A Culturally Tailored Scalable Asthma Intervention for Hispanic Children (Asthma Guardian)

Description

This is a two-arm, parallel design, randomized, controlled pilot trial comparing access to Asma Guardián, a culturally tailored multi-component app-based asthma intervention for Hispanic/Latinx school age children with asthma, to usual care.

Conditions

Asthma in Children

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Study overview

This is a two-arm, parallel design, randomized, controlled pilot trial comparing access to Asma Guardián, a culturally tailored multi-component app-based asthma intervention for Hispanic/Latinx school age children with asthma, to usual care.

A Culturally Tailored Scalable Asthma Intervention for Hispanic Children

A Culturally Tailored Scalable Asthma Intervention for Hispanic Children (Asthma Guardian)

Condition
Asthma in Children
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Austin

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States, 78712

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.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Provision of signed and dated informed consent forms.
  • 2. Who has a child who is 5-12 years of age
  • 3. Whose child meets criteria for current persistent asthma defined as either:
  • 1. On a long-term controller medication for asthma, or
  • 2. Meet NAEPP guideline requirements for persistent disease:)(35)
  • * Asthma symptoms 3 or more days per week over the past 2 weeks OR
  • * Nocturnal asthma symptoms at least 3 times in the past month
  • 4. Whose child has had an asthma exacerbation, defined as an oral steroid burst, in the previous 12 months
  • 5. Parent/Caregiver identifies as Mexican American or other Hispanic descent
  • 6. Whose child has clinician diagnosed asthma
  • 7. Access to necessary resources for participating in a technology-based intervention (i.e., computer, smart phone, internet access)
  • 8. Whose child is not currently participating in another asthma study.
  • * An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
  • 1. Unwilling to provide consent for research activities
  • 2. Cognitive inability to provide consent
  • 3. Whose child has evidence of other chronic lung or significant cardiovascular disease
  • 4. Whose child has a history of intubation for asthma

Ages Eligible for Study

5 Years to 12 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Texas at Austin,

Elizabeth Matsui, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Texas at Austin

Study Record Dates

2025-05-01