Skin Prick Test for the Diagnosis of Food Allergy- a Comparison of Different Commercial Extracts and Raw Food

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Food Allergy
• Interventions: Procedure: skin test

• Registration Number: NCT01508299
• Lead Sponsor: Meir Medical Center

Brief Summary

Immediate food allergy is , sometimes , a life threatening situation . Diagnosis is done by skin prick test with commercial extracts. Nevertheless, some of the extracts are not optimal and reproduce false negative results (no allergy) in patients with history highly suggestive of allergic reaction. The aim of this study is to compare the reproducibility of different commercial extracts and raw food in patients with convincing history of acute allergic symptoms related to food .

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2012-01-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-01-10
• Study First Posted: 2012-01-11
• Study Start: 2012-04
• Primary Completion: 2015-04
• Study Completion: 2015-04
• Status Verified: 2015-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-10-06
• Last Update Posted: 2015-10-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• Suspected immediate allergic reaction to food

Exclusion Criteria

none

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
raw food skin test	skin test	skin test with the suspected raw food

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
correlation between the results of skin test with commercial extracts and raw food	immediate

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Allergy and clinical immunology unit , Meir hospital; 🇮🇱 Kfar-Saba, Israel