Eczema
Conditions
Brief summary
The primary objective is to determine whether advising parents to apply emollient (moisturiser) to their child's skin for the first year of life in addition to best practice infant skin care advice can prevent or delay the onset of eczema in high-risk children, when compared with a control group who are given the best practice infant skin care advice only.
Interventions
OTHERExperimental (Doublebase Gel® or Diprobase Cream®)
Emollient (Doublebase Gel® or Diprobase Cream®) use on the skin. The emollient should be applied at least once a day.
OTHERBest practice skin care advice booklet
This is a booklet containing advice on best practice skin care. This will contain information on avoiding soap etc.
Sponsors
National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom
University of Nottingham
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 21 Days
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* child has a first degree relative with parental reported doctor diagnosis of eczema, allergic rhinitis or asthma * child up to 21 days old * consenting adult has the ability to understand English
Exclusion criteria
* preterm birth (defined as birth prior to 37 weeks gestation) * sibling (including twin) previously randomized to this trial. If multiple births, the first child will be randomized into the trial. * child has a severe widespread skin condition that would make the detection and/or assessment or eczema difficult * child has a serious health issue, which, at parent or investigator discretion, would make it difficult for the family to take part in the trial * any condition that would make the use of emollient inadvisable or not possible
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A diagnosis of eczema between 12 and 24 months of age (defined as meeting the United Kingdom (UK) Working Party Diagnostic Criteria for Atopic Dermatitis). | 24 months | To reflect the chronicity of eczema, these criteria refer to signs and symptoms present over the past year. Applying the criteria at 24 months of age will therefore detect eczema present only between the ages of 12 and 24 months, thus excluding transient eczematous rashes which are common in the first year of life and often reported by parents as eczema but less likely to be true atopic eczema |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Presence of visible eczema at 24 months (skin examination by researcher). | 24 months | Presence of visible eczema at 24 months (skin examination by researcher). |
| Time to onset of eczema | 24 months | First parental report of a clinical diagnosis of eczema. First topical corticosteroid and /or immunosuppressant prescription for eczema. |
| Presence of other allergic diseases using parental reports, allergic sensitization and confirmed diagnosis | Upto 24 months | Parental reported wheezing and allergic rhinitis between 12 and 24 months. Parental report of a clinical diagnosis of food allergy at 12 and 24 months. Parental report of food allergy at 12 and 24 months. Parents will be specifically questioned about cow's milk, egg, peanuts, and other nuts plus any other food. Allergic sensitisation at 24 months to any of the following common allergens: milk, egg, peanut, cat, grass pollen, house dust mite. Confirmed diagnosis of food allergy at 24 months to milk, egg, peanut or 'any of milk, egg or peanut'. The diagnosis is derived from a combination of parental report, allergic sensitisation and food challenge. |
| Child health-related quality adjusted life years. | Upto 24 months | Child health utility 9 dimension (CHU-9D) at 24 months in order to estimate quality adjusted life years (QALYs). |
| Presence of parental report of eczema between birth and 24 months. | Up to 24 months | Assessed using: Any parental report of a clinical diagnosis of eczema. Completion by parents of UK Working Party Diagnostic Criteria for Atopic Dermatitis at 12 and 24 months. |
| Cost or treatments- health economic outcomes | Up to 24 months | Health care resource use at 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months. Cost effectiveness and cost-utility at 24 months (combining health resource use and health-related quality of life outcomes). |
| Severity of eczema with EASI eczema severity scales | Up to 24 months | Assessed using eczema area and severity index (EASI) at 24 months. The area score is recorded for each of four regions of the body: head and neck, trunk, upper limbs and lower limbs. The area score is the percentage of skin affected by eczema for each body region. The scores given are from 0-6 where a score of 0 is given when the percentage of skin affected by eczema in the region is 0%, and a score of 6 is given when 90-100% of the region is affected by eczema. The severity score is recorded for each of the four body regions for four signs: redness, thickness, scratching and lichenification. Scores are given from 0-3 where a score of 3 is for most severe signs. |
| Severity of eczema with POEM eczema severity scales | Up to 24 months | Assessed using patient oriented eczema measure (POEM) at 12 and 24 months. The scores given are from 0-28, where a score of 28 is for the most severe. |
| Parental health-related quality adjusted life years. | Upto 24 months | Parental quality of life measured using the EQ-5D-5L at baseline and 24 months in order to estimate change in parental QALYs, if any. |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Parental quality of life measured using EQ-5D-5L at 36, 48 and 60 months in order to estimate parental QALYs | 36, 48 and 60 months | Parental quality of life measured using EQ-5D-5L at 36, 48 and 60 months in order to estimate parental quality adjusted life years (QALYs) |
| Health care resource use at 36, 48 and 60 months | 36, 48 and 60 months | Health care resource use at 36, 48 and 60 months |
| Presence of eczema in the previous year at 36, 48 and 60 months based on parental report of a clinical diagnosis of eczema | 36, 48 and 60 months | Presence of eczema in the previous year at 36, 48 and 60 months based on parental report of a clinical diagnosis of eczema |
| Parental report of clinical diagnosis of eczema from the age of 12 months to 60 months | 12 months to 60 months | Parental report of clinical diagnosis of eczema from the age of 12 months to 60 months |
| Parental report of clinical diagnosis of food allergy by 60 months | By 60 months | Parental report of clinical diagnosis of food allergy by 60 months |
| Cost utility and cost-effectiveness at 60 months (combining health resource use and health-related quality of life outcomes) | 60 months | Cost utility and cost-effectiveness at 60 months (combining health resource use and health-related quality of life outcomes) |
| Any parental report that in their opinion their child has eczema at 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 months | 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 months | Any parental report that in their opinion their child has eczema at 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 months |
| Presence of eczema at 36, 48 and 60 months based on completion by parents of UK Working Party Diagnostic Criteria for Atopic Dermatitis | 36, 48 and 60 months | Presence of eczema at 36, 48 and 60 months based on completion by parents of UK Working Party Diagnostic Criteria for Atopic Dermatitis |
| Severity of eczema at 36, 48, and 60 months as measured by POEM | 36, 48, and 60 months | Severity of eczema at 36, 48, and 60 months as measured by Patient Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM) |
| Parental reported wheezing, at 36, 48 and 60 months | 36, 48 and 60 months | Parental reported wheezing, at 36, 48 and 60 months |
| Parental reported allergic rhinitis at 36, 48 and 60 months | 36, 48 and 60 months | Parental reported allergic rhinitis at 36, 48 and 60 months |
| Parental reported food allergy symptoms at 36, 48 and 60 months | 36, 48 and 60 months | Parental reported food allergy symptoms at 36, 48 and 60 months |
| Parental report of a clinical diagnosis of asthma or allergic rhinitis by 60 months | By 60 months | Parental report of a clinical diagnosis of asthma or allergic rhinitis by 60 months |
| Parental report of a clinical diagnosis of food allergy at 36, 48 and 60 months | 36, 48 and 60 months | Parental report of a clinical diagnosis of food allergy at 36, 48 and 60 months |
| CHU-9D at 36, 48 and 60 months in order to estimate QALYs | 36, 48 and 60 months | Child health utility 9 dimension (CHU-9D) at 36, 48 and 60 months in order to estimate quality adjusted life years (QALYs) |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed