Oral food challenge protocols in food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome: A systematic review.

Ibrahim, Tayseer, Argiz, Laura, Infante, Sonsoles, Arasi, Stefania, Nurmatov, Ulugbek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9557-8635 and Vazquez-Ortiz, Marta 2024. Oral food challenge protocols in food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome: A systematic review. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 10.1016/j.jaip.2024.12.033 Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

Oral Food Challenges (OFC) are essential for the diagnosis and follow-up of acute Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES) because no diagnostic or prognostic biomarkers are available. However, the optimal OFC procedure remains unclear. This systematic review aimed to assess OFC procedures' design and clinical outcomes in patients with FPIES. Ten databases were searched for studies published in English between 1978 and February 2024 involving children or adults undergoing OFC for FPIES. Critical appraisal followed Effective Public Health Practice Project parameters. Fifty-two studies met the inclusion criteria, all observational studies. Of these, 35 were judged to have strong methodological quality. There was great heterogeneity in OFC procedures, particularly in cumulative dose, number, size, and timing between doses. OFC outcome reporting was often inadequate, especially regarding reaction symptoms and severity grading. In single-dose OFC protocols, most children reacted after at least two hours. Four small studies showed that a single dose of 25% of an age-appropriate portion was sufficient to trigger reactions in 80-100% of cases, and this was associated with less severe reactions. Due to methodological heterogeneity and insufficient outcome reporting, further assessment of the OFC protocol characteristics associated with safer outcomes was not possible. There is significant heterogeneity in FPIES OFC practices. Current recommendations on OFC procedures and outcome assessments have limitations and should be revisited, as this may impact patient safety and diagnostic accuracy. Future studies should focus on standardizing clinical outcomes and generating evidence to support safer, more accurate OFC protocols in FPIES. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier Inc.]

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Medicine
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	17 January 2025
Date of Acceptance:	24 December 2024
Last Modified:	17 Jan 2025 13:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/175348

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