NCT02399579

Evaluation of a New Self-Assessed, Home-Based Symptom Score Test in Cat Allergic Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Zurich · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to better standardize the symptom recording of cat allergic persons under real-life conditions. A new self-assessed, home-based symptom score will be tested.

Detailed description

In order to bring research on cat dander allergy a step further we aim to investigate cat dander allergy symptoms and record them in a natural environment, respectively, i.e. at the participant's home. For this purpose we aim to test a new self-assessed, homebased symptom score (called HypoScore). The participants will perform 8 provocation tests. Every provocation test consists of petting the cat until the participants become symptomatic. The participants have to pet the cat everytime in the same manner. Directly before and after the provocation test the symptoms will be recorded in the eCRF by using an iPad mini.

Conditions

• Cat Allergy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Provocation test	The participants will perform 8 provocation tests. Every provocation test consists of petting the cat until the participants become symptomatic. The symptoms of cat allergic participants with the cat owner's cat will be recorded before and after petting the cat.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-03-01
• Primary completion: 2015-06-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2015-03-26
• Last updated: 2015-07-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland