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Environmental Intervention to Reduce Allergens in Urban Schools and Childhood Asthma

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01913795
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 1, 2013
Results First Posted : October 14, 2015
Last Update Posted : September 11, 2018
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Wanda Phipatanakul, Boston Children's Hospital

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The investigators aim to pilot the role of school based intervention consisting of enhanced integrated pest management, classroom air purifiers and cleaning improves asthma morbidity.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Asthma Other: integrated pest management Other: air purifier Other: Sham air purifier Not Applicable

Detailed Description:
By piloting this school based intervention, the investigators hope to learn from this study the best way to design and implement more cost and time efficient large-based school-based environmental interventions that may potentially help a community of children with asthma, allergic diseases, and its associated morbidity.
Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 29 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Environmental Intervention to Reduce Allergens in Urban Schools and Childhood Asthma
Study Start Date : May 2013
Actual Primary Completion Date : July 2015
Actual Study Completion Date : August 2015

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MedlinePlus related topics: Asthma

Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Active Comparator: Environmental Intervention
4 classroom air purifiers and school integrated pest management environmental intervention
 Other: integrated pest management
integrated pest management and environmental strategy

Other: air purifier
air purifiers
Placebo Comparator: Sham and Control
4 sham air purifiers and no school integrated pest management environmental intervention
 Other: Sham air purifier
sham air purifiers
Placebo Comparator: Active Air Purifier and Control
4 air purifiers and no school integrated pest management environmental intervention
 Other: air purifier
air purifiers
Sham Comparator: Sham and Integrated Pest Management
4 classroom sham air purifiers and school integrated pest management
 Other: integrated pest management
integrated pest management and environmental strategy


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Asthma Symptoms [ Time Frame: over a two week period at Baseline and Months 3, 6, 9 and 12 ]
    number of days of wheezing/cough


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Lung Function [ Time Frame: measured at baseline and months 6 and 12 ]
    peak expiratory flow (PEF)


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   4 Years to 15 Years   (Child)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • grades K-8 with asthma attending sampling/intervention schools

Exclusion Criteria:

  • moving schools
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Locations
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United States, Massachusetts
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
Sponsors and Collaborators
Boston Children's Hospital
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Responsible Party: Wanda Phipatanakul, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01913795    
Other Study ID Numbers: 266134
First Posted: August 1, 2013    Key Record Dates
Results First Posted: October 14, 2015
Last Update Posted: September 11, 2018
Last Verified: August 2018
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Asthma
Bronchial Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Lung Diseases
 Respiratory Hypersensitivity
Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Hypersensitivity
Immune System Diseases