A spoonful of milk a day: could it rewire Kids' allergies?
NCT ID NCT07768696
First seen Aug 17, 2026 · Last updated Aug 18, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether giving children with cow's milk allergy tiny, increasing amounts of milk each day can help them tolerate it. Infants aged 6 to 18 months with a confirmed allergy will be randomly assigned to receive oral immunotherapy for 1-1.5 years or to avoid milk as usual. After the treatment period, all children will undergo a food challenge to see how much milk they can handle. The study also tracks allergic reactions and allergy-related blood markers to understand how the approach works.
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 with cow's milk
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a way to help young children with cow's milk allergy safely build tolerance, reducing dietary restrictions and anxiety.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial. The treatment involves daily milk intake and may cause allergic reactions. Results may not apply to all children with milk allergy.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 56 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2031
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 18 months
- 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: * Aged 6 to 18 months * Cow's milk allergy confirmed at an oral food challenge * Reaction threshold below 300 mg of cow's milk protein at the oral food challenge * Specific IgE to cow's milk \> 0.35 kU/L * High risk of persistent allergy to cow's milk (based on defined criteria) * Family motivated for oral immunotherapy following shared decision-making using a decision aid Exclusion Criteria: * Uncontrolled asthma, eczema, rhino-conjunctivitis, urticaria, or eosinophilic esophagitis * Treatment with biologic or immunosuppressive medication * Non-Danish-speaking families * Anticipated non-adherent families
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Regional Hospital Gødstrup
Gødstrup, Denmark
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Regional Hospital Kolding
Kolding, Denmark
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Regional Hospital Randers
Randers, Denmark
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Regional Hospital Viborg
Viborg, Denmark
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The Danish Center of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital
Aarhus, Denmark
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