NCT06171932

Comparison Of Efficacy Of Hydrocortisone And Methyl Prednisolone In Acute Severe Asthma

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Karachi · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

COMPARISON OF EFFICACY OF HYDROCORTISONE AND METHYLPREDNISOLONE IN ACUTE SEVERE ASTHMA In this study Investigator will compare the efficacy of hydrocortisone and methyl prednisolone in acute severe asthma that will lead to final result and beneficial effects that will help in early resoloution of symptoms and help in preventing recurrence

Detailed description

investigator will compare the efficacy of hydrocortisone v/s methylprednisolone in management of patients presented with acute severe asthma in emergency. A local study was conducted in 2009, after that there is a big research gap exists at national level although international literature is available on the same but it can not be generalized to our population due to socio, geographic and economic differences so there is dire need to conduct this study this gives a strong rationale to implement in our settings

Conditions

• Asthma Acute

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Methylprednisolone,	No intervention required

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-11-26
• Primary completion: 2024-08-01
• Completion: 2024-08-08
• First posted: 2023-12-15
• Last updated: 2023-12-15

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: Pakistan

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated drug study