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Impact of Zinc As a New Adjuvant Therapy for Cow Milk Protein Allergy in Children.

Study Purpose

Children presented with manifestations of Cow Milk Protein Allergy will be enrolled for Cow Milk -related Symptoms Score (CoMiSS assessment). Detailed History, nutritional and clinical examination will be done to fulfill items of CoMiSS. Children will be randomly allocated to two groups. Oral Zinc will be supplemented to the interventional group. CoMiSS will be recorded at the baseline and weekly till 4 weeks. Then Oral Food Challenge (OFC) will be done to confirm the diagnosis and CoMiSS assessment will be recorded again to see if Zinc has any modulatory effect on reappearance of symptoms. The people administering the intervention, the people assessing the outcomes, the patients and their caregivers will all be blinded to the type of treatment. Children who will be presented with skin manifestation will be assessed by Severity Scoring of Atopic Dermatitis Index (SCORAD score) once diagnosed and weekly till 4 weeks after zinc supplementation to see if Zinc has any modulatory effect.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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No
Study Type

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Interventional
Eligible Ages 1 Month - 12 Years
Gender All
More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Children suspected to have Cow Milk Protein Allergy using Cow's Milk-relatedSymptoms Score with a Score more than12 Age less than 12 years old both sexes Whose parents approved to be enrolled in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

Children with Comorbidities that may affect the duration of treatment as dysphagia. History of Severe allergic reaction that required hospital admission as Ora Food Challenge is expectedto be delayed in these patients. -Multiple Food Allergies

Trial Details

Trial ID:

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NCT06673082
Phase

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N/A
Lead Sponsor

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Kasr El Aini Hospital
Principal Investigator

The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.

Nabil Abdelaziz, Professor of PediatricsDalia Sayed Mosallam, Professor of PediatricsHoda Atef Abdel Sattar, Lecturer of Pediatrics
Principal Investigator Affiliation Cairo UniversityCairo UniversityCairo University
Agency Class

Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.

Other
Overall Status Enrolling by invitation
Countries Egypt
Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.

Cow Milk Protein Allergy
Additional Details

Children who will be presented with manifestations of Cow Milk Protein Allergy will be enrolled in the study for Cow Milk -related Symptoms Score (CoMiSS) assessment. Detailed History, nutritional and clinical examination will be done to fulfill items of CoMiSS including skin manifestations as eczema , respiratory manifestations, GIT manifestations as constipation or diarrhea including Bristol scale and regurgitations and duration of crying . Children will be randomly allocated to two groups. Randomization will be done using GraphPad QuickCalcs software to allocate into either the interventional or control group. Oral Zinc will be supplemented to the interventional group on adose of 30 mg elemental zinc/day. CoMiSS will be recorded at the baseline and weekly till 4 weeks. Then Oral Food Challenge (OFC) will be done to confirm the diagnosis and CoMiSS assessment will be recorded againto see if Zinc has any modulatory effect on reappearance of symptoms. The people administering the intervention, the people assessing the outcomes, the patients and their caregivers will all be blinded to the type of treatment. Children who will be presented with skin manifestation will be assessed by Severity Scoring of Atopic Dermatitis Index (SCORAD score) once diagnosed and weekly till 4 weeks after zinc supplementation to see if Zinc has any modulatory effect.

Arms & Interventions

Arms

Experimental: interventional group

Oral Zinc will be supplemented to the interventional group on a dose of 30 mg elemental zinc/day.

Placebo Comparator: control group

oral placebo identical to Zinc inappearance and packaging

Interventions

Drug: - Oral zinc supplementation

Oral Zinc will be supplemented to the interventional group on a dose of 30 mg elemental zinc/day.

Other: - Placebo

Oral

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International Sites

faculty of medicine-Cairo universty, Giza, Egypt

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faculty of medicine-Cairo universty

Giza, , 12556

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