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Beginning to Assess an Appropriate CONtrol for Oral Food Challenges in Alpha-Gal Syndrome (CoFAR-13) - BeACON4AG (BeACON4AG)

4. september 2026 oppdatert av: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Beginning to Assess an Appropriate CONtrol for Oral Food Challenges in Alpha-Gal Syndrome (CoFAR-13)

This is a multisite, randomized, double-blind, controlled cross-over trial with detailed characterization of participants with varying clinical sub-phenotypes of Alpha-gal Syndrome (AGS) who are then evaluated by oral food challenges with alpha-gal Knock Out (KO) pork versus Wild Type (WT) pork. Each participant will serve as their own control and ingest both alpha-gal-KO and WT pork on different days, with a minimum of an 8-day washout period between oral food challenges.

The primary objective is to determine whether the odds of positive challenges among participants with suspected alpha-gal syndrome are lower with alpha-gal Knock Out (KO) pork as compared to Wild Type (WT) pork during Double Blind Food Challenge (DBFC)

Studieoversikt

Status

Rekruttering

Forhold

Intervensjon / Behandling

Studietype

Intervensjonell

Registrering (Antatt)

160

Fase

  • Fase 2

Kontakter og plasseringer

Denne delen inneholder kontaktinformasjon for de som utfører studien, og informasjon om hvor denne studien blir utført.

Studiesteder

  • Forente stater
    • Arkansas
      • Little Rock, Arkansas, Forente stater, 72202
        • Har ikke rekruttert ennå
        • Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute: Department of Pediatrics, Allergy & Immunology
        • Ta kontakt med:
        • Hovedetterforsker:
          • Stacie Jones, MD
    • North Carolina
      • Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Forente stater, 27599
        • Har ikke rekruttert ennå
        • North Carolina Children's Hospital: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology
        • Ta kontakt med:
        • Hovedetterforsker:
          • Sarah McGill, MD, MSc
    • Tennessee
      • Nashville, Tennessee, Forente stater, 37232
        • Rekruttering
        • Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine
        • Ta kontakt med:
        • Hovedetterforsker:
          • Cosby Stone, Jr, MD, MPH
    • Virginia
      • Charlottesville, Virginia, Forente stater, 22908
        • Har ikke rekruttert ennå
        • University of Virginia Health System: Division of Asthma & Immunology
        • Hovedetterforsker:
          • Jeffrey Wilson, MD

Deltakelseskriterier

Forskere ser etter personer som passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kalt kvalifikasjonskriterier. Noen eksempler på disse kriteriene er en persons generelle helsetilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.

