Community Empowerment to Pilot a Novel Device for Monitoring Rescue Medication Use in Urban Children With Asthma

NCT02517047 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2018-06-07

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Summary

Background: Pediatric asthma is the most common chronic illness among children and is associated with poor quality of life, activity restriction, school absences, and thousands of physician visits annually. The purpose of this study is to measure the effectiveness of using an innovative tracking system (CareTRx) for the self-management of asthma, including daily and rescue medication use, among children and adolescents with pediatric asthma.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

CareTRx

CareTRx is a novel device that can be applied to most MDI (meter dose inhaler) device and leverages mobile and cloud computing to objectively assess and provide real-visualize feedback to patients and providers around medication adherence and disease control in pediatric asthma.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Wanda Phipatanakul, MD, MS · Boston Children's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-31
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2016-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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