Early Introduction and Sustained Ingestion (EISI) Using Two Educational Opportunities in Infants

ConditionFood Allergy
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age4-11
SponsorStanford University

About this trial

The objective of the study is to see whether early feeding of potentially allergic foods can be increased with educational materials alone or with educational materials and additional in-person support opportunities. This study will help guide what types of support pediatricians and allergists give to new parents.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Born term (37 weeks - 41 weeks gestation)

Infants with or without a family history of allergic disease

Infants with or without mild to moderate eczema

Infants who have not yet started consuming known allergenic foods (excluding cow's milk or soy if it is in their infant formula)

Disqualifiers

Infants with a physician confirmed food allergy

Infants who do not eat fully by an oral route such as tube-fed or tube-supplemented babies

Infants with developmental delay

Infants with severe eczema

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Education and Opportunities on Early Introduction
  • Clinician Supervised Feeding of Known Allergenic Food

Treatment groups

92 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators