Community Empowerment to Pilot a Novel Device for Monitoring Rescue Medication Use in Urban Children With Asthma

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Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

Background: Pediatric asthma is the most common chronic illness among children and is associated with poor quality of life, activity restriction, school absences, and thousands of physician visits annually. The purpose of this study is to measure the effectiveness of using an innovative tracking system (CareTRx) for the self-management of asthma, including daily and rescue medication use, among children and adolescents with pediatric asthma.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02517047

Run by

Boston Children's Hospital

People needed

26

Starts

2016-03-01

Expected to finish

2016-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-06-07

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Youth with a primary diagnosis of persistent asthma according by NHLBI criteria
• Females or males between the ages of 6-17 years of age
• Youth or caregiver must have an Android smart phone with operating system 4.3 or above and data plan for the duration of the study period

You may not qualify if…

• Youth with other cardiac, pulmonary, or neuromuscular disorders that impact breathing
• Youth with documented developmental delays or impairments that would interfere with ability to use CareTRx system

Where it is running

• Boston Children's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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