Trial of Asthma Patient Education (TAPE)

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

The purpose of this research study is to investigate the way that educational approaches and presentation of a drug may affect the response to montelukast and placebo (an inactive medication) in subjects with asthma.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00148408

Run by

American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Research Centers

People needed

600

Starts

2003-12-01

Expected to finish

2005-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-04-30

Who can join

Age: 15 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age 15 or older
• physician diagnosed asthma
• regular use of prescribed asthma medication over preceding year
• post-bronchodilator FEV1 of at least 75% of predicted
• inadequate asthma control over preceding two months

You may not qualify if…

• current or past smoking (greater than 10 pack-years)
• serious asthma exacerbation within previous three months
• regular use of oral corticosteroids
• history of respiratory failure due to asthma
• current use of montelukast or history of adverse reaction to montelukast
• concomitant interfering medical condition
• participation in another clinical trial
• inability or unwillingness to perform study procedures
• pregnancy, lack of effective contraception (when appropriate), lactation

Where it is running

• University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
• University of California at San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
• National Jewish Hospital — Denver, Colorado, United States
• Nemour's Childrens Center — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
• University of Miami (and University of South Florida in Tampa) — Miami, Florida, United States
• Emory University — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Illinois Consortium (Northwestern, Univ. of Chicago, Univ. of Illinois) — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Indiana University — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
• Louisiana State University — New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
• University of Minnesota — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• University of Missouri at Kansas City — Kansas City, Missouri, United States
• Washington University — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Long Island Jewish Hospital (and North Shore Hospital) — New Hyde Park, New York, United States
• New York Consortium (New York Univ. and Columbia Univ.) — New York, New York, United States
• New York Medical College — Valhalla, New York, United States
• Duke University School of Medicine — Durham, North Carolina, United States
• Ohio State University — Columbus, Ohio, United States
• Thomas Jefferson Hospital — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, Texas, United States
• Northern New England Consortium (Univ. of Vermont and other locations) — Burlington, Vermont, United States

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