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comfortable clothes and running shoes, having consumed no more than a light meal and having had pulmonary medications withdrawn as described above.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
Active Locations (1)
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Pediatric pulmonary unit, The Edmod and Lili Safra children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center
Ramat Gan, Israel, 52625