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Asthma, a Disease Due to a Lack of Bacterial Infections in Childhood.

Primary Purpose

Food Allergy, Atopic Dermatitis, Asthma

Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Netherlands
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
BCG
Sponsored by
The Netherlands Asthma Foundation
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Eligibility
Locations
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional prevention trial for Food Allergy focused on measuring prospective, randomised, intervention, BCG, atopy

Eligibility Criteria

0 Years - undefined (Child, Adult, Older Adult)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria: high-risk was defined as either a mother or a father plus a sibling with present or past atopic disease. Exclusion Criteria: maternal infection in the last week of pregnancy, the use of immunomodulatory drugs or antibiotics during pregnancy (mother) or directly post partum (newborn)

Sites / Locations

  • Wilhelmina Children's Hospital (UMCU)

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Incidence and severity of atopic disease.

Secondary Outcome Measures

SCORAD, lung function, IgE, cytokine production by PBMNC's, NRAMP-polymorphisms.

Full Information

First Posted
September 12, 2005
Last Updated
April 3, 2006
Sponsor
The Netherlands Asthma Foundation
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT00200928
Brief Title
Asthma, a Disease Due to a Lack of Bacterial Infections in Childhood.
Official Title
Asthma, a Disease Due to a Lack of Bacterial Infections in Childhood.
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
April 2006
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
January 1999 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
undefined (undefined)
Study Completion Date
July 2005 (undefined)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Name of the Sponsor
The Netherlands Asthma Foundation

4. Oversight

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
The degree of TH1-skewing by mycobacteria is controlles by NRAMP1 gene polymorphisms and related to the degree of inhibition of TH2-mediated disease.
Detailed Description
A randomised single blinded intervention study in high-risk newborns vaccinated at the age of 6 weeks with BCG or placebo. Inclusion: high-risk was defined as either a mother or a father and a sibling with present or past atopic disease. Exclusion: maternal infection in the last week of pregnancy, the use of immunomodulatory drugs or antibiotics during pregnancy (mother), the use of antibiotics directly post-partum (newborn)

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Food Allergy, Atopic Dermatitis, Asthma, Rhinitis
Keywords
prospective, randomised, intervention, BCG, atopy

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Prevention
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
Single
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
120 (false)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Intervention Type
Biological
Intervention Name(s)
BCG
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Incidence and severity of atopic disease.
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
SCORAD, lung function, IgE, cytokine production by PBMNC's, NRAMP-polymorphisms.

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
0 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: high-risk was defined as either a mother or a father plus a sibling with present or past atopic disease. Exclusion Criteria: maternal infection in the last week of pregnancy, the use of immunomodulatory drugs or antibiotics during pregnancy (mother) or directly post partum (newborn)
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Maarten O Hoekstra, MD PhD
Organizational Affiliation
Wilhelmina Children's Hospital Utrecht (UMCU)
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Wilhelmina Children's Hospital (UMCU)
City
Utrecht
ZIP/Postal Code
3508AB
Country
Netherlands

12. IPD Sharing Statement

Links:
URL
http://www.kinderallergologie.nl/
Description
click for more information: Indiaan onderzoek

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