Allergy Testing of Soldiers Prepared for International Mission (SPAT_ABL)

Queen Astrid Military Hospital

Status

Completed

Conditions

Adult Military Personnel

Treatments

Device: Skin Prick Automated Test

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05807958

22467

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this prospective mono centric study is to identify relevant commercially available allergen extracts for allergy testing in soldiers prepared for international mission.

Participants will receive a skin prick test with the skin prick automated test device including 22 allergens and 2 controls on both forearms.

Enrollment

160 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adult military personnel (18-65y) will be included. Soldiers with and without previous exposure to allergens in the regions of interest will be included. Soldiers who are performing desk tasks and not selected for international missions will serve as controls.

Exclusion criteria

Skin pathology like chronic or exuberant urticaria, dermographism, chronic dermatitis that needs daily treatment
Use of antihistaminic medication < 7 days before the start of the study
Use of tricyclic antidepressants (antihistamine activity) < 7 days before the start of the study
Use of topical corticoids on the forearm < 7 days before the start of the study
Use of Omalizumab < 6 months before the start of the study
Pregnancy: there is a remote possibility of inducing a systemic allergic reaction that could induce uterine contractions or necessitate the use of epinephrine (thought to cause constriction of the umbilical artery).