To Determine the Validity of the ACT in an Adolescent Population With Persistent Asthma

Completed

Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

To determine the measurement profiles of the asthma control test (ACT) in an adolescent population with persistent asthma.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02662413

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

37

Starts

2016-01-01

Expected to finish

2017-09-27

Last updated by the study team

2018-03-23

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Physician diagnosis of persistent asthma
• Current treatment with appropriate therapy for persistent asthma symptoms per the NHLBI guidelines including daily controller medication with at least low dose inhaled corticosteroids
• Must live within convenient driving distance of the North Carolina Children's Specialty Clinic in Raleigh North Carolina or the EPA Human Studies Facility on University of North Carolina Campus in Chapel Hill North Carolina.

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to perform spirometry
• Other medical history or underlying health problems that would preclude participation.

Where it is running

• UNC Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
• NC Children's Specialty Clinic, 4414 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 505 — Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

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