Coaching in Childhood Asthma

Asthma Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Phase 4 Study of Case Management and Environmental Control in Asthma

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00910585
• Other study ID #: ES08711
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• First received: May 28, 2009
• Last updated: May 29, 2009
• Start date: January 1997
• Est. completion date: January 2002

Study information

• Verified date: May 2009
• Source: Washington University School of Medicine
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Asthma among low-income, minority children remains a prime example of health disparities that are resistant to change. Demonstrations of reductions in disproportionate hospitalizations in controlled trials are limited. We performed a controlled clinical trial of an Asthma Coach to reduce hospitalizations among low-income, African American children.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 191
• Est. completion date: January 2002
• Est. primary completion date: January 2002
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Mothers of children with asthma 2-8 years of age and hospitalized for an acute exacerbation, with Medicaid insurance, and living in St. Louis City

Exclusion Criteria:

• Other respiratory disease present

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Asthma

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Coaching, providing social support
Active telephone and in person coaching

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Washington University School of Medicine	St. Louis	Missouri

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Washington University School of Medicine

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Rehospitalization		2 years	No