Asthma Partnership for Minority Children - Tabular View

Tracking Information
First Received Date ^ICMJE	May 25, 2000
Last Updated Date	June 23, 2005
Start Date ^ICMJE	August 1994
Primary Completion Date
Current Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE
Original Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE
Change History	Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00005716 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
Current Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE
Original Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Descriptive Information
Brief Title ^ICMJE	Asthma Partnership for Minority Children
Official Title ^ICMJE
Brief Summary	To evaluate the efficacy of a community-based intervention to improve asthma management for parents, children and health care providers.
Detailed Description	DESIGN NARRATIVE: Forty-two (42) elementary schools in urban Baltimore and Washington, DC, served as recruitment sites and approximately 300 students with moderate to severe asthma were enrolled. All participants enrolled in the A+ Asthma Program. Primary care practitioners of these students were randomized to a minimal contact program or to the A+ asthma physician partnership. They were offered a menu of educational offerings to improve their knowledge and skills. The primary outcome measure was emergency care use. Secondary measures included physician practices, hospitalization, health care utilization, restricted activities, medication use, school absences and coping skills.
Study Phase
Study Type ^ICMJE	Observational
Study Design ^ICMJE	Natural History
Condition ^ICMJE	Asthma Lung Diseases
Intervention ^ICMJE
Study Arms / Comparison Groups
Publications *	Allen FC, Vargas PA, Kolodner K, Eggleston P, Butz A, Huss K, Malveaux F, Rand CS. Assessing pediatric clinical asthma practices and perceptions: a new instrument. J Asthma. 2000 Feb;37(1):31-42. Butz AM, Eggleston P, Huss K, Kolodner K, Rand C. Nebulizer use in inner-city children with asthma: morbidity, medication use, and asthma management practices. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2000 Oct;154(10):984-90. Bartlett SJ, Kolodner K, Butz AM, Eggleston P, Malveaux FJ, Rand CS. Maternal depressive symptoms and emergency department use among inner-city children with asthma. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001 Mar;155(3):347-53.
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.

Recruitment Information
Recruitment Status ^ICMJE	Completed
Enrollment ^ICMJE
Completion Date	July 1999
Primary Completion Date
Eligibility Criteria ^ICMJE	No eligibility criteria
Gender	Male
Ages
Accepts Healthy Volunteers	No
Contacts ^ICMJE	Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
Location Countries ^ICMJE

Administrative Information
NCT ID ^ICMJE	NCT00005716
Responsible Party
Study ID Numbers ^ICMJE	4925
Study Sponsor ^ICMJE	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Collaborators ^ICMJE
Investigators ^ICMJE
Information Provided By	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Verification Date	May 2002
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