Efficacy and Safety of Viaskin Milk in Children With IgE-Mediated Cow's Milk Allergy

Eligibility criteria for study enrollment:

Inclusion Criteria

• Signed Informed Consent Form (ICF) by parent(s)/guardian(s) of subjects and informed assent form (IAF) for subjects ≥7 years, or as per local or country specific guidelines or regulations.
• Male or female subjects 2 to 17 years old at Visit 1.
• Documented medical history or physician-confirmed diagnosis of IgE-mediated CMA with systemic symptoms related to ingestion of milk or dairy products.
• Subjects currently following a strict cow's milk-free diet, with no consumption of dairy or baked milk products.
• Cow's milk-specific IgE level at screening ≥10 kU/L
• Positive Skin Prick Test (SPT) to cow's milk with a largest wheal diameter ≥6 mm.
• Positive DBPCFC at screening with an eliciting dose ≤300 mg cow's milk proteins (approximately ≤9.4 mL of cow's milk).
• Negative urine pregnancy test for female subjects of childbearing potential. Female subjects of childbearing potential must agree and commit to use effective medical methods of contraception for the entire duration of their participation in the study. Sexual abstinence will be accepted as an effective method of contraception for girls below 15 years of age.
• Ability to perform spirometry procedures in accordance with the American Thoracic Society guidelines (2005) for subjects ≥6 years old. Ability to perform peak expiratory flow (PEF) measurements for subjects ≥5 years old. Subjects 2 doses of epinephrine.
• Symptomatic allergy to pollens with symptoms during the pollen season that might interfere with the symptoms observed during the DBPCFC, if the DBPCFC is performed during the pollen season. Screening of such subjects should be made out of the pollen season.
• Inability to discontinue short-acting antihistamines for 3 days or long-acting antihistamines for 5 to 7 days (depending on the half-life) before the DBPCFC.
• Use of systemic long-acting corticosteroids within 12 weeks before Visit 1 and/or use of systemic short-acting corticosteroids within 4 weeks before Visit 1 or use of systemic long-acting or short-acting corticosteroids during screening (unless used to treat symptoms triggered by the DBPCFC or triggered by accidental allergen consumption; in the latter case DBPCFC must then be scheduled after a minimum of 7 wash-out days).
• Subjects with asthma conditions meeting 1 or several criteria below:
• Uncontrolled persistent asthma (as defined by the 2007 NHLBI guidelines) or subject being treated with a combination therapy of medium or high daily dose of inhaled corticosteroid with a long acting inhaled β2-agonist. Intermittent asthmatic subjects who require intermittent use of inhaled corticosteroids for rescue are permitted.
• At least 2 systemic corticosteroid courses for asthma within 1 year before Visit 1 or 1 oral corticosteroid course for asthma within 3 months before Visit 1, or during screening (unless used to treat symptoms triggered by the DBPCFC).
• Prior intubation/mechanical ventilation due to asthma within 2 years before Visit 1, or during screening.
• Upper respiratory infection or gastroenteritis within 7 days of DBPCFC (DBPCFC must then be rescheduled at least 7 days after resolution of these conditions).
• Any history of milk immunotherapy (eg, oral immunotherapy, sublingual immunotherapy or specific oral tolerance induction).
• Prior history of any other food allergen immunotherapy (eg, oral immunotherapy, sublingual immunotherapy or specific oral tolerance induction) within 5 years before Visit 1.
• Subjects currently under aeroallergen immunotherapy and unwilling or unable to discontinue at the time of Visit 1. Aeroallergen Immunotherapy must be discontinued at the time of Visit 1.
• Use of any anti-IgE drug (eg, omalizumab), any immunomodulatory therapy, or any biological agent therapy (eg, anti-tumor necrosis factor drugs) within 1 year before Visit 1, or during screening.
• Generalized dermatologic diseases (eg, severe atopic dermatitis, uncontrolled generalized ec