Immune Responses in Hen's Egg Oral Immunotherapy

NCT03744325 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2018-11-16

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Summary

The study determines how a 6 months oral immunotherapy (OIT) program with hen's egg (HE) effects cellular and humoral immune responses in 50 children with HE allergy. Clinical data, transcriptomics and epigenetics are combined and analyzed by advanced system biology methods. This study will provide better understanding of the effects and mechanisms of OIT.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Hen's egg OIT

Increasing doses of egg white protein administered orally

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Helsinki

    collaborator OTHER
  • Helsinki University Central Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mika J Mäkelä, Professor · Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-03-18
Primary Completion
2019-12-31
Completion
2020-12-31

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