Exercise Challenge in a Cold Chamber

March 16, 2015 updated by: Johannes Schulze MD, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital

Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction in a Cold Chamber Compared to Methacholine Challenge

The purpose of this study is to compare the exercise-challenge in a cold chamber at 2-4°C to the gold standard the metacholine challenge in subjects showing symptoms of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. The sensitivity and repeatability of the exercise test will be measured.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Subjects suffering form exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) usually have a normal lung function testing at rest. To provoke asthma symptoms a provocation test is necessary, e.g., by bronchial methacholine testing or by a standardised exercise test on a treadmill. The correlation between methacholine and exercise test is fair, possibly because both methods measure different kinds of bronchial hyperresponsiveness. Moreover, the sensitivity and the repeatability of the exercise test is fair.

The value of the methacholine test to predict a positive exercise test will be measured. We hypothesize that the exercise test in a cold chamber, a combination of two provocation methods cold air and exercise, is more sensitive to detect EIB and that the test has a better repeatability.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

79

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Germany
    • Hessen
      • Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, 60590
        • Goethe University Hospital Frankfurt

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

6 years to 45 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Informed consent
  • Patients: Age >6 and <18 years
  • Subjects: Age >/=18 and <45 years
  • sportive, 1-2x exercise per week
  • bronchial hyperresponsiveness in the medical history

Exclusion Criteria:

  • lung function Forced vital capacity (FVC) <80% and Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) <75%
  • chronic diseases or infections (e.g. HIV, Tbc)
  • pregnancy
  • systemic corticosteroid-treatment
  • inhalative corticosteroid therapy or leukotriene antagonists <14d
  • alcohol, substance or drug abuse
  • smokers
  • inability to capture extend and consequences of the study

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: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: 40 patients aged 6-18 years
All 40 patients with a diagnosis of asthma are recruited from the outpatients clinic of the department of Pediatric Pneumology and Allergology of the University Hospital Frankfurt. Patients undergo a methacholine challenge and two exercise challenges in a cold chamber and one exercise challenge in room temperature.
Other: Exercise challenge in a cold chamber
Exercise challenge is defined as running on a treadmill for 6-8 minutes on submaximal work load in a cold chamber.
Other: Methacholine challenge
nebulized metacholine administered at following doses: 0,01mg, 0,1mg, 0,4mg, 0,8mg und 1,6mg
Other: Exercise challenge in room temperature
Exercise challenge is defined as running on a treadmill for 6-8 minutes on submaximal work load in room temperature.
Other: 40 subjects aged 18-45 years
All subjects show bronchial hyperresponsiveness e.g. dyspnea when exercising in cold environment, in their medical history. Subjects undergo a methacholine challenge and exercise challenge in a cold chamber and one exercise challenge in room temperature.
Other: Exercise challenge in a cold chamber
Exercise challenge is defined as running on a treadmill for 6-8 minutes on submaximal work load in a cold chamber.
Other: Methacholine challenge
nebulized metacholine administered at following doses: 0,01mg, 0,1mg, 0,4mg, 0,8mg und 1,6mg
Other: Exercise challenge in room temperature
Exercise challenge is defined as running on a treadmill for 6-8 minutes on submaximal work load in room temperature.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Agreement of metacholine challenge and the combined exercise/cold-air challenge
Time Frame: 3 months

Lung function will be measured prior and after methacholine- and exercise/cold-air challenges. The maximal fall in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1, percent predicted) after methacholine and cold air challenge will be compared by statistical correlation. For both methods the sensitivity and the specificity to predict an exercise induced asthma will be calculated by a receiver operating characteristic (ROC analysis).

All subjects receive Salbutamol to relief them from bronchial constriction at the end of the test.
3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Repeatability of the combined exercise/cold-air challenge
Time Frame: 3 months
The combined exercise/cold-air challenge will be performed twice within one week. Post challenge the FEV1 will be measured after 5, 10, 20, and 30 minutes. The maximal fall in FEV1 (percent predicted) and the area under the curve (AUC) will be compared. The agreement and the repeatability of the maximal fall in FEV1 and of the AUC will be measured by correlation and by the method of Bland and Altman.
3 months

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Agreement of the combined exercise/cold-air challenge with the Asthma-score
Time Frame: 3 months
All children who participate will fill the asthma control test (ACT) and all adult subjects will fill the asthma control questionnaire (ACQ). The asthma-score will be compared with the severity of the exercise induced asthma measured by the maximal fall in FEV1.
3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Johannes Schulze, MD, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 19, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 1, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

January 3, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 17, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 16, 2015

Last Verified

March 1, 2015

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • KGU-208/13

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