The Houston HIITBAC for African Americans

Summary

The purpose of this study is to improve the health of African-American adults who have poorly controlled asthma. The study compares a home-based exposure reduction and asthma control intervention to enhanced in-clinic care that includes a standard clinical appointment as well as information from a detailed exposure history, asthma education, assessment for allergies, and a customized asthma self-management plan developed using motivational interviewing. The interventional group receives enhanced in-clinic care, as well as a customized home-based environmental exposure assessment and multicomponent exposure reduction and asthma control intervention (five home visits over approximately 12 months).

Conditions

• Asthma

Interventions

OTHER

Enhanced Clinic Care

The intervention includes a standard clinical appointment including spirometry, as well as collection of self-report information from detailed health and exposure questionnaires, asthma education, assessment for allergies, and a customized asthma self-management plan developed using motivational interviewing.

OTHER

Enhanced Clinic Care + Home Intervention

The home-based component includes environmental exposure assessment (observed and measured) and a multicomponent exposure reduction and asthma control intervention (five home visits over approximately 12 months).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Harris County Hospital District

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Houston Department of Health and Human Services

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Texas A&M University

  collaborator OTHER

• M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

  collaborator OTHER

• UTHealth School of Public Health

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Baylor College of Medicine

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Winifred J Hamilton, PhD, SM · Baylor College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2015-01-08

Primary Completion

2018-01-26

Completion

2018-01-26

Countries

• United States

Study Locations