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Effects of Multidisciplinary Interventions in Elderly Asthma Patients With Risk of Acute Exacerbation

NCT01843439 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 360

Last updated 2013-04-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

We want to examine the effect of multidisciplinary interventions in asthma patients who had experienced acute exacerbation of asthma.

In our previous observational studies, elderly asthma patients had a some distinct features such as impairment of cognitive function, deficiency of micronutrient and absence of caregiver compared with young adult asthmatics.

We wanted to evaluate whether the long-term course of asthma could be modified by intervening deficienies which were found in elderly patiensts.

So, we designed a interventional study to correct above risk factors in elderly asthma patients, which could be aggravating their asthma. Followings are our specific multidiciplinary items that we want to correct.

1. popularize and educate the asthma action plan
2. run a emergency call system for acute exacerbation
3. educate the proper techniques using inhalers
4. correct the deficiency of magnesium (magnesium 500 mg per day)

After 1 years, we will measure the numbers of acute exacerbations, lung function including FEV1 and FEV1/FVC, health-related quality of life and level of serum magnesium in study patients.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Magnesium

BEHAVIORAL

Education for asthma action plan

BEHAVIORAL

hot-lines for acute exacerbation of asthma

BEHAVIORAL

Inhaler technique training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Sang-Heon Cho

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sang-Heon Cho, MD./PhD · Seoul National University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • South Korea

Study Locations

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