An observational study in Asthma, sponsored by Heart of England NHS Trust. Status unknown at 1 site in United Kingdom. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-02-11.
Sponsored by Heart of England NHS Trust · Observational
Phase I: To develop and validate laboratory urine and blood test for the detection of medications commonly used in the treatment of asthma Phase II: to test the developed assay in the clinic, to determine its practicality to conduct, and its clinical utility in adherence assessment.
Phase I: laboratory based study to develop LC-MS/MS assay of urine / blood to detect presence or lack asthma medication in 50 volunteers with asthma. Phase II: once the test is validated it will be tested in a 100 patients attending the asthma clinics to test its clinical utility. Urine and blood samples will be collected from patients at time of clinic attendance to test for asthma medication panel and outcome will determine adherence or non-adherence. Clinical outcomes of adherent versus non adherent groups will be compared in terms of asthma control, lung function, biomarkers FeNO and blood eosinophils, exacerbation frequency and hospitalisation.
4,841 studies on the registry are indexed under Asthma; 600 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 150 is close to the median of 158 across 1,250 observational studies indexed under Asthma.
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Patients will be identified at the BRSAS, general asthma clinics and as inpatients admitted to wards at HEFT. The research team will approach patients in these settings.
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Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hepatitis B tests
Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.
Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hepatitis C tests
Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.
After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
HIV
The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.
Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
To develop and validate laboratory urine and blood test for the detection of medications commonly used in the treatment of asthma
5ml biochemistry SST and 2.5ml EDTA blood sample and urine 10ml sample will be collected simultaneously from the patient on the same day and transferred to biochemistry department at Heartlands hospital. These samples will be used to develop and validate the assays
Time frame: 4 months
To test the developed assay in the clinic, to determine its practicality to conduct, and its clinical utility in adherence assessment.
Patients' assessment will be similar to that described in phase I, however in phase II the administration treatment will not be directly observed. Patients will be recruited from the clinic. Patients will be asked to identify the time they took their prescribed medication and asked to provide a 5ml biochemistry SST and 2.5ml EDTA blood sample and urine 10ml sample.
Time frame: 6 months
Plan to share: No
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Started Apr 2018 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Sep 2020, 29 months after the start.
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