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NCT Number: NCT01065883

The Community United to Challenge Asthma

This study compares an asthma self-management intervention, delivered to the family and tailored to their needs and cultural beliefs, to standard asthma education on two risk factors for asthma exacerbations in high-risk Puerto Rican children in high school. The self-management intervention will be a series of home visits provided by Puerto Rican community health workers. During home visits, the family will be educated using a standard asthma Core Curriculum which is tailored to individual needs, strengths, and beliefs. Specific Aim 1 is to test the ability of this tailored community health worker self-management intervention to reduce home asthma triggers and increase medication adherence in Puerto Rican adolescents with asthma. Specific Aim 2 is to test if any changes in triggers and adherence associated with this intervention are sustained 8 months after the completion of the active intervention. Another goal of the study is to build community capacity for asthma management in the target high-risk community.

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Key information

Conditions

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

Age range

Up to 18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Puerto Rican
  • In high school
  • Have asthma

Exclusion criteria

  • More than 18 years old
  • In last year of school
  • Mild intermittent or controlled asthma

Treatment and study plan

Community health worker

Behavioral

community health workers will provide education in the home

mailed information

Behavioral

information will be mailed to the home on the same schedule as the experimental intervention

Primary outcomes

  1. asthma medication adherence

    Time frame: before randomization, month 5 after randomization (post-intervention), month 12 after randomization (post-maintanance)

Secondary outcomes

  1. asthma trigger reduction

    Time frame: before randomization, month 5 after randomization (post-intervention), month 12 after randomization (post-maintanance)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Rush University Medical Center

Other

Registry information

Official study title

A Family Intervention for Pediatric Asthma Self-Management in Puerto Ricans

Acronym: Project CURA

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2012
First posted
Feb 9, 2010
Registry last updated
Aug 15, 2012

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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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