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CompletedNCT02552537iFAAM-PPIUpdated May 11, 2017

iFAAM: The Impact of Proton-pump Inhibitors (Antacids) on Threshold Dose Distributions

A Phase 4 interventional study of Omeprazole and Placebo in Food Allergy, sponsored by University of Zurich. Completed at 2 sites in 2 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-05-11.

Sponsored by University of Zurich · Phase 4, Interventional, and Diagnostic

Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
44
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

In patients with a walnut allergy double blind placebo controlled food challenge with walnut will be combined with the intake of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) or with placebo to assess the impact of PPI on threshold level and on clinical manifestation.

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  1. detailed case history, blood sampling and prick testing with different foods will performed.
  2. double blind food provocation with with three meals containing either placebo or walnut in walnut allergic patients will be performed.
  3. the provocation will be combined with the intake of drug (omeprazole) or placebo (mannitol) blinded in capsules.
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Conditions studied

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In context

Hypersensitivity

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This study's enrollment of 44 is below the median of 57 across 1,384 interventional studies indexed under Hypersensitivity.

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Lead sponsor

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • signed informed consent, history of walnut allergy,minimum age 18 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

    • Known hypersensitivity or allergy to Omeprazole, other proton pump inhibitors, mannitol, ingredients of placebo meal

      • Drugs not allowed during the study due to proved interaction with Omeprazole: Digoxin, Clopidogrel, Methotrexate, Antiretroviral drugs, Diazepam, Cilostazol, Phenytoin, Warfarin (R-Warfarin) and other Vitamin K antagonists, Phenytoin, Tacrolimus, Clarithromycin, voriconazole, Rifampicin and Hypericum
      • Drugs not allowed due to interference with the food challenge (or shortest interval between last treatment and food challenge)
  • corticosteroids systemically (2 weeks)
  • antihistamines (3 days) except hydroxyzine (10 days)
  • ketotifen (2 weeks)
  • betablocker (1 day)
  • angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors (2 days)
  • omalizumab (2 months)

    • Women who are pregnant or breast feeding
    • Intention to become pregnant during the course of the study
    • Lack of safe contraception, defined as: female participants of childbearing potential, not using and not willing to continue using a medically reliable method of contraception for the entire study duration, such as oral, injectable, or implantable contraceptives, or intrauterine contraceptive devices
    • Please note that female participants who are surgically sterilised / hysterectomised or post-menopausal for longer than 2 years are not considered as being of child bearing potential.
    • Uncontrolled asthma, forced expiratory volume \<70% predicted value
    • Acute allergic disease
    • Chronic urticaria
    • Mastocytosis
    • Other clinically significant concomitant disease states (major organic or infectious diseases, e.g., renal failure, hepatic dysfunction, cardiovascular disease, acute febrile infection),
    • Known or suspected non-compliance, drug or alcohol abuse,
    • Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems, psychological disorders, dementia, etc. of the participant,
    • Participation in another study with investigational drug within the 30 days preceding and during the present study
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
44 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Omeprazole

    patients will take Omeprazole 40mg, in capsules, once a day, during five days before walnut challenge

    Drug: Omeprazole

  • Sham comparator
    Placebo

    patients will take Mannitol, in capsules, once a day, during five days before walnut challenge

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • DrugOmeprazole

    patients with walnut allergy will be exposed during 5 days before food challenge with Omeprazole

    Also known as: Omeprazol Sandoz eco Kps 40

  • DrugPlacebo

    patients with walnut allergy will be exposed during 5 days before food challenge with Placebo

    Also known as: Mannitol

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. amount of walnuts that induces an allergic reaction assessed in milligram

    The amount of walnut which induces an allergic reaction in walnut allergic patients will be assessed in milligram by titrated challenges under concommitant intake of therapeutic doses of omeprazole versus placebo

    Time frame: up to 18 months

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Study locations

2 sites
  • Hospital Clinico San Carlos
    Madrid, Spain
  • University Hospital Zurich
    Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 11, 2017, 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
NCT02552537
Lead sponsor
University of Zurich
Collaborators
Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA), University of Nebraska Lincoln, Region Hovedstadens Apotek, University of Manchester, Hospital San Carlos, Madrid
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 17, 2015
Start date
Sep 2015
Primary completion
Mar 2017
Completion
Mar 2017
Last update
May 11, 2017

Study contacts

Clare Mills, Prof, PhD
study chair · University Manchester

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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