SMART Implementation-Effectiveness Trial 1 (SMART & SIMPLE)

September 16, 2025 updated by: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Single Maintenance And Reliever Therapy Strategies for IMPLementation and Effectiveness (SMART & SIMPLE) Trial

While single maintenance and reliever therapy (SMART) has been the preferred management strategy for Step 3 and 4 (moderate/severe) asthma management since the 2020 NIH asthma guideline updates, adoption of SMART has not been rigorously assessed. This study will test electronic medical record clinical decision support and education implementation strategies (CDS+) to increase adoption of SMART in pediatric primary care. This is the first of two related records.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Recruiting

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

Asthma is a leading cause of childhood morbidity nationwide. Limited provider adoption of and patient adherence to the prevailing evidence-based recommendations for chronic management represent tractable areas for care improvement and implementation focus. In their 2020 Focused Updates, the NHLBI codified a new paradigm of asthma management - single maintenance and reliever therapy (SMART) - as the preferred management strategy for Steps 3 and 4 (moderate/severe) asthma management. In addition to its efficacy and safety, SMART has demonstrated real-world effectiveness in international settings, likely due in part to better adherence to daily therapy and less inhaler confusion. However, SMART has not been widely implemented in practice in the U.S. This hybrid type II implementation-effectiveness study will sequentially compare the effects of usual care to (1) electronic health record-based clinical decision support plus education (CDS+) (Study 1 - current study) and then (2) CDS+ with population health management (PHM) strategies (community health worker and nurse care manager) on SMART adoption (Study 2). Randomization for this study is at the clinic-level. Results will be reported at visit-, patient-, and clinic-levels.

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

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18

Phase

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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  • Name: Chén Kenyon, MD, MSHP
  • Phone Number: 267-426-6339
  • Email: kenyonc@chop.edu

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
        • Recruiting
        • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Clinic Inclusion Criteria:

  • The clinic is a pediatric primary care clinic that is part of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Pediatric Research Consortium (PeRC).
  • The clinic agrees to participate in SMART & SIMPLE study.

Clinic Exclusion Criteria:

- The clinic is not willing to participate in SMART & SIMPLE study interventions.

Patient Inclusion Criteria:

  • Ages 5-18 years;
  • Has clinic visit at participating practice during study interval (sick, well, or follow-up)
  • Prescribed at least one prescription for an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) or ICS-long-acting beta agonist (ICS-LABA) for maintenance asthma therapy in the past year;
  • Evidence of uncontrolled asthma as determined by: (1) uncontrolled Asthma Control Tool score in the past 6 months OR (2) two or more systemic corticosteroids prescribed for an asthma exacerbation in the past 12 months (one occurring in the past 6 months)

Patient Exclusion Criteria:

- Transferred clinics or left the CHOP Pediatric Care Network.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Active Comparator: Control
Clinics in Arm 2 will not be exposed to the interventions.
Other: Control
Clinics in Arm 2 will not be exposed to the interventions.
Experimental: Intervention
Clinics in Arm 1 will receive the intervention in Interval 1. Interval 1 intervention: clinical decision support and education (CDS+).
Behavioral: Clinical decision support + education (CDS+)
Intervention clinic providers will experience nudges in the electronic medical record to encourage prescribing SMART where clinically-appropriate and intervention clinic providers, families/patients, and nurses will receive education (collectively CDS+).
Other Names:
  • CDS+

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in the Rate of Visit-Level SMART Adoption
Time Frame: Assessment of rates from two study intervals: Interval 0 (baseline; 11 months), Interval 1 (CDS+; 11 months). There will be a one month ramp up period at the start of each study interval (ramp up period data will not be included in analyses).
The difference in the rate of SMART prescribing (initiation) among eligible primary care visits (i.e., when a child is eligible to start SMART) where SMART is first prescribed (initiated) comparing the first intervention period (Interval 1) and the baseline period (Interval 0). Adoption is visit-level. The denominator represents eligible primary care visits, and the numerator represents visits where SMART is first prescribed (initiated).
Assessment of rates from two study intervals: Interval 0 (baseline; 11 months), Interval 1 (CDS+; 11 months). There will be a one month ramp up period at the start of each study interval (ramp up period data will not be included in analyses).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in the Proportion of Patient-Level SMART Sustainment
Time Frame: Assessment of proportions from two study intervals: Interval 0 (baseline; 11 months), Interval 1 (CDS+; 11 months). There will be a one month ramp up period at the start of each study interval (ramp up period data will not be included in analyses).
The difference in the proportion of patients who are prescribed (initiated) SMART who continue on SMART for at least 6 months comparing the first intervention period (Interval 1) and baseline period (Interval 0). Sustainment is patient-level. The denominator represents patients who are prescribed (initiated) SMART, and the numerator represents patients who continue on SMART for at least 6 months.
Assessment of proportions from two study intervals: Interval 0 (baseline; 11 months), Interval 1 (CDS+; 11 months). There will be a one month ramp up period at the start of each study interval (ramp up period data will not be included in analyses).

Other Outcome Measures

Other Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in the Proportion of Clinic-Level SMART Penetration
Time Frame: Assessment of proportions from two study intervals: Interval 0 (baseline; 11 months), Interval 1 (CDS+; 11 months). There will be a one month ramp up period at the start of each study interval (ramp up period data will not be included in analyses).
The difference in the clinic-level proportion of SMART-eligible patients who are prescribed (initiated) and not subsequently discontinued from SMART by the end of the interval comparing the first intervention period (Interval 1) and the baseline period (Interval 0). Penetration is clinic-level. The denominator represents patients who are SMART-eligible in each interval, and the numerator represents patients who are prescribed (initiated) during the interval and still on SMART at the end of the interval.
Assessment of proportions from two study intervals: Interval 0 (baseline; 11 months), Interval 1 (CDS+; 11 months). There will be a one month ramp up period at the start of each study interval (ramp up period data will not be included in analyses).

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Collaborators

Collaborators

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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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September 3, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

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August 31, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

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February 29, 2028

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

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August 15, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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August 15, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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August 22, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

Last Update Posted

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September 17, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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September 16, 2025

Last Verified

Last Verified

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September 1, 2025

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • 23-021702 A
  • R01HL173600 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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