Clinical trial • Not applicable • Immunology
Amoxicillin trihydrate for Penicillin allergy
Not applicable trial of Amoxicillin trihydrate for Penicillin allergy.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Immunology
- Trial Disease
- Penicillin allergy
- Trial Stage
- Not applicable
- Drug Modality
- Small molecule
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 07-07-2025
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 28-10-2025
Trial design
Randomised, control (placebo): oral placebo twice daily (bd) for 5 days, commencing the day following the hospital administered single dose. intervention: oral amoxicillin 500 mg twice daily (bd) for 5 days, commencing the day following the hospital administered single dose (day 1). Not applicable trial across 2 sites in Belgium, Denmark.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Comparator
- Control (placebo): oral placebo twice daily (BD) for 5 days, commencing the day following the hospital administered single dose. Intervention: oral amoxicillin 500 mg twice daily (BD) for 5 days, commencing the day following the hospital administered single dose (Day 1).
- Target Sample Size
- 552
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 90
Eligibility
Recruits 552 No vulnerable population selected. Participants must be adults and "Willing and able to give consent". Subject information and informed consent forms are provided (documents include English, French and Dutch versions)..
- Vulnerable Population
- No vulnerable population selected. Participants must be adults and "Willing and able to give consent". Subject information and informed consent forms are provided (documents include English, French and Dutch versions).
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Adult patients referred to the outpatient allergy clinic or inpatient allergy service (with a non-infective diagnosis) for a penicillin allergy history (i.e. amoxicillin or penicillin unspecified)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Adult patients with an immune-mediated penicillin allergy history: 1. Delayed phenotype (> 6 hours post dose) 2. Or unknown timing"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Tolerated first dose of an oral amoxicillin challenge"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Willing and able to give consent"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Willing and able to undergo telehealth or in clinic review post challenge"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Outpatients who are not currently receiving, or are not likely to receive, beta-lactam antibiotic therapy during the 14-day study period."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Patient age is < 18 years"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Any other illness that, in the investigator’s judgement, will substantially increase the risk associated with subject’s participation in this study"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms or Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis or Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis to penicillin’s or aminocephalosporins"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Concurrent use of antihistamines or systemic steroid therapy (> 10 mg daily)"}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Positive oral challenge (i.e. immune mediated reaction up to and including day 7 following the first test dose, number and percentage of participants), as adjudged by independent blinded panel","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Adjudged by an independent blinded panel; immune-mediated reaction occurring up to and including day 7 following the first test dose; reported as number and percentage of participants."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Positive oral challenge (i.e. immune mediated reaction up to and including day 14 following the first test dose, number and percentage of participants), as adjudged by independent blinded panel","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Adjudged by an independent blinded panel; immune-mediated reaction occurring up to and including day 14 following the first test dose; reported as number and percentage of participants."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Non-inferiority of single dose challenge to prolonged challenge (risk difference with two-sided 95% confidence interval using 10% as clinically relevant non-inferiority margin)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Statistical non-inferiority comparison using risk difference with two-sided 95% CI and 10% non-inferiority margin."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Time to positive oral challenge","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured time from first test dose to occurrence of a positive oral challenge."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Quality of life (measured by Drug Hypersensitivity Quality of Life Questionnaire (DrHy-Q) at day 0 and 90","definition_or_measurement_approach":"DrHy-Q administered at day 0 and day 90 to assess quality of life."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 552
- Recruitment Window Months
- 16
- Consent Approach
- Informed consent provided by the participant (adults only). Inclusion criterion requires participants be "Willing and able to give consent." Subject information and informed consent forms are provided; documents available in English, French and Dutch.
Methods
- Recruitment of adult patients referred to the outpatient allergy clinic or inpatient allergy service (with a non-infective diagnosis) for a penicillin allergy history.
- Use of recruitment materials (e.g. waiting room recruitment poster) as indicated by a 'recruitment poster for waiting room' document.
- Provision of subject information and informed consent forms (documents available for participating sites).
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 2
- Total Number Of Participants
- 160
Belgium
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 29-09-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 28-10-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 29
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 80
Sites
- Site Name
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen
- Department Name
- immunology, allergy and rheumatology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Vito Sabato
- Principal Investigator Email
- vito.sabato@uza.be
- Contact Person Name
- Vito Sabato
- Contact Person Email
- vito.sabato@uza.be
- Number Of Participants
- 80
Denmark
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 13-10-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 28-10-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 15
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 80
Sites
- Site Name
- Gentofte Hospital
- Department Name
- Allergy Clinic, Department of Dermatology and Allergy
- Principal Investigator Name
- Lene Heise Garvey
- Principal Investigator Email
- lene.heise.garvey@regionh.dk
- Contact Person Name
- Lene Heise Garvey
- Contact Person Email
- lene.heise.garvey@regionh.dk
- Number Of Participants
- 80
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Gentofte Hospital
- Organisation Type
- Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
- Country Of Registered Address
- Denmark
Third parties
- {"country":"Belgium","full_name":"Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen","duties_or_roles":"1","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}
- {"country":"Denmark","full_name":"Region Hovedstaden","duties_or_roles":"1","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}
Co-sponsors
- Austin Health
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- Amoxicillin
- Active Substance
- Amoxicillin trihydrate
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- ORAL
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised
- Starting Dose
- 500 mg twice daily (BD) starting the day after the hospital-administered single dose
- Dose Levels
- 500 mg twice daily (BD) for 5 days
- Frequency
- twice daily (BD)
- Maximum Dose
- 1000 mg daily (max total 5000 mg over 5 days)
- Investigational Product Name
- Capsugel Belgium N.V Empty hard gelatin capsules size AA Elong, DB-caps Part number G7ECL000020 see IMPD
- Modality
- Other
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- ORAL
- Starting Dose
- oral placebo twice daily (BD) for 5 days
- Dose Levels
- oral placebo twice daily (BD) for 5 days
- Frequency
- twice daily (BD)
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