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Food Allergy Study
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago

This study is in response to the rapid rise in childhood food allergy and the lack of effective prevention and treatment. It is designed to find answers to some fundamental questions: What are the causes of food allergy? How can food allergy be predicted and prevented? Are there alternative or better treatments for food allergy?

To date, the research team has recruited more than 500 food allergy-affected families. The team is seeking to enroll an additional 500 families to reach its goal of 1,000. The large sample size is necessary in order to have sufficient statistical power to study more than one million genetic markers and environmental exposures that potentially affect food allergy.

Principal investigator: Xiaobin Wang, MD, MPH, ScD

Eligibility
This is a family-based study. An eligible family includes both biological parents and at least one food allergy-affected child (age 0-21 years). Both parents and affected children must be willing to participate.

If both biological parents are unavailable to participate in the study, individual children who (ages 0-21 years) that meet our case or control criteria also are eligible.

What would participation involve?
You will be asked to complete a questionnaire about each participant's environmental exposures, diet, lifestyle, and specific allergies. A clinical evaluation will be conducted to measure each participant's height, weight, blood pressure, and lung function. A small blood sample (2 tsps) will be taken and allergy skin tests administered. All evaluations will be done by a qualified nurse or research associate.

Each participant will receive a $25 gift card to Target, free parking, and additional gift card(s) to cover travel expenses.

This study is supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Chicago Community Trust, the Food Allergy Initiative (FAI), and generous donors.

To participate or for more information, contact:
Phone: 1-888-573-1833 (toll-free)
E-mail: allergystudy@childrensmemorial.org
Fax: 312-573-7825
www.childrensmrc.org/allergy