Reducing the Acute Care Burden of Childhood Asthma on Health Services in British Columbia
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01326494 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : March 31, 2011
Last Update Posted : November 6, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Asthma | Drug: Arm 1 Oral Cortico Steroids | Phase 4 |
In Canada, asthma affects more the 12% of children. Exacerbation are a common feature of asthma. In children, upper respiratory tract infection (URTI's) are responsible for over 80% of asthma exacerbation.
Experts in asthma care acknowledge this critical problem and have developed guidelines to reduce asthma exacerbation.
The criteria for participation in this study to have 2 or more presentations to a Health Service centre in the past 12 months for URTI induced asthma. These patients will be followed and interviewed monthly over a 12 month period to investigate whether the use of Oral cortico-steroids upon early onset of URTI induced asthma prevents the need for presentation to hospital
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 92 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Reducing the Acute Care Burden of Childhood Asthma on Health Services in British Columbia |
Study Start Date : | April 2011 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 2012 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2018 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Arm 1 Oral Cortico Steroid
A filled prescription will be given to be used upon early onset of symptoms.
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Drug: Arm 1 Oral Cortico Steroids
Prednisolone: 1 mg / kg per day course of dose for 5 days up to child's weight of 20 kgs. Dexamethasone: 0.3mg/kg per dose for 3 days (minimum weight 20 kgs ) Other Name: Prednisone |
No Intervention: Usual care for Asthma treatment
monitor the readmission of URTI induced asthma in children over a 12 month period
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- Reduction of representation to Health Services for Exacerbation of URTI induced asthma [ Time Frame: One year ]To review the effect of medication given at early onset of symptoms have on reducing the presentation to Health Services and Emergency Departments.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 12 Months to 18 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- 2 or more presentations to Emergency department in a 12 month period
Exclusion Criteria:
- less then 2 presentations to Emergency department in a 12 month period

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01326494
Canada, British Columbia | |
BC Children's Hospital | |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3V4 |
Principal Investigator: | Bruce Carleton, B.Pharm, Pharm.D. | The University of British Columbia |
Responsible Party: | Bruce Carleton, Principle Investigator, University of British Columbia |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01326494 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
H10-00184 |
First Posted: | March 31, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 6, 2017 |
Last Verified: | November 2017 |
Keywords provided by Bruce Carleton, University of British Columbia:
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Asthma URTI induced exacerbation of Asthma |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Asthma Respiratory Tract Infections Bronchial Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Lung Diseases, Obstructive Lung Diseases |
Respiratory Hypersensitivity Hypersensitivity, Immediate Hypersensitivity Immune System Diseases Infection |