Increasing Adherence to Asthma Medication in Urban Teens

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of two home-based asthma interventions in increasing adherence to daily asthma controller medication.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00269282

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

207

Starts

2006-05-01

Expected to finish

2012-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-01-14

Who can join

Age: 10 and older, up to 15. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Resident of Baltimore City
• Diagnosis of asthma or reactive airway disease
• Current emergency department visit or hospitalization for asthma
• Prescribed a daily asthma controller medication

You may not qualify if…

• Plans to move outside of the Baltimore City area within 1 year from study entry
• Current participation in another asthma education study
• Families unwilling or unable to participate
• Families who were enrolled and participated in the pilot study

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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