Status:

COMPLETED

Improving Asthma Outcomes in an Urban Pediatric Population

Lead Sponsor:

Stephen J. Teach, MD, MPH

Collaborating Sponsors:

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Conditions:

Asthma

Eligibility:

All Genders

12-17 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Little is known about how ED-based programs can help to reduce pediatric ED visits for asthma. The current study evaluated a novel intervention in which the ED itself became the site of highly individ...

Detailed Description

Prospective, randomized clinical trial of a single visit to a specialized emergency department-based asthma follow-up clinic occurring 2-15 days after emergency department care for an acute exacerbati...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • age between 12 months and 17 years, inclusive;
  • prior physician-diagnosed asthma;
  • ≥1 other unscheduled visit for asthma in the previous 6 months and/or ≥1 hospitalization for asthma in the prior 12 months;
  • a parent/guardian available for interview;
  • residence in Washington, DC or a contiguous Maryland county; and
  • requirement for ≥3 doses of nebulized albuterol in the ED at the time of enrollment.

Exclusion

  • significant medical co-morbidities affecting the cardiorespiratory system;
  • a visit to an allergist or a pulmonologist in the prior 6 months;
  • ≥2 of the following: a current written asthma medical action plan, current use of \>1 controller medication, or a scheduled visit for asthma care with their PCP in the prior two weeks;
  • enrollment in another asthma research study;
  • unavailability for telephone follow-up; or
  • primary language other than English or Spanish.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2002

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2005

Estimated Enrollment :

488 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00140439

Start Date

April 1 2002

End Date

June 1 2005

Last Update

August 25 2015

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Children's National Medical Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20010