Full-Dose drug testing could pinpoint surgery allergies
NCT ID NCT06065137
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether giving full therapeutic doses of anaesthetics like propofol and ketamine can safely diagnose drug allergies in people who had a suspected allergic reaction during surgery. Fifty adult patients with a history of perioperative hypersensitivity underwent incremental drug provocation testing. The goal was to see how often allergic reactions occur during this direct testing and to compare it with standard skin tests.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- propofol and ketamine
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a safer, more accurate way to diagnose which anaesthetic drugs cause allergic reactions during surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with only 50 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. Drug provocation testing itself carries a risk of triggering an allergic reaction.
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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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50 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- 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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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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 consulting the allergology department of the Antwerp University hospital medical with a history consistent with perioperative hypersensitivity * Indication for diagnostic work-up as determined at an interdisciplinary meeting between allergologists and anaesthetists * willing to sign separate informed consent forms for both general anaesthesia and the Drug Provocation Test. Exclusion Criteria: * patient refusal * incomplete diagnostic work-up * history inconsistent with perioperative hypersensitivity
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Antwerp University Hospital
Edegem, Antwerp, 2650, Belgium
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