AsthmaNCT01514760
A Pilot and Feasibility Study of Mobile-Based Asthma Action Plans
A study testing Mobile-based Asthma Action Plan in people with Asthma, run by Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Investigators from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Pediatrics and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Center for Distance Health will collaborate to develop a mobile-based Asthma Action Plan application to improve asthma self-management skills specifically targeting adolescents. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 12 to 17 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Asthma
- What is being tested?
- Mobile-based Asthma Action Plan
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 22 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Jun 2012to Oct 2013
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 12 to 17 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child
Who may be able to join
- Age ≥ 12 and ≤ 17 years.
- Mild to severe persistent asthma or poorly controlled asthma. If a child has used a preventive medication in the past, but reports no use of the medication in the prior 3 months, we will assess severity.
- Children not using a preventive medication at baseline: We will assess for mild persistent to severe persistent asthma. Any one of the following, during the prior 4 weeks (as defined by parent interview) will determine severity:
- An average of >2 days per week with asthma symptoms
- >2 days per week with rescue medication use
- ≥2 nights per month awakened with nighttime symptoms
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- Minor limitation of activity
- ≥2 episodes of asthma during the past year that have required systemic corticosteroids.
- Children using a preventive medication at baseline: We will assess for poorly controlled asthma. Any 1 of the following, during the prior 4 weeks (as defined by parent interview in the waiting room) will determine control:
- An average of >2 days per week with asthma symptoms
- >2 days per week with rescue medication use
- ≥2 nights per month awakened with nighttime symptoms
- Some limitation of activity
- ≥2 episodes of asthma during the past year that have required systemic corticosteroids.
Who cannot join
- Significant underlying respiratory disease other than asthma (such as cystic fibrosis or chronic lung disease) that could potentially interfere with asthma-related outcome measures.
- Significant co-morbid conditions (such as moderate to severe developmental delay, i.e. special education classroom or diagnosis) that could preclude participation in an education-based intervention.
- Inability to speak or understand English (child or parent).
- Children in foster care or other situations in which consent cannot be obtained from a guardian.
- Prior enrollment in the study.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Little Rock, Arkansas, 72202
About this study
Investigators from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Pediatrics and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Center for Distance Health will collaborate to develop a mobile-based Asthma Action Plan application to improve asthma self-management skills specifically targeting adolescents. The investigators hypothesize that an interactive, mobile-based asthma action plan will be a feasible means of reinforcing long-term asthma management guidelines as well as delivering acute management instructions to adolescents with asthma.
Read the detailed description
A written Asthma Action Plan from a healthcare provider is one of the key features of asthma self-management recommended by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program asthma guidelines; guidelines-based asthma care has not yet fully translated to the community despite the fact that National Asthma Education and Prevention Program released the first set of national guidelines nearly 2 decades ago. Previous reports have proven that patients with an Asthma Action Plan have better outcomes including fewer acute healthcare utilization visits, fewer days missed from school, and improved symptoms scores compared to patients without an Asthma Action Plan. Recently, mobile-based phone applications and music file (MPEG layer 3)(MP3) players have been utilized in the management of chronic diseases such as asthma and diabetes to provide medication reminders and to provide alternatives to paper dairies for logging symptoms or other health-related data such as peak flow readings or blood glucose readings. We propose to design an application that will fully meet the recommended individualized Asthma Action Plan treatment plan as recommended by national guidelines and will also provide participants with medication reminders, education tips, and data logging/tracking capabilities.
- Conditions
- Asthma
- Being tested
- Mobile-based Asthma Action Plan
- Keywords
- Adolescents, Mobile based applications, Asthma action plan, Self Efficacy
- Medical subject headings
- Asthma
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Mobile-based Asthma Action PlanOther
The participant will be distributed a mobile phone (iPhone or Android) at the time of consent. The mobile-based Asthma Action Plan application will be provided on the mobile device. The mobile phone based application features will include ambulatory peak flow and asthma symptoms diary, individualized treatment plan for routine care and during episodes of acute asthma symptoms, and education components to reinforce asthma self-management concepts. Participants will receive 3 daily messages from the Asthma Action Plan mobile application. A fourth "rotating" message will be sent twice weekly.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile-based Asthma Action Plan | Experimental | The mobile phone based application features will include ambulatory peak flow and asthma symptoms diary, individualized treatment plan for routine care and during episodes of acute asthma symptoms, and education components to reinforce asthma self-management concepts. Receives: Other: Mobile-based Asthma Action Plan |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Mobile Asthma Action Plan (AAP) Usage
Median number of days per week (range 0-7) the Asthma Action Plan was utilized to record routine (daily) symptoms or peak flow measurements.
