Asthma Link Effectiveness Trial
Asthma Link: A Partnership Between Pediatric Practices, Schools, and Families to Improve Medication Adherence and Health Outcomes in Children With Poorly Controlled Asthma
University of Massachusetts, Worcester
350 participants
Apr 4, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The goal of this cluster Randomized Control Trial is to determine the effectiveness of Asthma Link, a school supervised asthma therapy program, compared with an educational asthma workbook, in improving asthma symptoms for children with poorly controlled asthma aged 5-14.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria15
- Meet the eligibility criteria for Asthma Link (as described below)
- Enrolled in Asthma Link (if randomized to the Asthma Link Condition)
- Able and willing to provide informed assent
- Parent/guardian to patient
- years or older
- Able to understand and communicate in English or Spanish
- Able and willing to provide informed consent.
- Child eligibility for children enrolled in Asthma Link:
- children aged 5-14 years (enrolled in grade K-8)
- prescribed daily inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) for asthma
- Asthma Control Test (ACT) score ≤19 OR 1 or more of ANY of following in the past 1 year: course of oral steroids, hospitalization, Emergency Department visit, sick visit for asthma
- parent/child report of poor ICS adherence on adherence checklist- i.e. child or parent says "Yes" when provider asks if they have difficulty remembering to take their medication or if they regularly take medication holidays or breaks
- able and willing to assent
- parental permission
- English or Spanish speaking
Exclusion Criteria2
- Unable or unwilling to provide informed assent
- Developmental delay that would prevent study participation.
Interventions
Providers enroll patients to receive school-supervised asthma therapy and an asthma educational workbook
Providers enroll patients to receive an asthma educational workbook
Locations(1)
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NCT06388460