Status:

COMPLETED

The Economic Burden of Asthma in Canada

Lead Sponsor:

University of British Columbia

Collaborating Sponsors:

GlaxoSmithKline

Conditions:

Asthma

Eligibility:

All Genders

1-85 years

Brief Summary

The study will consist of three phases: Phase A: General population survey for estimation of the prevalence of asthma, and prospective collection of resource utilization and quality-of-life data for 1...

Detailed Description

Phase A: This phase will be a prospective cohort study of randomly chosen residents of two census subdivisions of BC with a self-reported physician diagnosis of asthma. The study participants will be ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient must state that they have had a diagnosis of asthma by a physician. In addition, the patient must have had a self-reported health care interaction related to asthma (physician visit, ED visit, hospitalization) in the past 5 years.
  • Patient must be 1 to 85 years old.
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Exclusion

  • Patients unable to provide informed consent due to language difficulties or cognitive impairment.
  • Patients who have a greater than 10 pack-year smoking history (this will exclude patients with possible COPD).
  • Patients who know that they will be moving out of the province within 12 months of study entry.
  • Patients in whom metacholine challenge test is contraindicated due to non-asthma-related reasons (e.g. patients with cerebral aneurysm, pregnant and breastfeeding participants).
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Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2010

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

613 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03243110

Start Date

December 1 2010

End Date

June 1 2017

Last Update

November 13 2017

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