Kvalifikasjonskriterier

Alder som er kvalifisert for studier

  • Barn
  • Voksen

Tar imot friske frivillige

Nei

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Able to understand and provide informed consent and/or have a parent or guardian able to understand and provide informed consent. Participants 12-17 years old must be able to provide assent
  2. Participants who are willing to complete study procedures and follow-up
  3. Have clinical history consistent with Alpha-gal Syndrome (AGS)
  4. Have alpha-gal-specific Immunoglobin E (IgE) >= 0.1KU/L at screening
  5. Report reaction consistent with AGS within the previous 24 months (prior to enrollment)
  6. If with reproductive potential, agree to be abstinent or use an US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved method of birth control for the duration of the study
  7. Willing to be trained on the proper use of a device for the self-administration of epinephrine (i.e., autoinjector or intra-nasal spray) and willing to have two doses available for the duration of the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Unwilling to consume pork (native/wild type or genetically modified to no longer contain alpha-gal) during Double Blind Food Challenge (DBFC)
  2. Have underlying health conditions suggesting that participants should not undergo an oral food challenge, including conditions that may be exacerbated by oral food challenge or treatment with epinephrine (e.g., history of ischemic heart disease, uncontrolled asthma, or cardiac arrhythmia)
  3. Likely to move away from the study site prior to completion of follow up or do not have regular access to a phone
  4. Have a history of severe anaphylaxis in response to pork or alpha-gal ingestion, defined as neurologic compromise or requiring intubation or cardiovascular compromise defined as myocardial infarction or other clinically significant cardiovascular events
  5. Unwilling or unable to stop use of medications that may interfere with oral food challenge interpretation, reaction, or treatment for 5 half-lives prior to the challenge (e.g., antihistamines, beta blockers, Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)
  6. Have used systemic immunomodulators (including biologics and monoclonal antibody therapy) within 6 months before study entry
  7. Have underlying health conditions that may increase the chance of false positive challenges (e.g., inflammatory bowel disease, chronic urticaria, systemic mastocytosis, and mast cell activating syndrome)
  8. Have used systemic steroids within 4 weeks of study entry
  9. Have used any investigational agent within 6 months of study entry
  10. Are on build-up of immunotherapy such as Antigen-based Immunotherapy (AIT), Oral Immunotherapy (OIT), Sublingual Immunotherapy (SLIT), or Epicutaneous Immunotherapy (EPIT)
  11. Have reacted to mammalian products with onset of symptoms within 30 minutes of oral ingestion
  12. Have current, diagnosed, mental illness or current, diagnosed or self-reported drug or alcohol abuse that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with the participant's ability to comply with study requirements
  13. Are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during the course of the study
  14. Have past or current medical problems or findings from physical examination or laboratory testing that are not listed above, which, in the opinion of the investigator, may pose additional risks from participation in the study, may interfere with the participant's ability to comply with study requirements, and/or may impact the quality or interpretation of the data obtained from the study

Studieplan

Denne delen gir detaljer om studieplanen, inkludert hvordan studien er utformet og hva studien måler.

Hvordan er studiet utformet?

Designdetaljer

  • Primært formål: Diagnostisk
  • Tildeling: Randomisert
  • Intervensjonsmodell: Crossover-oppdrag
  • Masking: Dobbelt

Våpen og intervensjoner

Deltakergruppe / Arm
Intervensjon / Behandling
Eksperimentell: Sequence 1: KO, then WT
Each participant will serve as their own control and undergo a DBFC to alpha-gal KO pork, followed by a minimum of a 8-day washout period, then a DBFC to WT pork.
Diagnostisk test: DBFC with 150g of Alpha-gal Knock Out (KO) pork
Each participant will serve as their own control and ingest both alpha-gal-KO and WT pork on different days, with a minimum of an 8-day washout period between oral food challenges
Diagnostisk test: DBFC with 150g of Wild Type (WT) pork
Each participant will serve as their own control and ingest both alpha-gal-KO and WT pork on different days, with a minimum of an 8-day washout period between oral food challenges
Eksperimentell: Sequence 2: WT, then KO
Each participant will serve as their own control and undergo a DBFC to WT pork, followed by a minimum of a 8-day washout period, then a DBFC to alpha-gal KO pork.
Diagnostisk test: DBFC with 150g of Alpha-gal Knock Out (KO) pork
Each participant will serve as their own control and ingest both alpha-gal-KO and WT pork on different days, with a minimum of an 8-day washout period between oral food challenges
Diagnostisk test: DBFC with 150g of Wild Type (WT) pork
Each participant will serve as their own control and ingest both alpha-gal-KO and WT pork on different days, with a minimum of an 8-day washout period between oral food challenges

Hva måler studien?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tiltaksbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Positive Double Blind Food Challenge (DBFC) result to 150 grams of either alpha-gal knockout (KO) pork or wild type (WT) pork.
Tidsramme: At Visit 1 (within 2 months of screening) or Visit 2 (between 8 and 30 days of Visit 1)
A positive challenge will be defined as experiencing symptoms grade 2 or higher on the Consortium for Food Allergy Research (CoFAR) Grading Scale for Systemic Allergic Reactions (scale range from 1 to 5, with higher scores indicating a more severe reaction) within 6 hours of ingestion.
At Visit 1 (within 2 months of screening) or Visit 2 (between 8 and 30 days of Visit 1)

