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Pulmicort Asthma Prevention (Post-PAC)
This study has been completed.
First Received: October 4, 2005   Last Updated: January 11, 2008   History of Changes
Sponsor: AstraZeneca
Information provided by: AstraZeneca
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00233584
  Purpose

This prospective study will evaluate the feasibility of the defined decision tree for the treatment of asthmatic young children. Children who develop episode (=3 consecutive days) of any troublesome lower respiratory symptoms are treated according to a strictly pre-defined multi-steps treatment algorithm until the age of 6 years.


Condition Intervention
Asthma
Procedure: Pulmicort (budesonide) pMDI

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Uncontrolled, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title: A Study to Evaluate the Feasibility of a Treatment Algorithm in Newly Diagnosed Asthmatic Children. An Open Follow-up to Asthma Prevention in Infants/Young Children (PAC)

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Further study details as provided by AstraZeneca:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Success rate of the treatment algorithm: Frequency of protocol deviations, asthma exacerbations, different treatment steps.
  • Efficacy - development of lung function.

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Acceptability of the treatment algorithm by the parents.
  • Growth rate and BMD.
  • Exhaled nitrogen Oxide, bronchohyperresponsiveness.

Estimated Enrollment: 400
Study Start Date: July 2001
Study Completion Date: June 2006
Primary Completion Date: May 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   up to 6 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Children form the COPSAC/PAC study with episodes of troublesome respiratory symptoms. Episodes are defined as 3 consecutive days of any troublesome lower respiratory symptoms.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Differential diagnoses including at least a chest x-ray and sweat test.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00233584

Locations
Denmark
Research Site
Copenhagen, Denmark
Sponsors and Collaborators
AstraZeneca
Investigators
Study Director: AstraZeneca Denmark Medical Director, MD AstraZeneca
  More Information

No publications provided

Study ID Numbers: D5254C00004
Study First Received: October 4, 2005
Last Updated: January 11, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00233584     History of Changes
Health Authority: Denmark: Danish Medicines Agency

Keywords provided by AstraZeneca:
Children of asthmatic mothers

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Respiratory System Agents
Bronchial Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Budesonide
Anti-Asthmatic Agents
Asthma
Hormones
Glucocorticoids
Pharmacologic Actions
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Hypersensitivity
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Autonomic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Lung Diseases
Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Bronchodilator Agents
Respiratory Hypersensitivity

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