Symptom Clusters in Children With Exacerbation-prone Asthma

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Asthma in Children

In brief

Pediatric participants with exacerbation-prone asthma will receive an intramuscular injection of triamcinolone acetonide and will be followed for 48 weeks. The study visit 2 weeks after the injection will assess the response to the study medication, while the remaining study visits will examine the temporal stability of the symptom clusters.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04002362

Run by

Emory University

People needed

68

Starts

2019-11-13

Expected to finish

2025-12-24

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-13

Who can join

Age: 6 and older, up to 21. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 6 to less than 21 years at the enrollment visit
• Physician diagnosis of asthma
• History of an asthma exacerbation in the previous 12 months, defined as either:
• Treatment with systemic corticosteroids, or
• Increase in rescue medication use (i.e., albuterol or inhaled corticosteroid) for 24 hours or more, or
• One or more missed school days due to asthma symptoms, or
• An unscheduled visit for asthma at either a physician's office, urgent care, hospital emergency room, or
• Hospitalization for asthma

You may not qualify if…

• Previous allergic reaction to systemic corticosteroids
• Hepatic, biliary, or renal disease that can interfere with drug metabolism/excretion
• Chronic medical disorders that may increase the risk of drug-related injury, including osteogenesis imperfecta (increased risk of fracture with corticosteroids), or Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, clotting disorders, or Factor deficiency (increased risk of bleeding with corticosteroid therapy)
• Pregnancy
• Current smoking
• Congenital disorders or deformities of the chest wall, lungs or airways
• History of premature birth <35 weeks gestation
• Unwillingness to receive triamcinolone
• Planning to relocate before study completion

Where it is running

• Children's Healthcare of Altanta — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Emory Children's Center — Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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