Measured: Eight weeks
Secondary outcomes (3)
Number of Participants That Utilized the Asthma Action Plan
The frequency of utilization of the Asthma Action Plan for acute symptoms among the study population will be measured and compared to responses of daily prompts that will ask participants to record whether they used rescue medication.
Measured: Eight weeks
Asthma Self-Efficacy for Adolescent Children
The Child Self-Efficacy instrument is a 14 item validated questionnaire designed to measure the child's self-efficacy with regard to attack prevention and attack management. The child will be required to select one of 5 responses ranging from "not at all sure" (1 point); "a little bit sure" (2 points); "fairly sure" (3 points); "quite sure" (4 points) to "completely sure" (5 points). Total score range from 14-70. The higher score represent a greater degree of self-efficacy. The Cronbach's α reliability = 0.75. The child self-efficacy questionnaire will be administered at baseline (pre-intervention) and at the end of the intervention (post-intervention).
Measured: Baseline and eight weeks
Asthma Control Test™ Scores
The Asthma Control Test™ (ACT) is a 5 question health survey used to measure asthma control in individuals 12 years of age and older. The total sum scores range from 5-25. Higher scores mean that asthma is more controlled. The ACT is an efficient, reliable, and valid method of measuring asthma control, with or without, lung functioning measures such as spirometry. ACT helps identify and detect asthma patients who are not well controlled. ACT scores were examined pre- and post-intervention. A score total of 19 or less means asthma may not be well controlled. The timeframe is during the past 4 weeks. The scale range for Question 1 is "all the time" (1) to "none of the time" (5); Question 2 range: "more than once a day" (1) to "not at all" (5); Question 3 range: "4 or more nights a week" (1) to "not at all" (5); Question 4 range: "3 or more times per day" (1) to "not at all" (5); Question 5 range: "not controlled at all" (1) to "completely controlled" (5).
Measured: Baseline and eight weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted23 Jan 2012 (estimated)
- Study startJun 2012
- Primary completionOct 2012
- Study completionOct 2013
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Publications (10)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for AsthmaStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 22 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- University of Arkansas
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Tamara T. Perry, M.D., Principal investigator, University of Arkansas
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01514760
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 133343
- Status last verified
- Sep 2017
- First submitted
- 18 Jan 2012
- Last updated
- 11 Oct 2017
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Publications
Moorman JE, Rudd RA, Johnson CA, King M, Minor P, Bailey C, Scalia MR, Akinbami LJ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). National surveillance for asthma--United States, 1980-2004. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2007 Oct 19;56(8):1-54.
PubMed 17947969Akinbami LJ, Moorman JE, Garbe PL, Sondik EJ. Status of childhood asthma in the United States, 1980-2007. Pediatrics. 2009 Mar;123 Suppl 3:S131-45. doi: 10.1542/peds.2008-2233C.
PubMed 19221156Forero R, Bauman A, Young L, Larkin P. Asthma prevalence and management in Australian adolescents: results from three community surveys. J Adolesc Health. 1992 Dec;13(8):707-12. doi: 10.1016/1054-139x(92)90068-m.
PubMed 1290773Kyngas HA. Compliance of adolescents with asthma. Nurs Health Sci. 1999 Sep;1(3):195-202. doi: 10.1046/j.1442-2018.1999.00025.x.
PubMed 10894643Braun-Fahrlander C, Gassner M, Grize L, Minder CE, Varonier HS, Vuille JC, Wuthrich B, Sennhauser FH. Comparison of responses to an asthma symptom questionnaire (ISAAC core questions) completed by adolescents and their parents. SCARPOL-Team. Swiss Study on Childhood Allergy and Respiratory Symptoms with respect to Air Pollution. Pediatr Pulmonol. 1998 Mar;25(3):159-66. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(199803)25:33.0.co;2-h.
