Recruiting

Infant Formula

Sponsor:

Abbott Nutrition

Code:

NCT06456541

Conditions

Cow's Milk Allergy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0 - 12

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Experimental Extensively Hydrolyzed Formula

Placebo Extensively Hydrolyzed Formula

Study Details

Brief summary:

This is a multi-center, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled food challenge to be conducted in infants and children with confirmed IgE-mediated cow's milk allergy (CMA), followed by a 7-day open feeding of the experimental formula.

Conditions

Cow's Milk Allergy

Study ID

NCT06456541

Start date

Oct 1, 2024

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Jan, 2029

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0 - 12

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participant's parent(s) is/are willing for their child to undergo confirmatory testing or must have had at least one of the following within 6 months of enrollment:

1. Physician diagnosis of IgE-mediated CMA, according to the participant's clinical history (e.g. gastrointestinal symptoms, hives, respiratory symptoms or angioedema) AND, detectable serum milk-specific IgE >0.7 kUᴀ/L or positive skin prick test wheal ≥5 mm;
2. Documentation of milk-specific serum IgE ≥15 kUᴀ/L or ≥ 5 kUᴀ/L if younger than 1 year;
3. Documented cow's milk skin prick test wheal ≥8mm;
4. Physician-supervised oral food challenge that elicited immediate, objective, allergic symptoms.
  • Participant's parent(s) agree for their child to stop oral steroid use within 14 days and antihistamine use within 7 days prior to confirmation of diagnosis and food challenges.
  • Participant had followed a strict cow's milk protein-free diet for at least 2 weeks prior to enrollment.
  • Parent(s) confirm their intention not to administer any products containing cow's milk protein during the study.
  • Participant is between 3 months and 12 years of age at enrollment.
  • Participant's parent(s) has voluntarily signed and dated an Informed Consent Form (ICF), approved by an Independent Ethics Committee/Institutional Review Board (IEC/IRB) and provided Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) (or other applicable privacy regulation) authorization prior to any participation in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participant is partially or exclusively breastfed at the time of enrollment.
  • Participant is consuming an amino acid-based formula due to failure on an extensively hydrolyzed formula.
  • Significant chronic medical diseases including major chromosomal or congenital anomalies, gastrointestinal diseases, or abnormalities other than CMA, immunodeficiencies, unstable asthma, eczema and/or food allergies treated with biologics (omalizumab or other monoclonal antibody), FPIES, eosinophilic esophagitis, and severe uncontrolled eczema.
  • Previous severe anaphylactic reaction to cow's milk within the last two years.,
  • An adverse medical history or current condition that is thought by the investigator to have potential for effects on tolerance or the hypoallergenicity test.
  • Participant has an allergy or intolerance to any ingredient in the study product, as reported by the parent.
  • Participant is consuming baked milk products.
  • Use of and/or changing dose of high potency steroids.
  • Participant is treated with any oral immunotherapy (sublingual, subcutaneous, and epicutaneous) for any food allergy.

Study Design

Enrollment

96 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Crossover

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Experimental Extensively Hydrolyzed Formula

Administered during food challenge and at home feeding period of 7 days

placebo comparator: Placebo Extensively Hydrolyzed Formula

Administered during food challenge

Interventions

Experimental Extensively Hydrolyzed Formula

Experimental powder formula

Placebo Extensively Hydrolyzed Formula

Placebo powder formula

Primary outcome measure

  • Food Challenge Reactions [ Time Frame: Food Challenge 1 to Food Challenge 2 (within 14 days of the Food Challenge 1) (followed by 7 days of feeding the experimental formula at home.) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

University of Michigan Food Allergy Clinic

Recruiting

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48106

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Recruiting

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Recruiting

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229

Cleveland Clinic

Recruiting

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Recruiting

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75207

More Information

Sponsor

Abbott Nutrition

Last update posted

Jul 15, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Abbott Nutrition on 2026-07-15.