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SuspendedNCT05731206HYPO STORYUpdated May 8, 2024

Hypoallergenicity of a Hydrolyzed Protein Infant Formula

An interventional study of Hydrolyzed protein infant formula and commercially available hypoallergenic infant formula in Cow's Milk Allergy, sponsored by Nutricia Research. Suspended at 1 site in Italy. Open to participants aged 0 Days to 3 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-05-08.

Sponsored by Nutricia Research (part of Danone) · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

Why this study was suspended
Internal discussions
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
29
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
0 Days to 3 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Study to demonstrate hypoallergenicity of a hydrolysed protein infant formula in a population of children with confirmed cow's milk allergy.

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The study consists of a double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge, followed by a single arm open challenge.

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Conditions studied

  • Cow's Milk Allergy

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Keywords

  • Infant formula
  • Hypoallergenicity
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In context

Milk Hypersensitivity

147 studies on the registry are indexed under Milk Hypersensitivity; 26 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 29 is below the median of 68 across 95 interventional studies indexed under Milk Hypersensitivity.

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Lead sponsor

Nutricia Research is the lead sponsor of 51 studies on the registry; 10 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
0 Days to 3 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Infants and children aged up to 3 years.
  2. Diagnosed with cow's milk allergy (or re-confirmed), within two months prior to the study (challenge day #1), by:

    1. Physician-supervised double-blind oral food challenge; or
    2. Physician-supervised open oral food challenge that elicited objective immediate allergic reactions; or
    3. Report of convincing allergic reaction to cow's milk or a milk-containing food product, in conjunction with presence of milk-specific serum Immunoglobuline E (IgE) level > 0.7 kilounit per liter (U/L) or by skin prick test (wheal size ≥ 3mm).
  3. Willing to switch to a different hypoallergenic formula
  4. On elimination diet (commercially available, hypoallergenic infant formula ) and free of clinical symptoms, or with controlled stable symptoms, for at least one week preceding the study (challenge day #1).
  5. Expected minimal consumption of 144ml of test product/day during the open challenge.
  6. Written provided by parents/guardians, according to local law.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Infants/children who are more suitable to use AAF as formula, including but not limited to those with high risk of anaphylaxis (prior history of anaphylaxis and currently not using eHF) or severe forms of non-IgE-mediated CMA such as eosinophilic oesophagitis, enteropathies, or Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES).
  2. Diagnosis or known allergy to any of the ingredients in the test product.
  3. Congenital anomalies which will interfere with oral feeding or gastrointestinal tract, other chronic diseases (including but not limited to cardiovascular disease, , hepatic disease, renal disease, haematological disease, neurological disease, immunological and endocrine disease), major gastrointestinal disease/abnormalities, or any other medical condition that could interfere with the identification of allergic reactions.
  4. (Twin / triplet) sibling of an infant/child already participating in the study.
  5. Investigator's uncertainty about the willingness or ability of the subject and his/her parents to comply with the protocol requirements.
  6. Participation in any other studies involving or marketed products concomitantly or within two weeks prior to entry into the study.
  7. Employees and/or children/family members or relatives of employees of Nutricia Research or the participating study sites.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
29 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    hydrolized protein formula

    hydrolysed protein formula

    Other: Hydrolyzed protein infant formula

  • Placebo comparator
    Control formula

    commercially available hypoallergenic infant formula

    Other: commercially available hypoallergenic infant formula

Interventions

  • OtherHydrolyzed protein infant formula

    Hydrolyzed protein infant formula

  • Othercommercially available hypoallergenic infant formula

    commercially available hypoallergenic infant formula

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Hypoallergenicity

    The percentage of children tolerating the formula tested by double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge and a subsequent open challenge.

    Time frame: 25-35 days

Other outcomes

  1. Relevant parameters routinely collected in the clinic

    e.g serum IgE results

    Time frame: 25-35 days

  2. Incidence, seriousness, severity and relatedness of Adverse Events

    Safety and tolerance parameters

    Time frame: 25-35 days

  3. Demographics characteristics

    Demographics characteristics

    Time frame: at baseline

  4. Relevant parameters routinely collected in the clinic

    e.g. skin prick test results

    Time frame: 25-35 days

  5. Birth length

    cm

    Time frame: at baseline

  6. Birth weight

    g

    Time frame: at baseline

  7. anthropometrics

    e.g. weight and lenght

    Time frame: at baseline

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Study locations

1 site
  • Pediatric hospital Bambino Gesù
    Rome, Italy
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Start is estimated for Jul 2024; primary completion for Dec 2026, 29 months later.

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Registered
Dec 23, 2022
First posted
Feb 16, 2023
StartEst.
Jul 31, 2024
Primary completionEst.
Dec 31, 2026
CompletionEst.
Mar 31, 2027
Last update
May 8, 2024
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 8, 2024, 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
NCT05731206
Lead sponsor
Nutricia Research
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 16, 2023
Start date
Jul 31, 2024 (estimated)
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Mar 31, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
May 8, 2024

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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