PubMed 9556007Venn A, Lewis S, Cooper M, Hill J, Britton J. Questionnaire study of effect of sex and age on the prevalence of wheeze and asthma in adolescence. BMJ. 1998 Jun 27;316(7149):1945-6. doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7149.1945. No abstract available.
PubMed 9641931National asthma education and prevention program expert panel report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma. National Heart Lunch and Blood Institute. 2007:NIH Publication No. 07-4051.
Anhoj J, Moldrup C. Feasibility of collecting diary data from asthma patients through mobile phones and SMS (short message service): response rate analysis and focus group evaluation from a pilot study. J Med Internet Res. 2004 Dec 2;6(4):e42. doi: 10.2196/jmir.6.4.e42.
PubMed 15631966Nathan RA, Sorkness CA, Kosinski M, Schatz M, Li JT, Marcus P, Murray JJ, Pendergraft TB. Development of the asthma control test: a survey for assessing asthma control. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2004 Jan;113(1):59-65. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2003.09.008.
PubMed 14713908Mosnaim GS, Cohen MS, Rhoads CH, Rittner SS, Powell LH. Use of MP3 players to increase asthma knowledge in inner-city African-American adolescents. Int J Behav Med. 2008;15(4):341-6. doi: 10.1080/10705500802365656.
PubMed 19005935
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 11 Oct 2017. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Pilot and Feasibility Study of Mobile-Based Asthma Action Plans
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01514760
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 133343
- Conditions
- Asthma
- Keywords
- Adolescents, Mobile based applications, Asthma action plan, Self Efficacy
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 22 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research InstituteUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- University of Arkansas
- Study start
- Jun 2012
- Primary completion
- Oct 2012 (actual)
- Study completion
- Oct 2013 (actual)
- First posted
- 23 Jan 2012 (estimated)
- Results
- Posted 18 Feb 2016
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Investigators from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Pediatrics and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Center for Distance Health will collaborate to develop a mobile-based Asthma Action Plan application to improve asthma self-management skills specifically targeting adolescents. The investigators hypothesize that an interactive, mobile-based asthma action plan will be a feasible means of reinforcing long-term asthma management guidelines as well as delivering acute management instructions to adolescents with asthma.
Detailed description
A written Asthma Action Plan from a healthcare provider is one of the key features of asthma self-management recommended by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program asthma guidelines; guidelines-based asthma care has not yet fully translated to the community despite the fact that National Asthma Education and Prevention Program released the first set of national guidelines nearly 2 decades ago. Previous reports have proven that patients with an Asthma Action Plan have better outcomes including fewer acute healthcare utilization visits, fewer days missed from school, and improved symptoms scores compared to patients without an Asthma Action Plan. Recently, mobile-based phone applications and music file (MPEG layer 3)(MP3) players have been utilized in the management of chronic diseases such as asthma and diabetes to provide medication reminders and to provide alternatives to paper dairies for logging symptoms or other health-related data such as peak flow readings or blood glucose readings. We propose to design an application that will fully meet the recommended individualized Asthma Action Plan treatment plan as recommended by national guidelines and will also provide participants with medication reminders, education tips, and data logging/tracking capabilities.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile-based Asthma Action Plan | Experimental | Other: Mobile-based Asthma Action PlanThe mobile phone based application features will include ambulatory peak flow and asthma symptoms diary, individualized treatment plan for routine care and during episodes of acute asthma symptoms, and education components to reinforce asthma self-management concepts. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 12 to 17 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (14 listed)
- Age ≥ 12 and ≤ 17 years.
- Mild to severe persistent asthma or poorly controlled asthma. If a child has used a preventive medication in the past, but reports no use of the medication in the prior 3 months, we will assess severity.
- Children not using a preventive medication at baseline: We will assess for mild persistent to severe persistent asthma. Any one of the following, during the prior 4 weeks (as defined by parent interview) will determine severity:
- An average of >2 days per week with asthma symptoms
- >2 days per week with rescue medication use
Key exclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Significant underlying respiratory disease other than asthma (such as cystic fibrosis or chronic lung disease) that could potentially interfere with asthma-related outcome measures.
- Significant co-morbid conditions (such as moderate to severe developmental delay, i.e. special education classroom or diagnosis) that could preclude participation in an education-based intervention.
- Inability to speak or understand English (child or parent).
- Children in foster care or other situations in which consent cannot be obtained from a guardian.
