Milk AllergyEarly Phase 1NCT00968110
Xolair Treatment for Milk Allergic Children
A Early Phase 1 study testing omalizumab in people with Milk Allergy, run by Boston Children's Hospital at 2 sites in United States.
Trial summary
This is a pilot feasibility study, using Xolair pretreatment for oral milk desensitization. The major assessment will be safety, and the investigators will evaluate for any type of reaction, including allergic reactions that occur during the course of the study. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 4 to 18 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Milk Allergy
- What is being tested?
- omalizumab
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 10 participants
- Where
- 2 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- Mar 2009to Apr 2017
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 4 to 18 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult
Who may be able to join
- Moderate to severe pediatric cow's milk allergy-sensitive subjects between the ages of 4-18 years old.
- Total IgE >30 kU/L
- Sensitivity to cow's milk allergen will be documented by a positive skin prick test result (see Appendix E for details) and RAST test to cow's milk, with 25 kU/L as a lower limit of eligibility. Patients who do not meet the cow's milk RAST requirement may be eligible for this study if they have a history of a moderate to severe reaction, and if they have recently failed an oral food challenge with milk ordered by their physician.
- All female subjects of child-bearing potential will be required to provide a urine sample for pregnancy testing that must be negative one week before being allowed to participate in the study.
- Subjects must be planning to remain in the study area during the trial.
- Subjects and/or their parents must be trained on the proper use of the Epi-Pen to be allowed to enroll in the study.
Who cannot join
- No absolute contraindications to allergen skin testing and/or oral ingestion of milk are known. However, the risk of serious systemic anaphylactic reactions to milk suggests a number of preexisting conditions that should be considered relative contraindications. Among those conditions are acute infections, autoimmune disease, severe cardiac disease, and treatment with beta-adrenergic antagonistic drugs (beta-blockers).
- Subjects having a history of severe anaphylaxis to milk requiring intubation or admission to an ICU, frequent allergic or non-allergic urticaria, or history consistent with poorly controlled persistent asthma.
- Total IgE > 2000 IU/mL.
- Subjects with unstable angina, significant arrhythmia, uncontrolled hypertension, chronic sinusitis, or other chronic or immunological diseases that in the mind of the investigator might interfere with the evaluation or administration of the test drug or pose additional risk to the subject e.g. gastrointestinal or gastroesophageal disease, chronic infections, scleroderma, hepatic and gallbladder disease, chronic non-allergic pulmonary disease.
- Subject with an FEV1 or PEF less than 80% predicted (moderate persistent asthma) with or without controller medication (if able to perform the maneuver) at screening, the oral desensitization visit, or food challenge visit.
- Subjects who have received an experimental drug in the last 30 days prior to admission into this study or who plan to use an experimental drug during the study.
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- Subjects who are current users of oral, intramuscular, or intravenous corticosteroids, tricyclic antidepressants, or are taking a beta-blocker (oral or topical).
- Subjects routinely using medication that could induce adverse gastrointestinal reactions during the study.
- Subjects refusing to sign the EpiPen Training Form (see Appendix F).
- Pregnant or breast feeding females.
- Subjects with a history of rice and soy allergy.
Trial locations and contacts
2 sites in 1 country.
United States2 sites
Children's Hosptial Boston
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115
Stanford Uneiversity Medical Center
Stanford, California, 94305
About this study
Official title: Xolair (Omalizumab) Enhances Oral Tolerance Induction in Milk Allergic Children
This is a pilot feasibility study, using Xolair pretreatment for oral milk desensitization. The major assessment will be safety, and the investigators will evaluate for any type of reaction, including allergic reactions that occur during the course of the study.
Read the detailed description
Our hypothesis is that pretreatment with anti-IgE mAb will greatly reduce the side effects and allergic reactions that occur during oral desensitization to foods and will enhance the development of oral tolerance in patients with severe milk allergy. Once desensitized to milk, children will be able to tolerate milk in a Double Blind Placebo Controlled Food Challenge.
The study will also evaluate whether Xolair provides a robust durability of tolerance once administration of Xolair is terminated. We will examine the specific immunological mechanisms that mediate oral tolerance in children undergoing oral milk desensitization
The trial will be conducted in three parts: (1) pre-treatment with Xolair for 8 weeks, (2) oral desensitization to cow's milk from weeks 9-16 and continued treatment with Xolair for 8 weeks, and (3) double blind placebo controlled food challenge to milk.
- Conditions
- Milk Allergy
- Being tested
- omalizumab
- Keywords
- Milk Allergy
- Medical subject headings
- Milk Hypersensitivity
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
omalizumabDrug
Also called Xolair
Dosing table established for omalizumab
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Xolair | Experimental | All patients will receive Xolair treatment for 16 weeks. Receives: Drug: omalizumab |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
The major goal of this study is to assess the safety of Xolair in young children, and the safety of oral desensitization in patients pretreated with Xolair
Measured: week 53
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted28 Aug 2009 (estimated)
- Study startMar 2009
- Primary completionApr 2017
- Study completionApr 2017
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Milk AllergyStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Boston Children's HospitalThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 10 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Stanford University
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, John Lee, Boston Children's Hospital
- Investigators
- Dale Umetsu, MD, Principal investigator, Boston Children's Hospital
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00968110
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- Milk-01
- Status last verified
- Sep 2018
- First submitted
- 27 Aug 2009
- Last updated
- 2 Oct 2018
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Publications
Bedoret D, Singh AK, Shaw V, Hoyte EG, Hamilton R, DeKruyff RH, Schneider LC, Nadeau KC, Umetsu DT. Changes in antigen-specific T-cell number and function during oral desensitization in cow's milk allergy enabled with omalizumab. Mucosal Immunol. 2012 May;5(3):267-76. doi: 10.1038/mi.2012.5. Epub 2012 Feb 8.
