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Telecommunications System in Asthma

NCT00232557 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 136

Last updated 2015-04-24

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Summary

This project is investigating whether application of a telecommunications system to the care of adult patients with asthma will improve self-management by enhancing compliance with preventive medication regimens and fostering the use of peak-flow-based action plans.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

TLC-Asthma

Telephone-linked communication (TLC) designed to improve asthma self-management by enhancing compliance with preventive medication regimens

DEVICE

TLC-health education

A telephone-linked communication system (TLC) to provide general health education.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • David William Sparrow, DSc · VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-08-31
Primary Completion
2009-07-31
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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