Status:
COMPLETED
School-Based Preventive Asthma Care Technology: A Trial Using a Novel Technology to Improve Adherence
Lead Sponsor:
University of Rochester
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Conditions:
Asthma
Eligibility:
All Genders
3-10 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The goal of this new translational project is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing school-based directly observed therapy of preventive asthma medications in a real-world setting,...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria (all 4 criteria must be met):
- Physician-diagnosed asthma (based on parent report).
- Persistent asthma (criteria based on NHLBI guidelines). Any 1 of the following:
- An average of \>2 days per week with asthma symptoms
- \>2 days per week with rescue medication use
- \>2 days per month with nighttime symptoms
- ≥2 episodes of asthma during the past year that have required systemic corticosteroids
- Age ≥3 and ≤10 years.
- Attending school in participating Rochester City School District preschools or elementary schools.
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to speak and understand English. (\*Parents unable to read will be eligible, and all instruments will be given verbally.)
- No access to a working phone for follow-up surveys (either at the subject's home or an easily accessible alternate phone number).
- Family planning to leave the school district within fewer than 6 months.
- The child having other significant medical conditions, including congenital heart disease, cystic fibrosis, or other chronic lung disease, that could interfere with the assessment of asthma-related measures.
- Children in foster care or other situations in which consent cannot be obtained from a guardian.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
99 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01175434
Start Date
August 1 2010
End Date
August 1 2012
Last Update
February 17 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Univeristy of Rochester
Rochester, New York, United States, 14642