Status:

UNKNOWN

Weight Loss for Uncontrolled Asthma Associated With Elevated BMI

Lead Sponsor:

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Glasgow

Conditions:

Asthma

Obesity

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Weight loss for uncontrolled asthma associated with elevated BMI. Asthma is a common condition with different types recognised that have variable responses to current treatments. It is often poorly co...

Detailed Description

This study will be a unblinded, pragmatic, pilot, randomised, controlled trial of the Counterweight Plus programme versus usual care in individuals with difficult asthma associated with obesity. Eligi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Confirmed asthma as per Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines 2015 with characteristic symptoms and at least one of the following:
  • • Reversible airflow limitation - 12% and 200ml increase in forced expiratory volume (FEV1) in the preceding 5 years either: i. After inhaled/nebulised bronchodilator or 4+ weeks of anti-inflammatory treatment ii. Between visits
  • • Positive bronchial challenge in the preceding 5 years: i. Provocation concentration (PC20) methacholine or histamine \<8mg/ml ii. Provocative dose (PD15) mannitol \<635mg
  • Difficult asthma defined as per Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)/British Thoracic Society (BTS) guideline 2014 as persistent symptoms and/or frequent asthma attacks despite treatment at step 4 or step 5 with either:
  • ACQ6 \>1.5
  • ≥2 systemic corticosteroid boosts in previous year
  • ≥1 hospitalization in previous year
  • BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

Exclusion

  • ICU admission +/- mechanical ventilation in the previous 6 months for asthma exacerbation
  • Respiratory tract infection requiring antibiotics or asthma exacerbation requiring corticosteroid boost in preceding 4 weeks
  • Significant respiratory or other co-morbidity likely to influence the conduct of the study
  • Pregnancy and breast feeding
  • Severe and/or unstable cardiac disease
  • Recent (within the preceding 6 months) commencement of antifungal, biologic (omalizumab, lebrikizumab, mepolizumab) or "Airsonett" device; eligible if on treatment for \> 6months or discontinued
  • Current insulin use
  • Current treatment with anti-obesity drugs

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 12 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

August 1 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03858608

Start Date

August 12 2019

End Date

August 1 2023

Last Update

April 19 2023

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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Glasgow, United Kingdom