Status:
COMPLETED
Prevalence of Exercise-Induced Asthma in Select Cohorts of College Athletes
Lead Sponsor:
Ohio State University
Conditions:
Asthma
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
This study is investigating how commonly exercise-induced asthma happens in athletes and the best way to diagnose exercise-induced asthma. Exercise-induced asthma describes narrowing of the airways in...
Detailed Description
prospective, cohort study of the prevalence of asthma in select athletic teams at a large, collegiate athletic program as documented by self-report versus lung function testing. Athletes from men's an...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Varsity athlete on athletic team of interest here at The Ohio State University
- 18 years of age or older
- No short-acting bronchodilator use for 6 hours prior to testing
- No long-acting bronchodilator use for 36 hours prior to testing
- No inhaled corticosteroids or leukotriene modifiers for 72 hours prior to testing
- Non-smoker for 6 months or longer
- Less than 10 pack year (number of packs per day (x) years of smoking=pack years) smoking history, as smoking causes chronic changes in the profile of inflammatory cells of lungs and also makes airways more likely to spasm. This is true even for non-smokers
Exclusion
- pregnancy
- recent upper respiratory tract infection (within 2 weeks of study enrollment)
- Objective evidence of severe lung impairment on pulmonary testing performed at the beginning of the study.
- Participation in another interventional research trial
- Unable to provide consent
- Asthma exacerbation within the last 4 weeks
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2008
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
150 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00806000
Start Date
December 1 2008
End Date
December 1 2010
Last Update
October 10 2012
Active Locations (1)
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The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210