New study aims to make food allergy treatment safer and more tolerable
NCT ID NCT06256146
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests modified oral immunotherapy (OIT) protocols for peanut, milk, and egg allergies in 360 participants. The goal is to see if using lower doses or processed allergens can reduce allergic reactions during treatment while still helping people become desensitized to their allergen. The study compares different OIT approaches to find a safer, more tolerable option.
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Study facts
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- 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 360 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2022
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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 40 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * A history suggestive of immediate allergy to the food. A convincing clinical history of an IgE mediated reaction to a specific food will be defined as a minimum of 2 mild signs/symptoms or 1 moderate or 1 severe sign/symptom that was likely IgE mediated and occurred within 120 minutes after ingestion or contact * The presence of at least one of the following confirmatory tests: * Positive SPT to the culprit food allergen (weal diameter 3 mm larger than that of the normal saline control). The allergens used will be commercial extracts of the foods (Omega Labs, Toronto, Ontario). * Detection of serum specific IgE (\>0.35 kU/L) to the culprit food or any of its proteins, measured by fluorescence enzyme immunoassay (Phadia, CAP System, Uppsala, Sweden). Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have uncontrolled respiratory disease (asthma, cystic fibrosis, etc.) * Patients who present with intercurrent disease active at the time of starting desensitization. * Non IgE mediated or non-immunological adverse reactions to milk or peanuts. * Malignant or immunopathological diseases and/or severe primary or secondary immune deficiencies. * Patients receiving oral immunosuppressor therapy. * Patients receiving β-blockers (including topical formulations), or who receive daily doses of NSAIDs, aspirin or ACE inhibitors for cardiac issues. * Associated diseases contraindicating the use of epinephrine: cardiovascular disease, severe hypertension or hypotension. * Patients diagnosed with eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders, including patients with a history of antacid use for reflux related to food impaction or with a history of esophageal spasm. * Patients already tolerating processed/cooked forms of the food (e.g.,baked goods with milk).
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada
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