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Accuracy Of Skin Prick Test Using In-house Wheat Extract For The Diagnosis Of IgE-mediated Wheat Allergy: A Pilot Study

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Wheat Allergy
Interventions
Other: Commercial extract and in-house wheat extract
Registration Number
NCT01070368
Lead Sponsor
Mahidol University
Brief Summary

Nowadays, commercial wheat extract is widely accessible, and is used for skin prick test for wheat allergy. However, commercial wheat extracted for skin prick test have less precise test result compared to extract from omega-5 gliadin, which is one of the major allergen with immediate wheat allergy.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria
  • A patient with the age of 1-15 year old
  • A history of symptoms that suspected of type 1 hypersensitivity (eg. Urticaria, angioedema, wheezing, anaphylaxis) occur within 4 hours after wheat ingestion.
  • Patients attend in allergy clinic, pediatric department, Siriraj hospital since 2007-2012
Exclusion Criteria
  • First sign and symptom happens more than 4 hours since wheat ingestion
  • Have underlying disease such as heart disease, epilepsy etc.
  • Have contraindication for performed skin prick test

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Food challenge, skin testCommercial extract and in-house wheat extractSkin test by two extract commercial, and in-house extract. and open challenge with wheat (except in patient with history of wheat anaphylaxis: assume as challenge positive)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
correlation skin test result and food challenge result3 year
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
comparison of skin test result and specific IgE to challenge result3 year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pediatric department, Faculty of medicine Siriraj hospital, Mahidol university

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Bangkok, Thailand

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