Status:

COMPLETED

Asthma, a Disease Due to a Lack of Bacterial Infections in Childhood.

Lead Sponsor:

The Netherlands Asthma Foundation

Conditions:

Food Allergy

Atopic Dermatitis

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The degree of TH1-skewing by mycobacteria is controlles by NRAMP1 gene polymorphisms and related to the degree of inhibition of TH2-mediated disease.

Detailed Description

A randomised single blinded intervention study in high-risk newborns vaccinated at the age of 6 weeks with BCG or placebo. Inclusion: high-risk was defined as either a mother or a father and a siblin...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • high-risk was defined as either a mother or a father plus a sibling with present or past atopic disease.

Exclusion

  • maternal infection in the last week of pregnancy, the use of immunomodulatory drugs or antibiotics during pregnancy (mother) or directly post partum (newborn)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 1999

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

July 1 2005

Estimated Enrollment :

120 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00200928

Start Date

January 1 1999

End Date

July 1 2005

Last Update

April 4 2006

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Wilhelmina Children's Hospital (UMCU)

Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 3508AB