Active Airways for Children and Young People With Asthma
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Conditions studied: Asthma Childhood, Exercise, Children
In brief
What is this study about? The investigators want to see if exercise and education sessions can help children and young people (aged 10-17) with asthma, manage the participants asthma better. The investigators will place participants that are recruited to this study into one of three groups by a computer (randomly): Group 1: Usual Care: Continue with normal asthma treatment. Group 2: Education: Usual care + a 45-minute online asthma education class once a week. Group 3: Exercise \& Education: Usual care + 3 exercise sessions a week and asthma education classes.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07643753
- Run by
- University of Leicester
- People needed
- 60
- Starts
- 2026-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2030-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-06-11
Who can join
Age: 10 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Willing and able to consent to participate in the trial
- Able to understand written and spoken English
- A diagnosis of Mild to Moderate Asthma or Severe Asthma based on the European Respiratory Society (ERS)/ American Thoracic Society (ATS) consensus statement on Severe Asthma
- Able to participate in a formal exercise programme
- Aged 10-17 years
- Able to engage in focus groups
- Approximately 130cm tall (to be able to complete cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET))
You may not qualify if…
- Self-reported uncontrolled severe exercise-induced breathlessness
- Required a course of antibiotics or oral corticosteroids within the 4 weeks prior to the study commencing
- Children with severe co-morbidities that will not allow them to participate in an exercise programme e.g. Severe neuromuscular disorders, recent fractures or surgeries, cognitive or behavioural conditions.
- Participant is unable or unwilling, in the opinion of the investigator, to give informed consent
Where it is running
- University of Leicester — Leicester, United Kingdom
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