Skin Prick Test for the Diagnosis of Food Allergy- a Comparison of Different Commercial Extracts and Raw Food

Meir Medical Center200 enrolled

Overview

Immediate food allergy is , sometimes , a life threatening situation . Diagnosis is done by skin prick test with commercial extracts. Nevertheless, some of the extracts are not optimal and reproduce false negative results (no allergy) in patients with history highly suggestive of allergic reaction. The aim of this study is to compare the reproducibility of different commercial extracts and raw food in patients with convincing history of acute allergic symptoms related to food .

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

200

Conditions

Food Allergy

Interventions

skin testPROCEDURE

skin test with the Suspected raw food

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 1 MonthMax age: 120 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Suspected immediate allergic reaction to food Exclusion Criteria:none

Locations (1)

Allergy and clinical immunology unit , Meir hospital

Kfar Saba, Israel, Israel

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

correlation between the results of skin test with commercial extracts and raw food

Time frame: immediate

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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