Status:
COMPLETED
School-based Approaches to Help Pre-teens Manage Asthma
Lead Sponsor:
University of Michigan
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Conditions:
Asthma
Eligibility:
All Genders
11-12 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This random trial will deploy 2 interventions and a control group with eleven and twelve year old, low income, African American students in middle schools in Detroit, MI. The goals are to determine if...
Detailed Description
BACKGROUND: To date, no data provide information on the effects of middle school based interventions for pre-teens with asthma or the advantages of an approach that recognizes the importance of peer ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Children identified for this research will be a sample of 6th grade students enrolled in 19 public middle schools in Detroit, Michigan who meet the following criteria: 1) attend a participating school, 2) be 11-12 years old at the time of entry into the study (enrolled in 6th grade) and 3) based on NAEPP guidelines (a) have a diagnosis of asthma and have active asthma symptoms and/or have received a prescription for asthma medications in the last year, or (b) report the presence of 3 of 5 non-exercise related asthma symptoms in the last year on five or more occasions, or (c) report two or more exercise related asthma symptoms in the past year on five or more occasions, or (d) have a severity classification of persistent disease (mild, moderate, severe) based on night time questions, and 4) have returned a signed parental consent form.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
1292 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00217776
Start Date
February 1 2003
End Date
January 1 2009
Last Update
January 17 2013
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