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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT04470180
Virtual Teach to Goal vs. Brief Intervention Inhaler Study-outpatient
An RCT of Virtual Teach-to-Goal Versus Brief Instruction for Children With Asthma in Clinics
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Asthma is the most common chronic childhood condition and has significant adverse consequences. One in 12 United States children has asthma, resulting in 13.4 million missed school days, 1 million emergency department visits, and 140,000 hospitalizations annually. Urban, minority, and underserved youth are disproportionally affected. On Chicago's South Side, one-in-five children have an asthma diagnosis; over half visit an urgent care or emergency department (55%), miss school (51.2%), or require parents to miss work annually due to asthma (56.1%).
Effective self-management is crucial to optimize asthma care and improve outcomes. A key barrier to self-management is the improper use of respiratory inhalers, which limits disease control. Better inhaler technique is associated with improved asthma outcomes for children. Assessment and education of inhaler technique are recommended at all healthcare encounters; however, it is limited in practice because it is resource-intensive (both personnel and time) and lacks fidelity. Thus, low-resource interventions that accurately teach inhaler skills are needed to impact pediatric asthma outcomes.
Teach-to-Goal (TTG) is a patient-centered strategy that uses tailored rounds of teaching and assessments to ensure mastery of inhaler technique. Studies show it is effective but resource-intensive. A "virtual TTG" (V-TTG) intervention represents an opportunity to deliver inhaler technique education with a high-fidelity, low-resource, and feasible strategy. The module utilizes innovative learning technology with video demonstrations and assessment questions to tailor education to each user; the cycles of assessment and education continues until satisfactory mastery is achieved. Our team developed a V-TTG intervention for adults with demonstrated efficacy. It remains unknown whether this interactive and adaptive module will be feasible and effective in the pediatric population due to varied developmental levels and parental involvement in care.
Virtual Teach-to-Goal (V-TTG) holds the potential to improve inhaler technique in children; however, because learning theory indicates children and adults learn differently, the same learning module cannot be utilized. We have already constructed V-TTG for children with feedback from children with asthma, parents, and healthcare professionals. The learning module is tailored for age by using developmentally and age-appropriate vocabulary, concepts, format, and pacing.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Illinois
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Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637
- University of Chicago Medicine
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
Families will be included in the study if:
- The child is between the ages of 6-17 years old
- The child has a diagnosis of asthma, wheezing, or bronchospasm
- The child has been or is seen in general pediatrics, pediatric pulmonary, or pediatric allergy clinic at the University of Chicago Medical Center
- The child is taking medication for asthma, wheezing, or bronchospasm (either a controller medication or a quick-relief medication)
- The family has acess to wifi and/or data that supports virtual video-based platforms (if study is done virtually)
Exclusion Criteria:
Families will be excluded from the study if:
- The child/parent decline or unable to provide consent/assent
- The child/parent does not speak/read English
- The child cannot use an inhaler by themselves without a mask
- The child previously participated in this study
- The family does not have access to wifi and/or data that supports virtual video-based platforms (if study done virtually)
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Virtual Teach-to-Goal (V-TTG)
They will be randomized to receive education via a virtual learning module.
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Participants will complete inhaler education on a tablet device.
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Active Comparator: standardized brief intervention
Intervention that mimics usual care to deliver inhaler technique education.
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Participants will be read out loud instruction on how to use their inhaler.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Proportion of participants with effective inhaler use (>75% steps correct) post-intervention with V-TTG versus BI
Time Frame: 12 months
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Inhaler technique will be assessed based on a validated published checklist, which was developed and validated by Dr. Press15 and utilized in my preliminary research with children (see Preliminary Studies).
For this primary outcome, we will account for the pre-intervention technique to account for any differences in baseline of the two groups
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12 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Number of inhaler technique steps correct pre- and post-V-TTG education
Time Frame: At baseline
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Evaluation of inhaler technique before and after education using validated checklist
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At baseline
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Number of inhaler technique steps correct at 1 month
Time Frame: 1-month after enrollment
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Evaluation of inhaler technique 1-month after education/baseline session
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1-month after enrollment
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Score of Asthma Control Survey
Time Frame: 12-months
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Assessed using validated survey measure
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12-months
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Score of Asthma Impact
Time Frame: 12-months
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Assessed using validated survey measure
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12-months
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Score of Caregiver Quality of Life
Time Frame: 12-months
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Assessed using validated survey measure
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12-months
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Score of Child Asthma Management Self-Efficacy
Time Frame: 12-months
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Assessed using validated survey measure
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12-months
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Number of healthcare encounters self-reported and EHR-recorded since baseline
Time Frame: 12-months
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Healthcare utilization measured via program-specific questionnaire delivered to parent and child as well as manual review of medical records
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12-months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Anna Volerman, MD, University of Chicago
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 192091
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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