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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011 May 4;127(6):1622–1624. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.04.009

TABLE I.

Characteristics of enrolled subjects

Subject
no.
Age (y) Sex Total IgE
(kU/L)
Milk-specific
IgE
(kUA/L)
Milk skin test
wheal (mm)/
erythema (mm)
Organ systems involved
simultaneously in last historical
reaction to milk (subjects had clinical
reactivity to both cooked and
uncooked milk products)*
Omalizumab dose
and frequency
Total doses of
omalizumab
1 11 M 500 42 25/50 Urticaria, angioedema, vomiting 225 mg every 2 wk 9
2 8 M 342 50 45/50 Wheezing, urticaria 225 mg every 4 wk 5
3 8 M 148 73 20/45 Urticaria, wheezing 150 mg every 4 wk 5
4 10 F 900 42 11/30 Vomiting, congestion 225 mg every 4 wk 5
5 8 M 239 50 46/52 Vomiting, generalized urticaria 225 every 2 wk 9
6 7 F 297 44 16/49 Wheezing, vomiting, urticaria 150 mg every 4 wk 5
7 12 M 199 68 15/50 Wheezing, urticaria, allergic rhinitis 150 mg every 4 wk 4
8 16 M 349 56 20/20 Wheezing, urticaria, abdominal complaints 225 mg every 2 wk 12
9 17 M 364 43 16/58 Wheezing, urticaria, conjunctivitis 300 mg every 2 wk 9
10 8 F 2016 268 24/46 Wheezing, vomiting, urticaria, conjunctivitis 300 mg every 2 wk 8
11 7 F 2593 342 16/22 Wheezing, urticaria, conjunctivitis 300mg every 2 wk 9
Median 8 349 50 20/50 Not applicable Not applicable 8

Entry criteria: children 4 to 18 years of age with cow’s milk–specific IgE >25 kUA/L, total IgE <2500 kU/L; with significant clinical history of IgE mediated cow’s milk allergy, but without history of intubation, severe asthma, or previous immunotherapy or biologic therapy, and without a medical diagnosis of non–IgE-mediated eosinophilic disease.

F, Female; M, male.

*

None of the subjects had a diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis at screening and during the course of the study.