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Immunotherapy

Egg Allergy Oral Desensitization

N/A
Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be younger than 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 18 months
Awards & highlights
No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial is testing whether people with egg allergies can be taught to tolerate them by slowly exposing them to increasing amounts of egg.

Eligible Conditions
  • Egg Allergy

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~18 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 18 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Efficacy of desensitization in egg allergic patients as assessed by presence or absence of allergic symptoms during a blinded, placebo controlled oral food challenge
Secondary study objectives
Change from baseline over the immunotherapy process of Regulatory T cell levels
Change from baseline over the immunotherapy process of egg specigic IgA levels
Change from baseline over the immunotherapy process of egg specigic IgE levels
+3 more

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group
All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: TreatmentExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Following randomization, participants in this group will receive escalating doses of egg protein, up to a dose of 300 mg. Once they attain that dose, they will maintain it for six months. At the end of this maintenance period, they will undergo a singe-blind, placebo-controlled oral food challenge
Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention
Following randomization, this arm will receive no intervention. After twelve months, participants in this group will undergo a singe-blind, placebo-controlled oral food challenge

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Who is running the clinical trial?

McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health CentreLead Sponsor
471 Previous Clinical Trials
166,957 Total Patients Enrolled
~7 spots leftby Dec 2025