Status:

COMPLETED

Exercise Challenge Test in 3-6 Years Old Asthmatic Children

Lead Sponsor:

Sheba Medical Center

Conditions:

Asthma

Eligibility:

All Genders

3-6 years

Brief Summary

Vigorous exercise is known to cause transient bronchoconstriction in school children with asthma, many of whom initially have normal lung function at rest. The presence and extent of this phenomena in...

Detailed Description

Method: The children are to come in comfortable clothes and running shoes, having consumed no more than a light meal and having had pulmonary medications withdrawn as described above. A parent, a ped...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 0-6.9 year-old children referred for exercise challenge test by pediatric physicians.

Exclusion

  • presence of other chronic respiratory conditions (e.g. cystic fibrosis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia); oral or inhaled steroids taken during the previous week; bronchodilator taken within 24 hours prior to the test; wheezing at physical examination prior to exercise test, and baseline FEV1\< 70 % predicted.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2006

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

End Date :

December 1 2006

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00442715

Start Date

October 1 2006

End Date

December 1 2006

Last Update

March 6 2007

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Pediatric pulmonary unit, The Edmod and Lili Safra children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center

Ramat Gan, Israel, 52625