School-Based Preventive Asthma Care Technology: A Trial Using a Novel Technology to Improve Adherence

Asthma Clinical Trial

— SB-PACT  

Official title:

School-Based Preventive Asthma Care Technology: A Randomized Control Trial Using a Novel Technology to Improve Adherence

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01175434
• Other study ID #: 32479
• Secondary ID: 1RC1HL099432-01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 16, 2010
• Last updated: December 31, 2013
• Start date: August 2010
• Est. completion date: August 2012

Study information

• Verified date: December 2013
• Source: University of Rochester
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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, using state-of-the-art web-based technology for systematic screening, electronic report generation, and communication between nurses, caregivers, and primary care providers. With the use of a novel method to improve adherence and subsequently reduce morbidity, the investigators hypothesize that this novel adaptation of school-based asthma care will; 1) be feasible and acceptable among this population and among school and community stakeholders, and 2) yield reduced asthma morbidity (symptom-free days, absenteeism, and emergency room / urgent care use for asthma care). The investigators anticipate that enhancing preventive healthcare for young urban children with asthma through partnerships with the schools using a novel technology will yield improved health, prevention of suffering, decreased absenteeism from school, and reduced healthcare costs.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 99
• Est. completion date: August 2012
• Est. primary completion date: August 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 3 Years to 10 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria (all 4 criteria must be met):

1. Physician-diagnosed asthma (based on parent report).

2. Persistent asthma (criteria based on NHLBI guidelines). Any 1 of the following:

1. An average of >2 days per week with asthma symptoms

2. >2 days per week with rescue medication use

3. >2 days per month with nighttime symptoms

4. =2 episodes of asthma during the past year that have required systemic corticosteroids

3. Age =3 and =10 years.

4. Attending school in participating Rochester City School District preschools or elementary schools.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Inability to speak and understand English. (*Parents unable to read will be eligible, and all instruments will be given verbally.)

2. No access to a working phone for follow-up surveys (either at the subject's home or an easily accessible alternate phone number).

3. Family planning to leave the school district within fewer than 6 months.

4. 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.

5. Children in foster care or other situations in which consent cannot be obtained from a guardian.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Asthma

Intervention

Other:
• School-Based Medication Delivery
For children assigned to the School-Based Medication group, an asthma coordinator will send the child's primary care physician a report indicating the child's asthma symptoms, and will recommend that the child receive a preventive asthma medication at school. If the child's doctor agrees, the preventive asthma medication will be delivered to the child's school and to his/her home by a local pharmacy. The child's school nurse begin directly observed therapy of the preventive asthma medication at school, and will routinely assess the child's asthma symptoms throughout the school year.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Univeristy of Rochester	Rochester	New York

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Rochester	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (2)

Halterman JS, Fagnano M, Montes G, Fisher S, Tremblay P, Tajon R, Sauer J, Butz A. The school-based preventive asthma care trial: results of a pilot study. J Pediatr. 2012 Dec;161(6):1109-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.05.059. Epub 2012 Jul 10. — View Citation

Halterman JS, Sauer J, Fagnano M, Montes G, Fisher S, Tremblay P, Tajon R, Butz A. Working toward a sustainable system of asthma care: development of the School-Based Preventive Asthma Care Technology (SB-PACT) trial. J Asthma. 2012 May;49(4):395-400. doi: 10.3109/02770903.2012.669441. Epub 2012 Mar 28. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Average Number of Symptom-free Days Over 14 Days; (Symptom-free Days Are Averaged Over 4 Bi-monthly Follow-ups)	The primary outcome is asthma morbidity between groups. We will measure asthma morbidity by looking at the average number of symptom-free days, over 2 weeks, at each bi-monthly follow-up time point over the school year. Number of days without asthma symptoms will be reported by the child's caregiver.	Average number of days, over 2 weeks, throughout the school year	No
Secondary	Cost Effectiveness	We will evaluate the cost effectiveness to implement and sustain the web-based system in schools. We will review the cost of the intervention using three main categories of costs; programmatic costs (costs of initiating and running the program), productivity costs, and medical costs estimated at the individual child level.	one year	No
Secondary	Feasibility and Acceptability	We will conduct interviews with parents and school nurses to evaluate whether this new program is feasible and acceptable among this population.	one year	No