Clinical Trial: Effects of Multidisciplinary Interventions in Elderly Asthma Patients With Risk of Acute Exacerbation

Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title:

Brief Summary:

We want to examine the effect of multidisciplinary interventions in asthma patients who had experienced acute exacerbation of asthma.

In our previous observational studies, elderly asthma patients had a some distinct features such as impairment of cognitive function, deficiency of micronutrient and absence of caregiver compared with young adult asthmatics.

We wanted to evaluate whether the long-term course of asthma could be modified by intervening deficienies which were found in elderly patiensts.

So, we designed a interventional study to correct above risk factors in elderly asthma patients, which could be aggravating their asthma. Followings are our specific multidiciplinary items that we want to correct.

  1. popularize and educate the asthma action plan
  2. run a emergency call system for acute exacerbation
  3. educate the proper techniques using inhalers
  4. correct the deficiency of magnesium (magnesium 500 mg per day)

After 1 years, we will measure the numbers of acute exacerbations, lung function including FEV1 and FEV1/FVC, health-related quality of life and level of serum magnesium in study patients.


Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Sang-Heon Cho

Current Primary Outcome: Number of acute exacerbation of asthma [ Time Frame: 1 year from enrollment ]

measure the existence of acute exacerbation when they visit the clinic at 3, 6, 12 month after enrollment


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • Pulmonary function test [ Time Frame: 1 year after enrollment ]
    measure when subjects visits the clinic at 3, 6, 12 month after enrollment
  • Asthma control status [ Time Frame: one year from enrollment ]
    measure when subjects visit the clinic at 3, 6, 12 month after enrollment
  • asthma quality of life questionnaire [ Time Frame: one year from enrollment ]
    measure when subjects visit the clinic at 3, 6, 12 month after enrollment
  • serum magnesium level [ Time Frame: one year from enrollment ]
    measure when subjects visit the clinic at 3, 6, 12 month after enrollment


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Seoul National University Hospital

Dates:
Date Received: April 26, 2013
Date Started: June 2012
Date Completion:
Last Updated: April 26, 2013
Last Verified: April 2013