RECRUITINGINTERVENTIONAL
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
About This Trial
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.
Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)
STUDY INCLUSION/Who Should NOT Join This Trial:
Child Who May Qualify:
- 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
Child Who Should NOT Join This Trial:
- Unable or unwilling to provide informed assent
- Developmental delay that would prevent study participation.
Parent Who May Qualify:
- Parent/guardian to patient
- 18 years or older
- Able to understand and communicate in English or Spanish
- Able and willing to provide willing to sign a consent form.
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
Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.
Original Eligibility Criteria
View original clinical language
STUDY INCLUSION/EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
Child Inclusion Criteria:
* 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
Child Exclusion Criteria:
* Unable or unwilling to provide informed assent
* Developmental delay that would prevent study participation.
Parent Inclusion Criteria:
* Parent/guardian to patient
* 18 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
Treatments Being Tested
OTHER
Asthma Link
Providers enroll patients to receive school-supervised asthma therapy and an asthma educational workbook
OTHER
Enhanced Usual Care
Providers enroll patients to receive an asthma educational workbook
Locations (1)
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States