- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Klinisk forsøg NCT04542005
Cost Effectiveness Analysis of a Randomized Control Trial of q3h vs. q4h Albuterol as Discharge Criteria From the Hospital for Pediatric Asthma Exacerbations
Asthma is the most common chronic condition among children, and the third leading reason for hospitalization of children in the United States. It exerts a large healthcare burden on the US with estimated annual direct healthcare cost of approximately $50.1 billion with indirect costs of $5.9 billion.
Asthma is characterized by airway inflammation and airway constriction. Albuterol and other betaagonists are first line standard of care for acute exacerbations and provide short acting smooth muscle relaxation and subsequent airway opening. The frequency of albuterol administration is dependent on the severity of the exacerbation. For hospitalized patients here at Children's Memorial Hermann (CMHH), patients may receive nebulized albuterol continuously or if the exacerbation is not as severe, receive albuterol intermittently. Intermittent albuterol frequency ranges from every two hour treatments, every three hour (q3h) treatments, or every four hour (q4h) treatments. As patients recover from their acute exacerbation, their frequency of albuterol administration is progressively titrated along this continuum. Expert consensus uses q4h albuterol as discharge criteria from the hospital. However, recent QI initiatives have studied the effect of q3h treatments as the discharge cutoff with no reported changes in safety or harm. There are no randomized controlled trials available. Furthermore, there are no economic evaluations available to see if costs saved by decreasing the length of hospital care are merely being shifted to subsequent clinic or emergency room care costs.
The investigators aim to conduct a randomized control trial to compare q3h vs. q4h albuterol as hospital discharge criteria for patients admitted for acute asthma exacerbations. The investigators also propose to conduct a costeffectiveness analysis of the trial. If the hypothesis that q3h albuterol is safe and as effective as q4h albuterol as discharge criteria, the investigators would be able to argue for a new standard of care that is more cost effective for this very costly and common disease of children in the United States
Studieoversigt
Status
Betingelser
Intervention / Behandling
Undersøgelsestype
Fase
- Ikke anvendelig
Deltagelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- Children with Primary Reason for Hospitalization of Asthma Exacerbation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Those that never needed q3h albuterol treatments
Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
- Primært formål: Sundhedstjenesteforskning
- Tildeling: Randomiseret
- Interventionel model: Parallel tildeling
- Maskning: Dobbelt
Våben og indgreb
Deltagergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / Behandling |
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Eksperimentel: q3h albuterol
Using q3h as discharge criteria from hospital
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Using q3h albuterol as discharge criteria from hospital
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Ingen indgriben: q4h albuterol
Using q4h as discharge criteria from hospital
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Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tidsramme |
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Total Treatment Days
Tidsramme: Hospitalization to 15 days after discharge
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Hospitalization to 15 days after discharge
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Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tidsramme |
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Total Costs
Tidsramme: Hospitalization to 15 days after discharge
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Hospitalization to 15 days after discharge
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Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Datoer for undersøgelser
Studer store datoer
Studiestart (Forventet)
Primær færdiggørelse (Forventet)
Studieafslutning (Forventet)
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Faktiske)
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Nøgleord
Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
- Luftvejssygdomme
- Sygdomme i immunsystemet
- Lungesygdomme
- Overfølsomhed, Øjeblikkelig
- Bronchiale sygdomme
- Lungesygdomme, obstruktiv
- Respiratorisk overfølsomhed
- Overfølsomhed
- Astma
- Lægemidlers fysiologiske virkninger
- Adrenerge midler
- Neurotransmittermidler
- Molekylære mekanismer for farmakologisk virkning
- Autonome agenter
- Agenter fra det perifere nervesystem
- Adrenerge agonister
- Bronkodilatatorer
- Anti-astmatiske midler
- Respiratoriske midler
- Reproduktive kontrolmidler
- Adrenerge beta-2-receptoragonister
- Adrenerge beta-agonister
- Tokolytiske midler
- Albuterol
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- HSC-MS-20-0604
Plan for individuelle deltagerdata (IPD)
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