skrindo I, Tedner SG, Vaernesbranden MR, Wiik J, Jonassen CM, Nordlund B, Carlsen KCL. Skin emollient and early complementary feeding to prevent infant atopic dermatitis (PreventADALL): a factorial, multicentre, cluster-randomised trial. Lancet. 2020 Mar 21;395(10228):951-961. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32983-6. Epub 2020 Feb 19. Erratum In: Lancet. 2020 Mar 21;395(10228):e53. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30422-0. PubMed 32087121 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 29, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02449850
Lead sponsor
Oslo University Hospital
Collaborators
University of Oslo, Karolinska Institutet, Helsinki University Central Hospital, University of Lausanne Hospitals, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, University Hospital, Akershus, Ostfold Hospital Trust, ThermoFisher Scientific Brahms Biomarkers France, University of Southampton, Imperial College London, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Diakonova University College, Norwegian Department of Health and Social Affairs, University Medical Center Groningen, Furst Medical Laboratory
Responsible party
Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen (Professor MD, PhD, Oslo University Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 20, 2015
Start date
Dec 14, 2014
Primary completion
Jul 2020 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 2044 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 29, 2019

Study contacts

Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen, MD PhD
principal investigator · Oslo University Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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