Status:
TERMINATED
Kansas City Community Environmental Remediation And Training (KC CERT)
Lead Sponsor:
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Collaborating Sponsors:
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
The healthy Homes Network of Kansas City, Missouri
Conditions:
Asthma
Rhinitis
Eligibility:
All Genders
2-17 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Objective: Our overall objective is to test the hypothesis that the health of children with chronic respiratory symptoms or chronic exposures to environmental hazards can be improved through a combina...
Detailed Description
This study is an observational study. It will be managed by a project director for HHN and the Environmental Health Program Manager for CMH. Following enrollment in the study, a health assessment focu...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Participants that qualify for the study will have one of the following health conditions:
- Persistent asthma as defined by NHLBI guidelines
- Chronic respiratory symptoms,
- And/or have lead levels equal to or above 15 micrograms per deciliter.
- They must be between the ages of 2 and 17 years of age
- Stay in the home a minimum of 4 nights per week
- They should reside in the KCEEC (Defined as the city limits of Kansas City Kansas or Kansas City Missouri).
- They will also have lived in the same housing, either rental or self-owned, for at least 6 months and have a reasonable expectation of remaining in this housing for at least one additional year.
- To qualify for the intervention phase of the study done by HHN,
- The home must have no more than $2000 estimated intervention costs. Examples of houses that would not qualify include: A house that needs a new roof, a house with extensive amounts of flaking lead paint, a house with significant structural problems.
Exclusion
- Any children who do not meet the age and residency requirements.
- Any home with more than $2000 worth of maintenance and repair problems. - Any home with emergent, life threatening conditions.
- Children with other chronic diseases (leukemia, diabetes etc) will be referred through the HHN and CMH to appropriate medical services, agencies, organizations and other community resources.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
May 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00144443
Start Date
March 1 2003
End Date
May 1 2005
Last Update
January 20 2021
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Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64108