Status:

COMPLETED

Prevalence of Hyperventilation Syndrome in Difficult Asthma

Lead Sponsor:

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Conditions:

Difficult Asthma

Severe Persistent Asthma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Most of asthmatics patients remain uncontrolled despite an inhaled steroids treatment. Chronic hyperventilation syndrome (also called Idiopathic Hyperventilation) occurs in 20 to 40% of asthmatic pati...

Detailed Description

There is only one visit. During this visit, each patient will complete self-questionnaires like Nijmegen, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale(HAD), Short-Form 36(SF36), and Asthma Quality of Life Qu...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • men and women,
  • aged more than 18,
  • non smokers for two years or longer, less than 10 pack/years smoking history,
  • physician-diagnosed asthma,
  • uncontrolled asthma with Asthma control test (ACT) \< 18,
  • historical of FEV1 reversibility,
  • daily inhaled steroids treatment by at least 2000microg eq beclomethasone,
  • Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) \> 50% predicted value

Exclusion

  • other chronic pulmonary disease,
  • vocal cord dysfunction,
  • pregnancy,
  • Participation in another interventional research trial,
  • unable to provide consent,
  • asthma exacerbation within the last 4 weeks

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 28 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 18 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

151 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01862289

Start Date

April 28 2013

End Date

October 18 2016

Last Update

May 1 2018

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Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Bicêtre Hospital

Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, 94 275