Fast vs. slow: which oral allergy treatment works best for kids?
NCT ID NCT06976775
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study compares two ways of giving oral immunotherapy to children aged 6–16 with milk or egg allergy. One method uses daily increasing doses over a week ('rush'), while the other uses doses every two weeks ('conventional'). The goal is to see which is safer and more effective at helping children tolerate these foods, and to find biological markers that predict success.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- oral immunotherapy (milk or egg protein)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could identify a safer, more efficient way to desensitize children to milk or egg, reducing allergic reactions from accidental exposure.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial (Phase 2/3) with only 40 children. The faster 'rush' regimen may cause more side effects, and results may not apply to all allergic children.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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6 to 16 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients 6 to 16 years old * sIgE levels to milk 0.35 to 35kUA/L for milk allergic subjects and egg 0.35 to 35kUA/L for egg allergic subjects * Entry DBPCFC discrete milk eliciting dose (ED)≥ 22.2mg of milk protein and discrete egg ED≥18.5mg of egg protein, that are the population-based reference values for the ED20 * Having a mild to moderate food allergy severity per DEFASE score (\<13 points) Exclusion Criteria: * sIgE levels to milk \>35kUA/L for milk allergic subjects and egg \> 35kUA/L for milk allergic subjects * Entry DBPCFC discrete milk ED\<22.2mg of milk protein or discrete egg ED\<18.5mg of egg protein * Entry DBPCFC discrete ED for milk\>2112mg of milk protein (cumulative amount of 4193,7mg of milk protein) and egg discrete ED\>1560mg of egg protein (cumulative amount of 3110.8mg of egg protein) * Having severe food allergy per DEFASE score (≥13 points) * Other exclusion criteria: uncontrolled asthma, FEV1\<70%, severe atopic dermatitis, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, non-IgE mediated allergy, having started SCIT 3 months before, or SLIT one week before. Pregnancy
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús. Avenida de Menéndez Pelayo, número 65
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28009, Spain
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