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NCT Number: NCT01170676

Promoting Asthma Wellness in Rural Communities

This is a research study that compares the effectiveness of a web-based program (known as Puff City) and another web-based program (of internet sites such as the American Lung Association, American Academy of Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology, etc) that targets five key asthma management issues among rural youth:

1. Improving adherence to asthma controller medication use; 2. Improving compliance of carrying a rescue inhaler at all times for use at the first sign of asthma symptoms; 3. Improving inhaler technique; 4. Smoking reduction or cessation in those who are smokers; and 5. Avoidance of second-hand smoke exposure.

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Key information

Conditions

Asthma Behavior Bronchial Diseases Hypersensitivity Hypersensitivity, Immediate Immune System Diseases Lung Diseases Lung Diseases, Obstructive Respiratory Hypersensitivity Respiratory Tract Diseases Smoking

Age range

14 year–21 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Georgia Health Sciences University

Augusta, Georgia, 30912, United States

About this study

A randomized control trial across three southeastern rural high schools comparing a web-based tailored intervention (known as Puff City) to web-based traditional control education sites.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • AA ethnicity
  • in 9th - 11th grade of selected rural schools
  • have an asthma diagnosis and/or asthma-like symptoms by screening eligible on the Lung Health Survey
  • have access to a telephone or mobile phone
  • being the parent of a student meeting the above criteria with whom the student resides the majority of the time.

Exclusion criteria

  • Not meeting the above criteria.

Treatment and study plan

Puff City GA

Behavioral

Puff City GA focuses on three areas of health behavior: 1) adherence to controller medications; 2) immediate availability of rescue medication; 3)smoking cessation/reduction.

Other names: Behavioral Puff City Ga.

General Asthma Education

Behavioral

Students will be directed to generic public websites on asthma and smoking that contain helpful information on general asthma management.

Primary outcomes

  1. Days of asthma symptoms; personal cigarette smoking and cessation; and days of school missed because of asthma, measured by self report

    Time frame: baseline, end of treatment, 6 months, 12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in exhaled nitric oxide and active and passive smoke exposure, measured by salivary cotinine.

    Time frame: baseline, end of treatment, 6 months, 12 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Augusta University

Other

Collaborators

  • Henry Ford Health System
  • University of Michigan

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2014
First posted
Jul 27, 2010
Registry last updated
Feb 2, 2015

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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