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Ken-Ichi Nagakura1,2, Sakura Sato3,4, Yoko Miura1, Makoto Nishino1,4, Kyohei Takahashi1,4, Tomoyuki Asaumi1, Kiyotake Ogura1,4, Motohiro Ebisawa2,3, Noriyuki Yanagida1.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Severe reactions may develop during cow's milk (CM) oral immunotherapy (OIT). We investigated the safety and efficacy of low-dose OIT with heated milk (HM) or unheated milk (UM) in children with anaphylaxis.Entities:
Keywords: anaphylaxis; casein; cow's milk allergy; desensitization; heated; milk; oral immunotherapy; randomized controlled trial; unheated; β-lactoglobulin
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32869399 PMCID: PMC7821001 DOI: 10.1111/pai.13352
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Allergy Immunol ISSN: 0905-6157 Impact factor: 5.464
FIGURE 1Oral immunotherapy protocol. Children received 3‐ and 25‐mL oral food challenge after 2‐wk avoidance at 12 mo. DBPCFC, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled food challenge; HM, heated milk; OFC, oral food challenge; UM, unheated milk
FIGURE 2Patient inclusion flowchart. One patient in the UM group discontinued OIT because of eosinophilic esophagitis at 1 mo. One patient in HM group and three patients in UM group did not reach desensitization because of adverse reactions (one due to mucosal symptom in HM group, two due to respiratory symptom, and one due to mucosal symptoms in the UM group) at home. For patients who passed the 3‐mL OFC, we allowed ingestion of 10 g butter. DBPCFC, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled food challenge; HM, heated milk; OFC, oral food challenge; OIT, oral immunotherapy; UM, unheated milk
Patient characteristics in the HM and UM groups
| HM group (n = 17) | UM group (n = 16) |
| |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y) | 7.6 (5.2‐11.2) | 6.1 (5.3‐10.8) | .052 |
| Male, n (%) | 14 (82.4%) | 11 (68.8%) | .43 |
| Current complications | |||
| BA, n (%) | 9 (53%) | 8 (50%) | >.99 |
| AD, n (%) | 10 (59%) | 10 (63%) | .82 |
| AR, n (%) | 4 (24%) | 4 (25%) | >.99 |
| History of anaphylaxis to milk | 2 (1‐3) | 2 (1‐5) | .17 |
| Most recent anaphylaxis to milk | |||
| Period until entry (mo) | 13 (3‐60) | 9.5 (4‐62) | .51 |
| HM caused anaphylaxis, n (%) | 16 (94%) | 14 (88%) | .87 |
| DBPCFC | |||
| Threshold to induce symptoms, n (%) | ≤0.75 mL: 10 (59%) | ≤0.75 mL: 10 (63%) | >.99 |
| >0.75 mL: 7 (41%) | >0.75 mL: 6 (38%) | ||
| Severity of symptoms | Mild 4, Moderate 13 | Mild 2, Moderate 13, Severe 1 | .65 |
| Total IgE (IU/mL) | 1140 (146‐11 000) | 648 (69‐6770) | .20 |
| Specific IgE (kUA/L) | |||
| Milk | 56.0 (4.3‐2630) | 55.2 (12.5‐745) | >.99 |
| Casein | 51.4 (2.9‐2950) | 65.6 (8.5‐645) | .91 |
| α‐lactalbumin | 8.8 (0.05‐46.3) | 9.7 (0.11‐49.7) | .62 |
| β‐lactoglobulin | 1.9 (0.05‐298) | 7.5 (0.05‐68.2) | .27 |
| Specific IgG (mgA/L) | |||
| Casein | 7.4 (3.4‐29.1) | 7.7 (2.7‐30.9) | .99 |
| β‐lactoglobulin | 3.0 (1.0‐8.2) | 2.9 (1.0‐10.8) | .73 |
| Specific IgG4 (mgA/L) | |||
| Casein | 0.52 (0.14‐7.09) | 0.84 (0.13‐7.52) | .61 |
| β‐lactoglobulin | 0.08 (0.03‐0.38) | 0.11 (0.03‐1.03) | .42 |
All patients' BA, AD, and AR were well controlled during OIT protocol.
If symptoms occurred during DBPCFC, intake was discontinued, and the accumulated dose was calculated.
Abbreviations: DBPCFC, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled food challenge; HM, heated milk; IgE, immunoglobulin E; UM, unheated milk.
Anaphylaxis was defined by the World Allergy Organization guidelines. ,
Adverse symptoms and treatment at home
| HM group (n = 17) | UM group (n = 16) |
| |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of intakes of OIT | 4916 | 4383 | |
| Number of adverse symptoms, n (%) | 396 (8.1%) | 419 (9.6%) | .01 |
| Severity of symptoms | |||
| Mild | 363 (7.4%) | 357 (8.1%) | .17 |
| Moderate | 32 (0.7%) | 62 (1.4%) | .0002 |
| Severe | 1 (0.02%) | 0 (0.0%) | ‐ |
| Organ system of symptoms | |||
| Skin | 134 (2.7%) | 127 (2.4%) | .61 |
| Mucosal | 285 (5.8%) | 215 (4.9%) | .06 |
| Respiratory | 59 (1.2%) | 105 (2.6%) | <.0001 |
| Gastrointestinal | 111 (2.3%) | 56 (1.3%) | .0003 |
| Cardiovascular | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.02%) | ‐ |
| Anaphylaxis | 1 (0.02%) | 2 (0.05%) | ‐ |
| Total number of symptoms requiring any treatments | 107 (2.2%) | 103 (2.3%) | .57 |
| Antihistamines | 86 (1.7%) | 90 (2.1%) | .28 |
| Corticosteroids | 7 (0.1%) | 28 (0.4%) | <.0001 |
| β2‐stimulant inhalation | 30 (0.6%) | 42 (1.0%) | .06 |
| Adrenaline | 1 (0.02%) | 1 (0.02%) | ‐ |
The patients' guardians kept a daily record of ingestion, symptoms, and treatment requirements. Patients visited the hospital at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 mo from the initiation of OIT. At the hospital visit, we checked the diary and recorded adverse symptoms. If moderate or severe symptoms developed, the patients' guardians reported these to the investigators via telephone.
Abbreviations: HM, heated milk; OIT, oral immunotherapy; UM, unheated milk.
FIGURE 3Milk‐ and casein‐specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) changes in the HM and UM groups; the x‐axis represents milk‐ and casein‐specific IgE, and the y‐axis represents time from start of oral immunotherapy. Milk‐ and casein‐specific IgE levels significantly decreased from baseline to 12 mo in both groups. The rates of reduction of milk‐, casein‐, α‐lactalbumin‐, and β‐lactoglobulin‐sIgE levels from baseline to 12 months did not significantly differ between the HM and UM groups. HM, heated milk; sIgE, specific IgE; UM, unheated milk
FIGURE 4Casein‐ and β‐lactoglobulin‐specific immunoglobulin G4 changes in the HM and UM groups; the x‐axis represents casein‐ and β‐lactoglobulin‐sIgG4, and the y‐axis represents time from start of OIT. β‐lactoglobulin‐sIgG4 levels significantly increased only in the UM group. HM, heated milk; sIgG4, specific IgG4; UM, unheated milk