NCT05832437

BREATHE-Peds Pilot- II III Trial and Post Trial

The Development and Pilot Testing of a Caregiver-Child Shared Decision-Making Intervention to Improve Asthma in Urban Youth

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 67 (actual)
• Sponsor: Columbia University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The overall aims of this study are to develop and pilot test BRief intervention to Evaluate Asthma THErapy (BREATHE)-Peds, a dyadic shared decision-making intervention, to improve asthma by supporting self-management among racial and ethnic minority early adolescents receiving care for uncontrolled asthma in federally-qualified health centers (FQHCs) in urban communities. Aim 1 (Phase I) involves developing the intervention through focus groups with early adolescents and caregivers. Aims 2 and 3 (Phase II) involve preliminary testing of the intervention through a pilot randomized controlled trial. This record is for Phase II and III only

Detailed description

Despite high asthma prevalence and morbidity among adolescents (highest among Black and Hispanic youth and early adolescents aged 10-14), there is a lack of developmentally appropriate interventions for this at-risk group. Racial and ethnic minority early adolescents have sub-optimal asthma self-management. Critical health behaviors that emerge during early adolescence affect lifelong patterns; therefore, early adolescence offers a unique opportunity to intervene. Additionally, successful self-management requires the right division of responsibility between adolescents and their caregivers. Thus, intervening simultaneously with early adolescents and their caregivers who can help support the adolescent's growing autonomy to self-manage their condition has the potential for a synergistic effect. Prior studies have demonstrated the effects of improved asthma control of BREATHE, a brief one-time shared decision-making intervention for Black adults with uncontrolled asthma that utilizes motivational interviewing delivered by primary care providers. This study (i.e., Phase II and Phase III) ) a pilot validation phase will conduct a group-randomized trial in two FQHCs with 85 dyads treated by 8 PCPs (10 dyads/PCP) randomized to 1 of 2 study arms: (a) BREATHE-PEDS-Peds (n=42 dyads), or (b) dose-matched attention control (n=43 dyads). Post-trial interviews with PCPs, caregivers, and their children to evaluate satisfaction with the intervention will be conducted; caregiver-child dyads will be followed for 3 months post-intervention to assess the impact of BREATHE-PEDS-Peds on asthma outcomes.

Conditions

• Asthma in Children

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	BREATHE-Peds Intervention	BREATHE-Peds utilizes Primary Care Providers (PCPs) to deliver a 4-step script that was created by and tailored to Black adults' asthma and inhaled corticosteroid beliefs, as well as their Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) score, measured just prior to the medical visit. Step 1: Raise the subject (1½ minute). Step 2: Provide feedback (1½ minutes). Step 3: Enhance engagement (3 minutes). Step 4: Shared decision-making (3 minutes).
BEHAVIORAL	Control Intervention	The control intervention will be a 9-minute scripted discussion tailored to living a health lifestyle. Step 1: Review of BMI, current diet and exercise (3 minutes). Step 2: Diet/exercise counseling (3 minutes). Step 3: Plan for goal attainment (3 minutes).

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-05-04
• Primary completion: 2024-11-07
• Completion: 2024-12-13
• First posted: 2023-04-27
• Last updated: 2025-11-17
• Results posted: 2025-11-17

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States