Test-guided dietary management of eczema in children: A randomized controlled feasibility trial (TEST)

Autor: Kirsty Roberts, Douglas Webb, Joanna Coast, Ingrid Muller, Lucy E Selman, Matthew J Ridd, Joe Kai, Joanne R Chalmers, Jodi Taylor, Deb Marriage, Miriam Santer, Elizabeth Angier, Alison Shaw, Lisa Waddell, Anna Gilbertson, Nicholas Turner, Peter S Blair, Clare Clement, Kirsty Garfield, Robert J. Boyle
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Ridd, M J, Webb, D P S, Roberts, K A, Santer, M, Chalmers, J R, Gilbertson, A L, Marriage, D, Blair, P S, Turner, N L, Garfield, K M, Coast, J, Selman, L E, Clement, C, Shaw, A R G, Muller, I, Waddell, L, Angier, E, Taylor, J, Boyle, R J & Kai, J 2021, ' Test-guided dietary management of eczema in children : A randomized controlled feasibility trial (TEST) ', Clinical and Experimental Allergy, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 452-462 . https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.13816
ISSN: 1365-2222
0954-7894
DOI: 10.1111/cea.13816
Popis: Background: parents commonly ask about food allergy tests, to find a cause for their child's eczema, yet the value of routine testing is uncertain. Objective: To determine whether a clinical trial comparing test-guided dietary advice versus usual care, for the management of eczema, is feasible. Methods: children (>3 months and Results: from 1059 invitation letters sent to carers of potentially eligible children, 84 were randomized (42 per group) with mean age of 32.4 months (SD 13.9) and POEM of 8.7 (4.8). Of the 42, 6 (14%) intervention participants were advised to exclude one or more foods, most commonly egg, peanut or milk. By participant, 1/6 had an oral food challenge (negative); 3/6 were told to exclude until review in allergy clinic; and 6/6 advised a home dietary trial (exclusion and reintroduction of food over 4–6 weeks) – with 1/6 partially completing it. Participant retention (four withdrawals) and data completeness (74%–100%) were acceptable and contamination low (two usual care participants had allergy tests). There were three minor SPT-related adverse events. During follow-up, 12 intervention and 8 usual care participants had minor, unrelated adverse events plus one unrelated hospital admission. Conclusions: it is possible to recruit, randomize and retain children with eczema from primary care into a trial of food allergy screening and to collect the outcomes of interest. Changes to recruitment and inclusion criteria are needed in a definitive trial, to ensure inclusion of younger children from more diverse backgrounds.
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