AzTrials
AzTrials

AsthmaNCT05750797

The Nationwide Real-world Status of Oral Corticosteroid Use in Patients With Asthma

An observational study of Asthma and Corticosteroid, run by Joon Young Choi at 1 site in South Korea.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

Official record
Search all trials

Trial summary

The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) database contains nationwide claim data. By utilizing this database, the investigators aimed to analyze the current status of OCS use in South Korea by using HIRA database. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 15 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Asthma, Corticosteroid
What is being tested?
Oral corticosteroids
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
How many people
800,000 participants
Where
1 siteSouth Korea
Study dates
1 Mar 2023to Dec 2023
How long will I take part?
1 Year
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

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 15 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Study population: Those who were diagnosed and treated as Asthma from 1-Jan-2019 to 31-Dec-2019

Who may be able to join

  • Age ≥ 15 years;
  • ICD-10 codes for asthma (J45.x-J46) as the primary or within fourth secondary diagnosis
  • use of more than one drug for asthma at least twice per year (long acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA), long acting beta2 agonist (LABA), ICS, ICS+LABA, short acting muscarinic antagonist (SAMA), short acting beta2 agonist (SABA), SAMA+SABA, theophylline, leukotriene antagonist, systemic corticosteroids, or systemic beta agonist).

Who cannot join

  • Those who are not in the insurance system

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Joon Young Choi, MD.PhD contact

82 10 5313 2937

tawoe@naver.com

South Korea1 site
  • Incheon St. Mary's Hospital

    Incheon, Gyeongki, 21431

Other trials in South Korea

About this study

The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) database contains nationwide claim data. By utilizing this database, the investigators aimed to analyze the current status of OCS use in South Korea by using HIRA database.

Read the detailed description

South Korea has a compulsory universal health insurance system for entire Korean population. The number of people who are covered was more than 50 million. The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) database contains nationwide claim data. By utilizing this database, the investigators have performed many studies regarding asthma in South Korea. In this study, the investigators aimed to analyze the current status of OCS use in South Korea by using HIRA database.

Primary outcome was the OCS prescription in all patients with asthma. Secondary outcome was OCS prescription according to the asthma severity, age, sex, socioeconomic status and the type of hospital.

Inclusion criteria was 1) Age ≥ 15 years; 2) ICD-10 codes for asthma (J45.x-J46) as the primary or within fourth secondary diagnosis; 3) use of more than one drug for asthma at least twice per year (long acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA), long acting beta2 agonist (LABA), ICS, ICS+LABA, short acting muscarinic antagonist (SAMA), short acting beta2 agonist (SABA), SAMA+SABA, theophylline, leukotriene antagonist, systemic corticosteroids, or systemic beta agonist).

Being tested
Oral corticosteroids
Medical subject headings
Asthma

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Oral corticosteroidsDrug

    The prescription of OCS will be analyzed. OCS included betamethasone, deflazacort, dexamethasone, hydrocortisone, methylprednisolone, prednisolone, and triamcinolone.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. OCS prescription rates

    Analysis the OCS prescription in all patients with asthma

    Measured: 1-year

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. OCS prescription according to the asthma severity

    Measured: 1-year

  2. OCS prescription according to age

    Measured: 1-year

  3. OCS prescription according to sex

    Measured: 1-year

  4. OCS prescription according to socioeconomic status

    Measured: 1-year

  5. OCS prescription according to the type of hospital

    Measured: 1-year

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted2 Mar 2023
  2. Study start1 Mar 2023 (estimated)
  3. Primary completionDec 2023 (estimated)
  4. Study completionDec 2023 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrolment
800,000 participants (estimated)
Target duration
1 Year
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05750797
Sponsor's protocol ID
ESR-21-21329
Status last verified
Mar 2023
First submitted
20 Feb 2023
Last updated
6 Mar 2023
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No: IPD cannot be publicaly available due to restriction.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Asthma and Corticosteroid, run by Joon Young Choi at 1 site in South Korea.

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 3 inclusion and 1 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 6 Mar 2023. 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 South Korea. 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?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Joon Young Choi, MD.PhD (82 10 5313 2937, tawoe@naver.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

OCS prescription rates (time frame: 1-year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 6 Mar 2023.

Free account

Log in to keep searching

You’ve used your 3 free searches. AzTrials is free: log in or create a free account to keep searching clinical trials and save the ones you want to follow.

Create a free accountLog in