One-year Survey of Anaphylaxis in Outpatient Children Allergic to Peanuts, Walnuts/Hazelnuts, Shellfish

Stefania La Grutta, MD

Status: Completed

Conditions: Food Allergy

Treatments: Other: Food allergy questionnaire; Other: Control Questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02640560

10/2012

Details and patient eligibility

About

In Italy, few data about anaphylaxis due to peanuts in pediatric age are available, conversely data about walnuts/hazelnuts, shellfish/mollusks anaphylaxis have not yet been collected.

Children with physician-confirmed food allergy to peanuts, walnuts/hazelnuts and shellfish/mollusks will be recruited from 9 allergy clinics located in the Italian Territory (Bologna, Lecce, Napoli, Palermo, Parma, Pavia, Roma, Torino, Trento).

Parent of food allergic children will compile a food allergy questionnaire (questions about general information on the family, on life and food habits, on indoor environment, on health status, on clinical aspects of the allergy, on the access to diagnostic and treatment resources).

Parent of healthy children will compile a control questionnaire (questions about general information on the family, on life and food habits and on indoor environment) The 1-year survey will determine the frequency of anaphylaxis in allergic outpatient children.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 14 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

• Cases: 0-14 years old patients with food allergy to peanuts, walnuts/hazelnuts, shellfish/mollusks.
• Controls: 0-14 years old subjects without allergy to peanuts, walnuts/hazelnuts, shellfish/mollusks.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients/subjects in acute phase of disease or with not controlled chronic pathologies;
• missing written informed consent by parents

Trial design

200 participants in 2 patient groups

Children with food allergy

Description:

Children with food allergy to nuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, shellfish and mollusks (1-14 years old). The Parents of the cases children will compile a Food allergy questionnaire

Treatment:

Other: Food allergy questionnaire

Healthy Children

Description:

Healthy Children (1-14 years old) The Parents of the control children will compile a Control questionnaire

Treatment:

Other: Control Questionnaire