Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Improving the Quality of Care for Asthma Patients at Risk of Exacerbations

Lead Sponsor:

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Conditions:

Moderate-to-Severe Asthma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The goal of this trial test two known effective asthma strategies. Treatment guidelines recommend combination therapy of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) with a long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) inhaled me...

Detailed Description

Asthma affects 25 million people in the USA with a disproportionate effect on African American/Black (AA/B) and Hispanic/Latinx (H/L) patients. Inhaled corticosteroids are the backbone of asthma thera...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Clinician diagnosis of asthma for ≥1 year;
  • Age at enrollment--18-75 years old inclusive;
  • One or more AEXs that occurred \< 12 months prior to enrollment. An AEX is defined as an asthma deterioration that either requires 72 hours or more of an oral or parenteral steroids OR a hospital stay for more than 24 hours for asthma. In the case of patients on biologics for asthma, the exacerbation must have also occurred after at least 6 months of biologic therapy;
  • Currently prescribed an ICS/LABA containing preparation containing at least the lowest dose of ICS described in Table 2 as regular daily maintenance therapy for at least one month;
  • Has a rescue SABA containing inhaler that they have used on average at least once a month.
  • Able to provide consent in English for the feasibility study or in English or Spanish for the full study.

Exclusion

  • Life expectancy \<2 years;
  • COPD diagnosis unless: a) they were a never smoker; OR b) former smoker with normal pulmonary function tests (PFT; FEV1/FVC ratio of \>70%); OR c) current smoker with normal PFTs within 24 months of enrollment; OR d) current or former smoker with obstruction on PFTs (FEV1/FVC ratio of \<70% but who demonstrates BOTH \>12% acute bronchodilator reversibility AND a normal diffusing capacity both within 24 months of enrollment (criteria successfully used in PREPARE);
  • Use of single inhaler product that contains an ICS, LAMA and LABA or one containing both LABA and LAMA within 1 month of enrollment;
  • Use of current biologic for less than 6 months;
  • Known allergy to any of the components of the intervention;
  • Coexisting lung disease (e.g. Cystic Fibrosis, connective tissue disease (unless asthma preceded diagnosis of connective tissue disease by at least 2 years), prematurity-born at 32 weeks or sooner, organ transplantation, bronchiectasis, sarcoid, and obliterative bronchiolitis, among others)
  • Has been in an asthma drug treatment trial in past 60 days or within 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to study visit.
  • Living in household with someone already enrolled in the study.
  • Using daily or every other day oral corticosteroids for asthma or any other condition
  • An AEX in the prior 4 weeks
  • History of bronchial thermoplasty in prior 6 months
  • Poorly or uncontrolled atrial fibrillation
  • Not on stable asthma medications for at least 1 month prior to enrollment
  • Using doses of ICS/LABA lower than the minimum below:
  • Budesonide 320 ug,
  • Fluticasone Advair Diskus/ Wixela 200-250 ug Advair HFA 180-230ug Airduo 110-113 ug Breo 100 ug
  • Mometasone 200 ug

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

May 1 2030

Estimated Enrollment :

4100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06596512

Start Date

November 1 2024

End Date

May 1 2030

Last Update

September 19 2024

Active Locations (6)

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1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510

2

Brigham and Womens Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

3

Washington University

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110

4

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705

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