Particulate Reduction Education in City Homes

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

The purpose of this study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of a combination of HEPA room air cleaners plus an ETS reduction behavior training as compared to either HEPA air cleaners plus standard asthma education or delayed HEPA air cleaners and standard asthma education (control group).

Key facts

Study ID: NCT00466024
Run by: Johns Hopkins University
People needed: 125
Starts: 2006-10-01
Expected to finish: 2010-06-01
Last updated by the study team: 2015-09-01

Who can join

Age: 6 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

An eligible child will be defined as:
Age 6-12 years
Doctor's diagnosis of asthma
Currently having persistent asthma, defined as asthma symptoms or use of quick reliever asthma medication > 2 days/week in the last 2 weeks or use of daily controller asthma medication in past 2 weeks based on parent report.
Reside in eligible household at least 5 days per week
Household:
Located in Baltimore
Housing an eligible child
Housing an English speaking family
Housing at least one smoker, who smokes 5 or more cigarettes per day. Smoking in the car will be recorded, but if ETS exposure is limited to the car, the household is not eligible.
Having working electricity and no major structural damage.
Having no working air cleaner

You may not qualify if…

Children will be excluded is they have other respiratory morbidity such as cystic fibrosis or bronchopulmonary dysplasia, if they smoke cigarettes, if they do not have asthma symptoms or medication use in the month before randomization
Families living in a shelter or transitional housing will be excluded

Where it is running

Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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