Case Management and Environmental Control in Asthma

This study has been completed.

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Washington University School of Medicine National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Information provided by:	Washington University School of Medicine
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00514436

Purpose

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

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Asthma	Behavioral: Asthma coaching	Phase III

MedlinePlus related topics: Asthma

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study

Further study details as provided by Washington University School of Medicine:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Hospitalization [ Time Frame: 2 years ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Emergency department visits [ Time Frame: 2 years ]

Enrollment:	189
Study Start Date:	January 1997
Study Completion Date:	January 2001

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Usual care: No Intervention Usual care consisted of referral back to primary care provider after index hospitalization	Behavioral: Asthma coaching
Behavioral: Experimental Asthma coaching, inperson contact followed by telephone contact	Behavioral: Asthma coaching

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	2 Years to 8 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

2-8 years of age
Admitted to hospital for acute asthma
African American ethnicity
Medicaid coverage

Exclusion Criteria:

Parent refusal to sign consent
Living outside service area

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00514436

Locations

United States, Missouri
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110

Sponsors and Collaborators

Washington University School of Medicine

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Robert C Strunk, MD

Washington University School of Medicine

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	ES 08711
Study First Received:	August 8, 2007
Last Updated:	August 8, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00514436
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board; United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by Washington University School of Medicine:

Asthma
children
low-income, underserved
Reduction in hospitalization

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Hypersensitivity
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Lung Diseases

Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Asthma
Respiratory Hypersensitivity

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Immune System Diseases
Bronchial Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009