Coaching in Childhood Asthma

NCT00910585 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 191

Last updated 2009-06-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Asthma among low-income, minority children remains a prime example of health disparities that are resistant to change. Demonstrations of reductions in disproportionate hospitalizations in controlled trials are limited. We performed a controlled clinical trial of an Asthma Coach to reduce hospitalizations among low-income, African American children.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Coaching, providing social support

Active telephone and in person coaching

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert Strunk, MD · Washington University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1997-01-31
Primary Completion
2002-01-31
Completion
2002-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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