Sekundære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tiltaksbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Alpha-gal sub-phenotype as determined by symptoms resulting from Double Blind Food Challenge (DBFC) to wild-type (WT) pork.
Tidsramme: At Visit 1 (within 2 months of screening) or Visit 2 (between 8 and 30 days of Visit 1)
Post-challenge alpha-gal sub-phenotypes as defined by reaction to their first DBFC to WT pork: anaphylaxis, cutaneous-only, or GI-only.
At Visit 1 (within 2 months of screening) or Visit 2 (between 8 and 30 days of Visit 1)
Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale - Irritable Bowel Syndrome (GSRS-IBS) scores in response to 150 grams of Knock Out (KO) or Wild Type (WT) pork at each challenge visit
Tidsramme: At 7 days following completion of Double Blind Food Challenge (DBFC) at Visit 1 (within 2 months of screening) or Visit 2 (between 8 and 30 days of Visit 1)
Validated patient-reported outcome measures: gastrointestinal symptoms based on GSRS-IBS score (score range from 15 to 105, with higher scores indicating a worse outcome).
At 7 days following completion of Double Blind Food Challenge (DBFC) at Visit 1 (within 2 months of screening) or Visit 2 (between 8 and 30 days of Visit 1)
Urticaria Activity Score (UAS7) in response to 150 grams of Knock Out (KO) or Wild Type (WT) pork at each challenge visit.
Tidsramme: At 7 days following completion of Double Blind Food Challenge (DBFC) at Visit 1 (within 2 months of screening) or Visit 2 (between 8 and 30 days of Visit 1)
Validated patient-reported outcome measures: urticaria symptoms based on UAS7 score (score range from 0 to 42, with higher scores indicating a worse outcome).
At 7 days following completion of Double Blind Food Challenge (DBFC) at Visit 1 (within 2 months of screening) or Visit 2 (between 8 and 30 days of Visit 1)

Samarbeidspartnere og etterforskere

Det er her du vil finne personer og organisasjoner som er involvert i denne studien.

Sponsor

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Samarbeidspartnere

Consortium for Food Allergy Research (CoFAR)
Allergy & Asthma Statistical and Clinical Coordinating Center: Rho, Inc

Etterforskere

  • Studiestol: Leonard Bacharier, M.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine
  • Studiestol: Rachel Robison, M.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Publikasjoner og nyttige lenker

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Studer hoveddatoer

Studiestart (Antatt)

15. september 2026

Primær fullføring (Antatt)

30. oktober 2031

Studiet fullført (Antatt)

30. oktober 2032

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først innsendt

17. april 2026

Først innsendt som oppfylte QC-kriteriene

22. mai 2026

Først lagt ut (Faktiske)

28. mai 2026

Oppdateringer av studieposter

Sist oppdatering lagt ut (Faktiske)

9. september 2026

Siste oppdatering sendt inn som oppfylte QC-kriteriene

4. september 2026

Sist bekreftet

1. september 2026

Mer informasjon

Begreper knyttet til denne studien

Nøkkelord

Ytterligere relevante MeSH-vilkår

Andre studie-ID-numre

  • DAIT CoFAR-13

Plan for individuelle deltakerdata (IPD)

Planlegger du å dele individuelle deltakerdata (IPD)?

JA

IPD-planbeskrivelse

The plan is to share data upon completion of the study in: Immunology Database and Analysis Portal (ImmPort), a long-term archive of clinical and mechanistic data from DAIT-funded grants and contracts.

IPD-delingstidsramme

On average, within 24 months after database lock for the trial.

Tilgangskriterier for IPD-deling

Open access.

Legemiddel- og utstyrsinformasjon, studiedokumenter

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Nei

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