Oral challenge vs routine care to assess low-risk penicillin allergy in critically ill hospital patients (ORACLE): a pilot safety and feasibility randomised controlled trial.
Morgan Thomas RoseNatasha E HolmesGlenn M EastwoodSara VogrinFiona JamesJoseph F De LucaRinaldo BellomoStephen J WarrillowMichelle PhungSara L BarnesBrendan MurfinBen RogersBelinda LambrosBrennan CollisTrisha N PeelMonica A SlavinJason A TrubianoPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2024)
These findings support the safety, validity, and feasibility of direct enteral challenge for critically ill patients with PEN-FAST assessed low-risk penicillin allergy. The absence of false negative results was confirmed by subsequent negative repeat challenges. A relatively low recruitment to screened ratio suggests that more inclusive eligibility criteria and integration of allergy assessment into routine ICU processes are needed to optimise allergy delabelling in critical illness.