- Prior enrollment in the study.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile-based Asthma Action PlanThe participant will be distributed a mobile phone (iPhone or Android) at the time of consent. The mobile-based Asthma Action Plan application will be provided on the mobile device. The mobile phone based application features will include ambulatory peak flow and asthma symptoms diary, individualized treatment plan for routine care and during episodes of acute asthma symptoms, and education components to reinforce asthma self-management concepts. Participants will receive 3 daily messages from the Asthma Action Plan mobile application. A fourth "rotating" message will be sent twice weekly. | Other | Mobile-based Asthma Action Plan |
Primary outcome
Mobile Asthma Action Plan (AAP) Usage
Time frame: Eight weeks
Median number of days per week (range 0-7) the Asthma Action Plan was utilized to record routine (daily) symptoms or peak flow measurements.
3 secondary outcomes
Number of Participants That Utilized the Asthma Action Plan
Time frame: Eight weeks
Asthma Self-Efficacy for Adolescent Children
Time frame: Baseline and eight weeks
Asthma Control Test™ Scores
Time frame: Baseline and eight weeks
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 11 Oct 2017.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Background: PubMed 17947969Moorman JE, Rudd RA, Johnson CA, King M, Minor P, Bailey C, Scalia MR, Akinbami LJ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). National surveillance for asthma--United States, 1980-2004. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2007 Oct 19;56(8):1-54.
- Background: PubMed 19221156Akinbami LJ, Moorman JE, Garbe PL, Sondik EJ. Status of childhood asthma in the United States, 1980-2007. Pediatrics. 2009 Mar;123 Suppl 3:S131-45. doi: 10.1542/peds.2008-2233C.
- Background: PubMed 1290773Forero R, Bauman A, Young L, Larkin P. Asthma prevalence and management in Australian adolescents: results from three community surveys. J Adolesc Health. 1992 Dec;13(8):707-12. doi: 10.1016/1054-139x(92)90068-m.
- Background: PubMed 10894643Kyngas HA. Compliance of adolescents with asthma. Nurs Health Sci. 1999 Sep;1(3):195-202. doi: 10.1046/j.1442-2018.1999.00025.x.
- Background: PubMed 9556007Braun-Fahrlander C, Gassner M, Grize L, Minder CE, Varonier HS, Vuille JC, Wuthrich B, Sennhauser FH. Comparison of responses to an asthma symptom questionnaire (ISAAC core questions) completed by adolescents and their parents. SCARPOL-Team. Swiss Study on Childhood Allergy and Respiratory Symptoms with respect to Air Pollution. Pediatr Pulmonol. 1998 Mar;25(3):159-66. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(199803)25:33.0.co;2-h.
- Background: PubMed 9641931Venn A, Lewis S, Cooper M, Hill J, Britton J. Questionnaire study of effect of sex and age on the prevalence of wheeze and asthma in adolescence. BMJ. 1998 Jun 27;316(7149):1945-6. doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7149.1945. No abstract available.
- BackgroundNational asthma education and prevention program expert panel report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma. National Heart Lunch and Blood Institute. 2007:NIH Publication No. 07-4051.
- Background: PubMed 15631966Anhoj J, Moldrup C. Feasibility of collecting diary data from asthma patients through mobile phones and SMS (short message service): response rate analysis and focus group evaluation from a pilot study. J Med Internet Res. 2004 Dec 2;6(4):e42. doi: 10.2196/jmir.6.4.e42.
- Background: PubMed 14713908Nathan RA, Sorkness CA, Kosinski M, Schatz M, Li JT, Marcus P, Murray JJ, Pendergraft TB. Development of the asthma control test: a survey for assessing asthma control. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2004 Jan;113(1):59-65. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2003.09.008.
- Background: PubMed 19005935Mosnaim GS, Cohen MS, Rhoads CH, Rittner SS, Powell LH. Use of MP3 players to increase asthma knowledge in inner-city African-American adolescents. Int J Behav Med. 2008;15(4):341-6. doi: 10.1080/10705500802365656.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Tamara T. Perry, M.D. principal investigator
University of Arkansas
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Mobile-based Asthma Action Plan in people with Asthma, run by Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 14 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Oct 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 18 Feb 2016). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Mobile Asthma Action Plan (AAP) Usage (time frame: Eight weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01514760, which also lists 10 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 Oct 2017.