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African Severe Asthma Program: A Research Network for Characterisation of Severe Asthma in Africans (ASAP)

NCT03065920 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1676

Last updated 2023-05-31

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Summary

This study is a prospective observational multicentre cohort study of asthma patients in Eastern Africa whose objectives will be; The primary objective of this project is to identify and characterize severe asthma in Eastern Africa in order to understand its demographic, clinical, physiologic, pathologic, genomic and immunologic determinants.

Secondary objective(s) are; Compare the annual healthcare utilisation (HCU) (emergency room visits, hospitalization including admission to critical care units and unscheduled outpatient clinic or office visits), exacerbation, quality of life and mortality rates of severe and not- severe asthma patients Determine the factors associated with the asthma HCU events, quality of life, exacerbations and mortality The study will enroll 1676 patients aged between 12 and 70 years and follow up each patient for up to one year.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Makerere University

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-04-30
Primary Completion
2019-12-31
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • Ethiopia
  • Kenya
  • Netherlands
  • Uganda

Study Locations

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Diseases

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