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AIM2ACT

  • Status
    Accepting Candidates
  • Age
    12 Years - 70 Years
  • Sexes
    All
  • Healthy Volunteers
    No
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Objective

The aim is to test the efficacy of AIM2ACT and long-term maintenance of treatment effects in a fully-powered randomized controlled trial with 160 early adolescents with poorly controlled persistent asthma, ages 12-15 years, and a caregiver

Details

Full study title AIM2ACT: Applying Interactive Mobile Health to Asthma Care in Teens A Randomized Control Trial
Protocol number OCR40368
ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT04448002
Phase N/A

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria are:

  1. Adolescent is 12-15 years old

  2. Caregiver is between 18-70 years-old

  3. Adolescent lives in the residence of caregiver

  4. Adolescent and caregiver can speak and read English

  5. (a) Adolescent has been diagnosed as having asthma, OR (b) Doctor has stated the adolescent has asthma, OR (c) Adolescent has had breathing problems in the past 12 months

  6. Adolescent has had an active inhaled corticosteroid prescription for ≥ 4 weeks

  7. (a) During the past 14 days (that is, during the past fourteen 24-hour periods that include daytime and nighttime), the adolescent has experienced one or more of the

Following: (i) Asthma symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath, or tightness in

the chest, or cough on more than 4 separate days; (ii) Woken up because of asthma

symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath, or tightness in the chest, or cough on

1 or more separate nights; (iii) Had to slow down or stop play or usual activities or

missed school because of asthma, wheezing, or tightness in the chest, or cough on more

than 4 separate days; (iv) Used any asthma rescue medicine (sometimes called a quick

relief medicine) on more than 4 separate days

  • OR (b) In the past year, adolescent has had one or more of the following: (i) 2 or more exacerbations requiring oral systemic corticosteroids; (ii) 2 or more emergency department visits; (iii) 1 hospitalization; (iv) 2 or more urgent medical care visits due to asthma

  • OR (c) Adolescent scores 19 or lower on the Asthma Control Test

Exclusion criteria are -

Families will be excluded if:

  1. The family is currently involved in an asthma management intervention above and beyond usual care, OR

  2. Adolescent is unable to complete study procedures independently.

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