Enhancing Collaboration Between Doctors and Patients to Improve Asthma

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Asthma, Lung Diseases

In brief

The purpose of this study is to improve anti-inflammatory medication adherence and asthma outcomes by using reports of peak flow monitoring to prompt communication between patients and their doctors.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00201188

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

139

Starts

2003-12-01

Expected to finish

2008-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-03-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 72. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Asthma
• Currently using ICS
• Planning to live in the San Francisco Bay Area in the year following study entry

You may not qualify if…

• Diagnosis of any lung disease other than asthma
• Has a smoking history greater than or equal to 15 pack-years
• Psychological problems that may make monthly study visits impossible

Where it is running

• University of California, San Francisco, Parnassus Campus — San Francisco, California, United States

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