Anxiety About Casual Exposure to Food Allergens

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Conditions studied: Food Allergy

In brief

Living with food allergy may result in anxiety and reduced quality of life. Food allergic patients and their families are often concerned about casual exposure with the offending allergen through skin contact or being near the offending food, which is actually very low risk. This concern can limit social activities and increase stress. The aim of this study is to provide a behavioral intervention consisting of having peanut/tree nut allergic patients hold a cup with a peanut or tree nut to which the patient is allergic to and touching it. The goal is to reduce anxiety about casual exposure to food allergens and improve quality of life for patients with food allergies and their families.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03349047

Run by

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

People needed

60

Starts

2017-11-15

Expected to finish

2018-06-13

Last updated by the study team

2019-02-21

Who can join

Age: 9 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age: 9 years to 17.5 years
• Patient seen in the outpatient clinic (no inpatients).
• Patient and or caretaker endorses anxiety about being in proximity with or touching peanut
• Patients must have been diagnosed with a peanut and or tree nut allergy

You may not qualify if…

• Patients and caregiver(s) without ability to understand the study, as determined by either: a previously diagnosed cognitive disability or inability to repeat the study protocol at the time of consent.

Where it is running

• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — New York, New York, United States

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