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Diagnosis of Cow's Milk Protein Allergy

Completed
Conditions
Cow's Milk Allergy
Registration Number
NCT04330092
Lead Sponsor
Assiut University
Brief Summary

The study will assess the diagnosis of cow's milk protein allergy (CMPA) among infant and children in assiut university children hospital using skin prick test and specific serum IgE as well as their management.

Detailed Description

Food allergy is a reproducible specific immune response to exposure to a given food. Cow's milk protein allergy (CMPA) is clinically abnormal reaction to cow's milk protein (CMP) via immune mechanisms triggered by milk protein (Boyce etal.,2010).

According to European academy for allergy and clinical immunology (EAACI) and the world allergy organization (wao) , a hypersensitivity reaction to cow's milk involving the immune system can be called as CMPA. There is difference between CMPA and non-allergic cow's milk intolerance (e.g lactose intolerance) which occurs as a result of lactase deficiency without involvement of the immune system (Venter etal.,2013).

CMPA is categorized into immunoglobulin IgE mediated , non -IgE mediated ,or mixed CMPA (Sicherer etal.,2001).

1.9% to 4.9% prevalence of CMPA among children with a peak in prevalence (2-3%) in the first year of life and prevalence of \<1% in children aged \>=6 years (koletzko etal.,2012).

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria
    • Exclusively breast feeding ,breast-fed infants with supplementary foods and non-breast fed infants with supplementary foods who complain from either frequent regurgitation, vomiting,diarrhea,constipation (with/without perianal rash) ,blood in stool or pallor.
Exclusion Criteria
  • : Infant and child with gastrointestinal symptoms due to specific etiology.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
diagnosis of cow's protein allergy among infants and children from 1st day of life-2 yearsbaseline

compare between diagnosis by skin prick test and specific serum IgE

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Assuit University

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Assiut, Egypt

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