PubMed 22318492
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 2 Oct 2018. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Xolair (Omalizumab) Enhances Oral Tolerance Induction in Milk Allergic Children
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00968110
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- Milk-01
- Conditions
- Milk Allergy
- Keywords
- Milk Allergy
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 10 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Boston Children's HospitalUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Stanford University
- Study start
- Mar 2009
- Primary completion
- Apr 2017 (actual)
- Study completion
- Apr 2017 (actual)
- First posted
- 28 Aug 2009 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This is a pilot feasibility study, using Xolair pretreatment for oral milk desensitization. The major assessment will be safety, and the investigators will evaluate for any type of reaction, including allergic reactions that occur during the course of the study.
Detailed description
Our hypothesis is that pretreatment with anti-IgE mAb will greatly reduce the side effects and allergic reactions that occur during oral desensitization to foods and will enhance the development of oral tolerance in patients with severe milk allergy. Once desensitized to milk, children will be able to tolerate milk in a Double Blind Placebo Controlled Food Challenge.
The study will also evaluate whether Xolair provides a robust durability of tolerance once administration of Xolair is terminated. We will examine the specific immunological mechanisms that mediate oral tolerance in children undergoing oral milk desensitization
The trial will be conducted in three parts: (1) pre-treatment with Xolair for 8 weeks, (2) oral desensitization to cow's milk from weeks 9-16 and continued treatment with Xolair for 8 weeks, and (3) double blind placebo controlled food challenge to milk.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Xolair | Experimental | Drug: omalizumabAll patients will receive Xolair treatment for 16 weeks. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 4 to 18 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Moderate to severe pediatric cow's milk allergy-sensitive subjects between the ages of 4-18 years old.
- Total IgE >30 kU/L
- Sensitivity to cow's milk allergen will be documented by a positive skin prick test result (see Appendix E for details) and RAST test to cow's milk, with 25 kU/L as a lower limit of eligibility. Patients who do not meet the cow's milk RAST requirement may be eligible for this study if they have a history of a moderate to severe reaction, and if they have recently failed an oral food challenge with milk ordered by their physician.
- All female subjects of child-bearing potential will be required to provide a urine sample for pregnancy testing that must be negative one week before being allowed to participate in the study.
- Subjects must be planning to remain in the study area during the trial.
Key exclusion criteria (11 listed)
- No absolute contraindications to allergen skin testing and/or oral ingestion of milk are known. However, the risk of serious systemic anaphylactic reactions to milk suggests a number of preexisting conditions that should be considered relative contraindications. Among those conditions are acute infections, autoimmune disease, severe cardiac disease, and treatment with beta-adrenergic antagonistic drugs (beta-blockers).
- Subjects having a history of severe anaphylaxis to milk requiring intubation or admission to an ICU, frequent allergic or non-allergic urticaria, or history consistent with poorly controlled persistent asthma.
- Total IgE > 2000 IU/mL.
- Subjects with unstable angina, significant arrhythmia, uncontrolled hypertension, chronic sinusitis, or other chronic or immunological diseases that in the mind of the investigator might interfere with the evaluation or administration of the test drug or pose additional risk to the subject e.g. gastrointestinal or gastroesophageal disease, chronic infections, scleroderma, hepatic and gallbladder disease, chronic non-allergic pulmonary disease.
- Subject with an FEV1 or PEF less than 80% predicted (moderate persistent asthma) with or without controller medication (if able to perform the maneuver) at screening, the oral desensitization visit, or food challenge visit.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| omalizumabAlso: XolairDosing table established for omalizumab | Drug | Xolair |
Primary outcome
The major goal of this study is to assess the safety of Xolair in young children, and the safety of oral desensitization in patients pretreated with Xolair
Time frame: week 53
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 2 Oct 2018.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 22318492Bedoret D, Singh AK, Shaw V, Hoyte EG, Hamilton R, DeKruyff RH, Schneider LC, Nadeau KC, Umetsu DT. Changes in antigen-specific T-cell number and function during oral desensitization in cow's milk allergy enabled with omalizumab. Mucosal Immunol. 2012 May;5(3):267-76. doi: 10.1038/mi.2012.5. Epub 2012 Feb 8.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Dale Umetsu, MD principal investigator
Boston Children's Hospital
2 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Early Phase 1 study testing omalizumab in people with Milk Allergy, run by Boston Children's Hospital at 2 sites in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 11 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Oct 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 2 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Early Phase 1 (sometimes called Phase 0) studies give a very small amount of a treatment to a few people, mainly to see how the body handles it.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
The major goal of this study is to assess the safety of Xolair in young children, and the safety of oral desensitization in patients pretreated with Xolair (time frame: week 53). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00968110, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Oct 2018; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 7 Nov 2026.