Improving Asthma Care for Very Low Birth Weight Infants - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	University of Rochester Halcyon Hill Foundation
Information provided by:	University of Rochester
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00156507

Purpose

Children born less than 1500 grams are being enrolled into a study to test the effectiveness of a parental educational intervention in reducing the risk of future breathing problems. The intervention teaches parents of these children how to reduce the risk of / and recognize breathing problems.

Condition	Intervention
Asthma	Behavioral: Asthma education for parents of very low birth weight infants

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Improving Asthma Care for Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Asthma

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by University of Rochester:

Primary Outcome Measures:

To evaluate whether education about asthma improves parent knowledge about the disease and its management and to evaluate whether education about asthma influences healthy behaviors to reduce breathing problems [ Time Frame: 7-9 months post discharge ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

To evaluate the feasibility of implementing the intervention in terms of cost and personnel time and to obtain parental feedback about the intervention. [ Time Frame: 1-3 years post baseline ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment:	192
Study Start Date:	January 2003
Study Completion Date:	June 2006
Primary Completion Date:	June 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
1: Experimental Parents of children in the experimental group receive asthma education prior to NICU discharge.	Behavioral: Asthma education for parents of very low birth weight infants Asthma education is provided to parents of children in the experimental group prior to nicu discharge.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	up to 1 Year
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Premature babies weighing less than 1500 grams at birth receiving care at Strong Memorial Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Exclusion Criteria:

Non-English speaking parents

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00156507

Locations

United States, New York
Strong Memorial Hospital - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Rochester, New York, United States, 14642

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Rochester

Halcyon Hill Foundation

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Jill S Halterman, MD, MPH

University of Rochester

More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party:	Halcyon Hill Foundation ( Jill S. Halterman, MD, MPH )
Study ID Numbers:	09653
Study First Received:	September 8, 2005
Last Updated:	February 16, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00156507 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Body Weight
Birth Weight
Signs and Symptoms
Hypersensitivity
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Respiratory Tract Diseases

Bronchial Diseases
Lung Diseases
Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Asthma
Respiratory Hypersensitivity

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Body Weight
Birth Weight
Signs and Symptoms
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 11, 2009