Prevention of Early Asthma in Kids (PEAK)

This study has been completed.

First Received: January 3, 2006 Last Updated: January 18, 2008 History of Changes

Sponsors and Collaborators:	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Childhood Asthma Research and Education Network
Information provided by:	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00272441

Purpose

To evaluate current and novel therapies and management strategies for children with asthma. The emphasis is on clinical trials that help identify optimal therapy for children with different asthma phenotypes, genotypes, and ethnic backgrounds and children at different developmental stages.

Condition	Intervention
Asthma Lung Diseases	Drug: inhaled corticosteroids

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Crossover Assignment

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Asthma

Drug Information available for: Corticosteroids

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI):

Study Start Date:	January 2001
Estimated Study Completion Date:	September 2004

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Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	up to 18 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Asthmatic children from birth to 18 years. Emphasis is placed on infants and young children through 5 years of age.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00272441

Sponsors and Collaborators

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Childhood Asthma Research and Education Network

Investigators

Investigator:	Vernon Chinchilli	Pennsylvania State University - Hershey Medical Center
Investigator:	Robert Lemanske	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Investigator:	Fernando Martinez	University of Arizona
Investigator:	Robert Strunk	Washington University School of Medicine
Investigator:	Stanley Szefler	National Jewish Health
Investigator:	Robert Zeiger	University of California, San Diego

More Information

Publications:

Guilbert TW, Morgan WJ, Zeiger RS, Mauger DT, Boehmer SJ, Szefler SJ, Bacharier LB, Lemanske RF Jr, Strunk RC, Allen DB, Bloomberg GR, Heldt G, Krawiec M, Larsen G, Liu AH, Chinchilli VM, Sorkness CA, Taussig LM, Martinez FD. Long-term inhaled corticosteroids in preschool children at high risk for asthma. N Engl J Med. 2006 May 11;354(19):1985-97.

Study ID Numbers:	350
Study First Received:	January 3, 2006
Last Updated:	January 18, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00272441 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Hypersensitivity
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Bronchial Diseases

Lung Diseases
Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Asthma
Respiratory Hypersensitivity

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Hypersensitivity
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Immune System Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Bronchial Diseases

Lung Diseases
Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Asthma
Respiratory Hypersensitivity

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 01, 2009