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Biologics and Sublingual Immunotherapy
Most current studies involve using a biological drug to increase the safety of allergen immunotherapy (AIT) especially in the treatment of food allergies, to avoid the risk of anaphylaxis. However, adding Xolair® to AIT may improve the therapy's effectiveness. There are still few observations on this topic, especially in patients with house dust mite (HDM)-driven asthma.
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Comparison Between a Rush and a Conventional Oral Immunotherapy Protocol to Treat Cow's Milk and Hen´s Egg Allergy. CompITO Study
This study investigates the efficacy and safety of two different OIT schemes to treat milk and egg allergic children
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Diagnosis and Allergen Identification of Perioperative Anaphylaxis
Perioperative anaphylaxis may lead to fatal respiratory and/or circulatory events, yet both clinical diagnosis and management are challenging. Serum tryptase is an indicator that can provide important retrospective diagnostic value for anaphylaxis. Another key point in perioperative anaphylaxis management is to identify the allergens, and thus avoid re-exposure during later perioperative management. Skin testing is an important way to identify allergens.
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Early Supplementation for Cow's Milk Allergy Prevention
Cow's milk allergy (CMA) is a common food allergy in infants and young children that can have a significant impact on the individual and their family due to dietary restrictions, risk of nutritional deficiencies, social limitations, and decreased quality of life. It also represents a financial burden for families and healthcare resources. There is an ongoing debate about the significance of early exposure to cow's milk proteins within hours or days after birth and its relationship to the risk of developing CMA later in life. Current recommendations for early introduction of cow's milk proteins in infants who cannot be breastfed vary and are inconsistent due to a lack of...
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EDN and Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Eosinophilic esophagitis is a recent and emerging chronic disease, secondary to eosinophilic infiltration of the esophageal mucosa leading to esophageal dysfunction. The diagnosis of this pathology, and monitoring of the efficacy of therapies, relies on the assessment of eosinophilic density on esophageal biopsies: follow-up requires numerous digestive endoscopies under general anesthesia, at each therapeutic change, to assess remission. The search for non-invasive biomarkers of active eosinophilic esophagitis is therefore a subject of major interest. The first step is to study EDN (Eosinophil-Derived Neurotoxin), a protein secreted when eosinophils are activated. Several...
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Effect of a Hydrolyzed Rice Protein-based Formula on Growth, Tolerance, and Health-related Quality of Life in Infants With Cow's Milk Protein Allergy.
The main purpose of this study is to demonstrate that the growth of infants fed with the Test Formula is non-inferior those fed with the Control Formula. The study will also evaluate the gastrointestinal tolerance, quatliy of life and acceptability of the new rice protein-based formula in infants with cow's milk protein allergy (CMPA).
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Endomicroscopic Evaluation of Food-induced Gastrointestinal Mucosal Alteration
The overarching goal of this study is to establish a first ever registry in the U.S. to collect outcomes data to evaluate changes in the gastrointestinal (GI) mucosa following direct food application utilizing Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (CLE). This will be assessed in pediatric and adult patients who present to the outpatient clinic with persistent irritable bowel syndrome-like symptoms while testing negative for celiac disease and have either negative or very low/low levels of Immunoglobulin E (IgE) serological tests.
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Environmental Exposure to Heavy Metals, Nanoparticles, and Emergent Contaminants and Risk of Allergic Diseases
The goal of this clinical trial is to collect environmental, bio-humoral, and clinical data derived from patients with allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) and systemic metal allergic syndromes related to the exposure to heavy metals, nanoparticles, and emergent contaminants and from healthy subjects. The main question it aims to answer is: are environmental, bio-humoral, and clinical data derived from patients with ACD and systemic metal allergic syndromes, related to the exposure to heavy metals, nanoparticles, and emergent contaminants, different from ones obtained by healthy subjects? Researchers will compare serum and urine concentration of heavy metals and nanoparticles,...
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Evaluation of a Supervised Clinical Feeding Intervention
Peanut allergies affect approximately 2.5% of children; are associated with significant mortality, morbidity, and economic costs; and often lead to persistent peanut allergies in adulthood. We now know however that early introduction of peanut products to infants prior to age 7 months and maintained in the diet regularly significantly reduces the rate of peanut allergies. Unfortunately, recent research shows that even when parents know the recommendations to feed peanut products early and often, <50% of parents report introducing peanuts by age 9 months, <45% are offering peanut products several times a week, and <20% are offering the recommended 2 teaspoons at each feeding. Many...
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Evaluation of Chest CT Versus Chest X-Ray for Lung Surveillance After Curative-Intent Resection of High-Risk Truncal-Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma
This phase III trial compares chest computed tomography (CT) to chest x-ray (CXR) for lung surveillance after curative-intent resection of high-risk truncal-extremity soft tissue sarcoma. Currently, complete oncologic resection (with or without radiation therapy) is the standard of care for most high-risk soft tissue sarcoma that has not spread to other parts of the body (localized). However, despite curative-intent resection, 20-40% of patients will develop cancer that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (distant metastases), with the lungs being the most common site. Thus, lung surveillance is important for detection of...