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| Name | Class |
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| Tampere University | OTHER |
| Pirkanmaa Hospital District (Pirkanmaan sairaanhoitopiiri) | UNKNOWN |
| Business Finland (National Innovation Agency) | UNKNOWN |
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Children will receive biodiversity intervention or placebo. The proof of concept trial is double blind. Intervention will start at the age of 2 months and last 10 months. Children will be randomized to arms. IgE sensitization is the primary outcome.
Newborns will start to be exposed to biodiversity intervention or placebo at the age of two months. The proof of concept trial will be double blind. Intervention will start at the age of 2 months and it will end when children become 12 months old. Children will be randomized to the two arms. IgE sensitization is the primary outcome at the age of two and three years.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Placebo | Placebo Comparator | The children will receive and they are exposed daily to harmless materials that look and feel like the biodiversity intervention materials. |
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| intervention arm | Experimental | The children will receive and they are exposed daily to materials of high microbiological biodiversity. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Nature-based materials | Combination Product | In the intervention arm, theycontain inactive and slowly-growing environmental bacteria and other microbiota. In the placebo arm, they do not contain the microbiota. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| IgE sensitization | IgE sentitization is expected to be lower in the intervention arm than in the placebo arm. | 2-3 years |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Allergic symptoms | All possible allergic symptomes, including atopy, will be estimated | 2-3 years |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| IL-10: IL-17 ratio | 2-3 years | |
| TGF-beta level | 2-3 years | |
| IL-10 levels |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Aki Sinkkonen | Contact | 358 2941 20315 | aki.sinkkonen@helsinki.fi | |
| Riikka Puhakka | Contact | 358 50 3199363 | riikka.puhakka@helsinki.fi |
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We will share it according to Finnish legislation and ethical committee permission. The permission restrict sharing tightly.
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| ID | Term |
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| D006967 | Hypersensitivity |
| D065631 | Rhinitis, Allergic |
| ID | Term |
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| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |
| D012220 | Rhinitis |
| D009668 | Nose Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
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The study consists of two arms, the intervention arm and the placebo arm. Children are randomized into the arms.
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Double-blind randomized trial
| 2-3 years |
| D012130 |
| Respiratory Hypersensitivity |
| D010038 | Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases |
| D006969 | Hypersensitivity, Immediate |