Pancakes could help kids outgrow egg allergy faster and safer
NCT ID NCT07192510
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed trial tested whether eating specially prepared pancakes daily could help children with egg allergy tolerate eggs. 23 children participated, starting with small doses in the hospital and continuing at home. The goal was to see if they could eat a full serving of cooked egg without a reaction, and whether that protection lasted even after stopping pancakes for 6-8 weeks.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- pancake oral immunotherapy (baked egg in pancake form)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a safer and more palatable way to help children with egg allergy tolerate eggs, reducing reaction risks.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study with only 23 participants, so results may not apply widely. Daily pancake eating may still cause allergic reactions or taste fatigue.
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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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23 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2021
- Finished
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Apr 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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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2 to 15 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: * Allergic to 4.443g egg protein or less, at baseline egg open food challenge OR Convincing clinical reaction to egg within past 6 months (or failed a clinical egg food challenge in last 6 months) AND evidence of current sensitization (positive SPT or egg-specific IgE performed within the last 3 months) Exclusion Criteria: Subjects meeting any of the exclusion criteria at baseline will be excluded from participation. * Required previous admission to an intensive care unit for management of an allergic reaction. * Children with a past history of egg allergy currently consuming egg-containing products other than extensively-heated egg in baked foods (e.g. biscuits, cakes). * Developed severe anaphylaxis to egg or egg-containing products requiring more than 2 adrenaline auto-injectors or intravenous adrenaline infusion. * Poorly controlled asthma within the previous 3 months (as defined by clinician judgement with reference to the ICON guidelines). * Moderate-severe eczema despite appropriate use of emollients (eczema is not otherwise an exclusion criteria). * Clinically significant chronic illness (other than asthma, rhinitis or eczema). * History of symptoms of eosinophilic oesophagitis, irrespective of cause. * Undergoing specific immunotherapy to another allergen and within the first year of treatment. * Receiving anti-IgE therapy, oral immunosuppressants, beta-blocker or ACE inhibitor. * Pregnancy. * Unwilling or unable to fulfil study requirements.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Singapore, Singapore
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