NCT01175434

School-Based Preventive Asthma Care Technology: A Trial Using a Novel Technology to Improve Adherence

School-Based Preventive Asthma Care Technology: A Randomized Control Trial Using a Novel Technology to Improve Adherence

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 99 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Rochester · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 10 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this new translational project is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing school-based directly observed therapy of preventive asthma medications in a real-world setting, using state-of-the-art web-based technology for systematic screening, electronic report generation, and communication between nurses, caregivers, and primary care providers. With the use of a novel method to improve adherence and subsequently reduce morbidity, the investigators hypothesize that this novel adaptation of school-based asthma care will; 1) be feasible and acceptable among this population and among school and community stakeholders, and 2) yield reduced asthma morbidity (symptom-free days, absenteeism, and emergency room / urgent care use for asthma care). The investigators anticipate that enhancing preventive healthcare for young urban children with asthma through partnerships with the schools using a novel technology will yield improved health, prevention of suffering, decreased absenteeism from school, and reduced healthcare costs.

Conditions

• Asthma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	School-Based Medication Delivery	For children assigned to the School-Based Medication group, an asthma coordinator will send the child's primary care physician a report indicating the child's asthma symptoms, and will recommend that the child receive a preventive asthma medication at school. If the child's doctor agrees, the preventive asthma medication will be delivered to the child's school and to his/her home by a local pharmacy. The child's school nurse begin directly observed therapy of the preventive asthma medication at school, and will routinely assess the child's asthma symptoms throughout the school year.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-08-01
• Primary completion: 2011-08-01
• Completion: 2012-08-01
• First posted: 2010-08-04
• Last updated: 2014-02-17
• Results posted: 2014-02-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States