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Filter by:The aim of this study is to investigate the potential benefit of Pictorial versus Written Asthma Action Plans (AAPs) to support asthma management among young people with persistent asthma. Participants will be randomly allocated to the Pictorial or Written AAP group and followed up over a 6-month period. Qualitative and quantitative data will be collected from young people, parents and clinical teams involved in recruitment to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the Pictorial AAP (PAAP) software developed for this study, the PAAPs produced by the software, and the study procedures.
This is a randomised, double-blind, parallel group, placebo-controlled study designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a fixed 30 mg dose of benralizumab administered subcutaneously for patients with a history of asthma exacerbations and uncontrolled asthma receiving medium to high-dose inhaled corticosteroid plus long-acting β2-agonist (ICS-LABA) with or without oral corticosteroids and additional asthma controllers.
Despite availability of treatments and published guidelines, subjects may have asthma that is inadequately controlled. GlaxoSmithKline is currently developing a once-daily 'closed' triple therapy of an Inhaled Corticosteroids/Long-Acting Beta-2-Agonists/Long-Acting Muscarinic Antagonist (ICS/LAMA/LABA) combination (Fluticasone Furoate/Umeclidinium Bromide/Vilanterol Trifenatate [FF/UMEC/VI]) in a single device, with the aim of providing a new treatment option for the management of asthma by improving lung function, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and symptom control over established combination therapies. This study has 3 study periods: Run-in, Treatment period and a Follow-up period. Eligible subjects who meet the pre-defined criteria at screening (Visit 1) will enter into a 2-week run-in period. Subjects will continue their pre-screening inhaled medications for asthma (ICS+LABA or ICS+LABA+LAMA) without any change in regimen/dosage until day before Visit 2. At Visit 2 subjects will be allocated to either FF/UMEC/VI 100/62.5/25 or FF/UMEC/VI 200/62.5/25 micrograms (mcg) treatment depending on the asthma control status for 52 weeks. Switching medication from FF/UMEC/VI 100/62.5/25 to FF/UMEC/VI 200/62.5/25 will be permitted in accordance with the control status of the subject assessed by Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ)-7 at Week 24 of the treatment period. A follow-up visit will be conducted for approximately 1 week. Subjects will be provided with salbutamol as a rescue medication throughout the study.
The aim of this post-marketing investigation is to collect and assess the information about safety and effectiveness of ARNUITY® ELLIPTA® (hereinafter referred to as "Arnuity") in daily clinical practice. The investigation will include subjects with a diagnosis of asthma bronchial who are naïve to ARNUITY. The investigator will monitor the information about safety and effectiveness of ARNUITY for one year from the start date of ARNUITY administration and Pneumonia will be considered as the priority investigation matter. 300 subjects, from approximately 150 medical institutions, will be included in this analysis. ARNUITY ELLIPTA is the registered trademark of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) group of companies.
To Assess the Utility of Impulse Oscillometry on a Differential Diagnosis among the Patients with ACOS,asthma and COPD over Age 40.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are frequent and disabling pathologies. The general practitioner is often at the front line vis-a-vis screening, diagnosis and treatment of these pathologies. There are currently many treatments available, in particular inhaled corticosteroids, and although the recommendations for management appear to be well codified in theory, the adaptation of drug therapy remains complex in general practice. The prescription of inhaled corticosteroids, often initiated during a general medicine consultation, is not simple. The aim of this study is to analyze the relevance of the prescription of inhaled corticosteroids in primary care and to identify the criteria necessary for the prescription of inhaled corticosteroids available in general practice. The main objective of our study is to evaluate the rate of consultations where all the elements required for guiding the prescription of an inhaled corticoid are available. The secondary objectives are: - Identify other factors associated with decision-making - Identify the causes of inhaled corticosteroid stopping (de-prescription)
The investigators aim to determine the optimal number of measurements required for multiple-breath-washout derived lung function parameters in adults with pulmonary disease as well as in healthy controls
Asthma is a major public health problem. The main treatments against asthma are delivered to the lung through several dry-powder inhaler such as Turbuhaler ®, Diskus® and the new Ellipta® device. In real life, patient's ability to handle a device is not routinely assessed by their practitioner. We hypothesized that many asthmatics cannot properly prepare and prime their device, which may alter the positive effects observed in clinical trials.
Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in the U.S. Despite guidelines, adherence to recommended controller medications is low. Cost is an important barrier to adherence. Employers are increasingly adopting high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) which require deductibles of > $1,000 per individual/$2,000 per family each year. In HDHPs with Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), most medications and non-preventive care must be paid out-of-pocket (OOP) until the deductible is reached. The lower premiums of HSA-HDHPs are appealing, but the high level of OOP costs can lead patients to forgo needed care. HSA-HDHPs can exempt preventive care from the deductible, and employers can add Preventive Drug Lists (PDLs) which exempt certain chronic medications from the deductible (including asthma medications), making them free. PDLs have the potential to improve controller medication use, which could prevent negative health outcomes and reduce cost-related trade-offs for families. The goal of this research is to evaluate the impact of these two developments in the health insurance market -- HSA-HDHPs and PDLs -- on medication use and clinical outcomes for adults and children with asthma. To do this, tteh investigators will first conduct in-depth interviews with patients with asthma and parents of children with asthma who have HDHPs and traditional plans. Interviews will collect patient-reported data on how patients and their families navigate their insurance plan and make health care decisions when faced with OOP costs. Findings from the interviews will inform analyses of data from a large national health plan from 2004-2017. Investigators will select adults and children with asthma whose employer switched them from traditional plans or HSA-HDHPs without PDLs to HSA-HDHPs with or without a PDL. Analyses will examine changes in asthma medication use, emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and OOP costs before and after changing plans compared to similar patients who did not switch to a HSA-HDHP. The study aims to: 1) understand health care decision making and experiences of families with asthma with HDHPs; 2) examine the impact of HSA-HDHPs with and without PDLs on use of asthma medications and asthma-related ED visits and hospitalizations; 3) examine the extent to which the response to HSA-HDHPs and PDLs is affected by the presence of other family members with asthma or other chronic conditions; 4) examine the impact of HSA-HDHPs with and without PDLs on OOP costs for families.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of benralizumab on the rate of asthma exacerbations, patient reported quality of life and lung function during the 24-week treatment in patients with uncontrolled, severe asthma with an eosinophilic phenotype. A subset of patients will be assessed for their ongoing chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps. The study design has been updated to include a 56-week open label ANDHI in Practice (ANDHI IP) sub study upon the completion of the 24-week double-blind period of the ANDHI study.