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

Conditions

• Food Allergy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

4 Months - 11 Months

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• Education and Opportunities on Early Introduction — BEHAVIORAL
  The participant will receive and review three educational modules on the basics of food allergy, food allergy reactions, food allergen introduction, feeding safety and readiness, fiber, fermented food, ultra processed foods, diet diversity, and advancing food textures in the infant diet. The educational sessions will take approximately one hour to review every month for three months.
• Clinician Supervised Feeding of Known Allergenic Food — BEHAVIORAL
  Clinician supervised feeding introduction of a known allergenic food (hen's egg, cow's milk, peanut, tree nuts, soy, wheat, fin fish, shellfish, and sesame) to the infant at least one time during the 6 month enrollment. The feeding is required for the intervention group and optional for the standard-of-care (SOC) group. Participants in the SOC group who do not introduce any known allergenic foods at home into the infant's diet by the end of 3 months enrollment will be required to return to the clinic for a clinician supervised feeding of a known allergenic food of their choice. The clinic feeding will last approximately 1 hour.

Study Details

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.

Key Dates

First listed

Jan 7, 2026

Start date

Jun 30, 2026

Status verified

Jun 2026

Primary completion

Jan 31, 2028

Completion

Feb 29, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment

92 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Arms

• No Intervention: Standard of Care
  The participants in the standard-of-care (SOC) group will be provided with three sets of nonsynchronous educational materials or modules to learn about early introduction of known food allergens and infant nutrition. A quiz will follow each educational module. Participants have the option to come to the research clinic to introduce known allergenic foods under clinician supervision. If none of the 9 most common known allergenic foods in the US (peanut, tree nut, hen's egg, cow's milk, soy, sesame, finned fish, shell fish, wheat) have been fed to the infant by the end of 3 months study enrollment the participant will be required to return to the research clinic for an introductory feeding of a known allergenic food of their choice under clinical supervision. The oral feeding will last approximately 1 hour.
• Experimental: Enhanced Educational Opportunities
  The participants in the experimental group will be provided with the same three sets of educational materials or modules as the SOC group to learn about early introduction of food allergens and infant nutrition. Experimental participants will also attend 3 in-person or live video conferencing education sessions paired with each of the 3 educational modules. The educational classes last 30 minutes and are meant to enhance the information and allow opportunities for questions. The same quiz as the SOC group will follow each educational module. This arm will be required to return to the research clinic for at least one introductory feeding of a known allergenic food (peanut, tree nut, egg, milk, soy, sesame, finned fish, shell fish, wheat) during the first three months of the study under clinician supervision. The oral feeding will last approximately 1 hour.

Primary Outcome Measure

Compare the infant age at which allergenic foods were introduced [ Time Frame: Baseline up to six months. ]

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