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NCT Number: NCT06456541

Infant Formula in Infants and Children With Cow's Milk Allergy

This is a multi-center, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled food challenge to be conducted in infants and children with confirmed IgE-mediated cow's milk allergy (CMA), followed by a 7-day open feeding of the experimental formula.

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Key information

Age range

3 month–12 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Phoenix Children's, Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Participant's parent(s) is/are willing for their child to undergo confirmatory testing or must have had at least one of the following within 6 months of enrollment:
  • Physician diagnosis of IgE-mediated CMA, according to the participant's clinical history (e.g. gastrointestinal symptoms, hives, respiratory symptoms or angioedema) AND, detectable serum milk-specific IgE >0.7 kUᴀ/L or positive skin prick test wheal ≥5 mm;
  • Documentation of milk-specific serum IgE ≥15 kUᴀ/L or ≥ 5 kUᴀ/L if younger than 1 year;
  • Documented cow's milk skin prick test wheal ≥8mm;
  • Physician-supervised oral food challenge that elicited immediate, objective, allergic symptoms.
  • Participant's parent(s) agree for their child to stop oral steroid use within 14 days and antihistamine use within 7 days prior to confirmation of diagnosis and food challenges.
  • Participant had followed a strict cow's milk protein-free diet for at least 2 weeks prior to enrollment.
  • Parent(s) confirm their intention not to administer any products containing cow's milk protein during the study.
  • Participant is between 3 months and 12 years of age at enrollment.
  • Participant's parent(s) has voluntarily signed and dated an Informed Consent Form (ICF), approved by an Independent Ethics Committee/Institutional Review Board (IEC/IRB) and provided Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) (or other applicable privacy regulation) authorization prior to any participation in the study.

Exclusion criteria

  • Participant is partially or exclusively breastfed at the time of enrollment.
  • Participant is consuming an amino acid-based formula due to failure on an extensively hydrolyzed formula.
  • Significant chronic medical diseases including major chromosomal or congenital anomalies, gastrointestinal diseases, or abnormalities other than CMA, immunodeficiencies, unstable asthma, eczema and/or food allergies treated with biologics (omalizumab or other monoclonal antibody), FPIES, eosinophilic esophagitis, and severe uncontrolled eczema.
  • Previous severe anaphylactic reaction to cow's milk within the last two years.,
  • An adverse medical history or current condition that is thought by the investigator to have potential for effects on tolerance or the hypoallergenicity test.
  • Participant has an allergy or intolerance to any ingredient in the study product, as reported by the parent.
  • Participant is consuming baked milk products.
  • Use of and/or changing dose of high potency steroids.
  • Participant is treated with any oral immunotherapy (sublingual, subcutaneous, and epicutaneous) for any food allergy.

Treatment and study plan

Experimental Extensively Hydrolyzed Formula

Other

Experimental powder formula

Placebo Extensively Hydrolyzed Formula

Other

Placebo powder formula

Primary outcomes

  1. Food Challenge Reactions

    Time frame: Food Challenge 1 to Food Challenge 2 (within 14 days of the Food Challenge 1) (followed by 7 days of feeding the experimental formula at home.)

    Percent of positive food challenge reactions to the experimental formula administered to cow's milk allergic infants and children.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Volume of Experimental Formula Intake

    Time frame: Home Feeding Day 1 to Day 7

    Parent completed diaries of Intake

  2. Food Intake during Study

    Time frame: Home Feeding Day 1 to Day 7

    Parent completed daily food diaries

  3. Gastrointestinal Symptoms

    Time frame: Home Feeding Day 1 to Day 7

    Parent completed diaries

  4. Medication Use

    Time frame: Home Feeding Day 1 to Day 7

    Parent completed diaries

  5. Food Challenge Positive Reactions

    Time frame: Home Feeding Day 1 to Day 7

    Percent of positive food challenge reactions to the experimental formula

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Jane Schlezinger

CONTACT

[email protected]

+44 (0) 1628 77355

Kristen DeLuca

CONTACT

[email protected]

6145653522

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Abbott Nutrition

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

Determination of Hypoallergenicity of an Extensively Hydrolyzed Infant Formula in Infants and Children With Cow's Milk Allergy

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2029
First posted
Jun 13, 2024
Registry last updated
Jul 15, 2026

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