Accuracy Of Skin Prick Test Using In-house Wheat Extract For The Diagnosis Of IgE-mediated Wheat Allergy: A Pilot Study
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Mahidol University
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- correlation skin test result and food challenge result
Study Overview
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Diagnostic
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 1 Year to 15 Years (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
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
Arms & Interventions
Food challenge, skin test
Skin 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)
Intervention: Commercial extract and in-house wheat extract (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
correlation skin test result and food challenge result
Time Frame: 3 year
Secondary Outcomes
- comparison of skin test result and specific IgE to challenge result(3 year)
Investigators
nittida pannakapitak
Principal investigator
Mahidol University
