Asthma In-Home Monitoring (AIM) Trial

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Mild, Moderate and Severe Persistent Asthma as Defined by NHLBI-2 Guidelines

In brief

OBJECTIVE: Determine whether home asthma telemonitoring using store-and-forward technology improves outcomes when compared to in-person, office-based visits.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00282516

Run by

Tripler Army Medical Center

People needed

120

Starts

2003-04-01

Expected to finish

2004-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-02-10

Who can join

Age: 6 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of persistent asthma as defined using the NHLBI Expert Panel Report -2 guidelines Assignment of severity classification will be made at the beginning of the study based on severity of disease off therapy.
• Dependent of active duty or retired US military personnel
• 6 to 17 years of age
• Not moving from Oahu for 12 months after entry into study
• Ability to receive cable modem hook-up in home
• Willingness to learn to record and send MDI + spacer technique and peak flow two times week
• Willing to attend asthma education follow-up visits either in person or electronically at 2- weeks, 6- weeks, 3-months and 6-month intervals after initiation into the study.
• Willing to complete survey at the end of study period.
• Willing to sign informed, written consent

You may not qualify if…

• Diagnosis of mild intermittent asthma as defined by Expert Panel Report -2 guidelines.
• <6 and >17 years of age
• Family leaving Oahu within 12 months
• Inability to receive cable modem hook-up in home
• Unwilling or unable to learn to record and send MDI + spacer technique and peak flow and/or to attend asthma education follow-up visits either in person or electronically at initiation into study and at 2- weeks, 6- weeks, 3-months and 6 month intervals.
• Unwilling to complete survey at the end of study period.
• Patients or parents who decline to participate.
• Patients with other chronic pulmonary disease (cystic fibrosis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia)

Where it is running

• Tripler Army Medical Center — Tripler AMC, Hawaii, United States

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