To Determine the Measurement Properties of the ACT in an African American Adolescent Population With Persistent Asthma

Completed

Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

Purpose: To determine the measurement properties of the asthma control test (ACT) in a prospective clinical study in an African American adolescent population.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02671643

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

54

Starts

2014-10-01

Expected to finish

2017-06-01

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…

• Self-identified as African-American
• Ages 12-18 years
• Live within convenient driving distance of the NC Children's Specialty Clinic in Raleigh, NC.
• Physician-diagnosis of persistent asthma
• Current treatment with appropriate therapy for persistent asthma symptoms as per the NHLBI guidelines including: Daily controller medication use for asthma requiring at least low-dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICS). Asthma may range from mild persistent through severe persistent asthma, to include subjects that may require daily or every other day oral corticosteroids for control of asthma symptoms

You may not qualify if…

• Children younger than age 12 and older than 18
• Children unable to perform spirometry
• Medical history or underlying health problems that may preclude participation in the protocol per the study physician (including but not limited to cystic fibrosis, chronic bronchitis, recurrent pneumonia, immunodeficiency, hematologic disorders)
• Subjects and families unwilling to travel to the clinic for the required 2 visits
• Other uncontrolled health problems
• Non-English speaking subjects

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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