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Status unknownNCT04503837RECORDUpdated Aug 7, 2020

Personalized Mobile Phone Video Recording to Improve Inhaler Techniques in Asthma Patients.

An interventional study of Personalized Mobile Phone Video Recording in Asthma, sponsored by Penang Hospital, Malaysia. Status unknown at 1 site in Malaysia. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-08-07.

Sponsored by Penang Hospital, Malaysia · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Aug 2020), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
234
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

To investigate the effectiveness of addition of recording video of the patient performing inhaler techniques using mobile phone for discussion with the patient, to standard care inhaler education compared to standard care inhaler education alone, in improving inhaler technique of asthma patients.

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This is a single-centre, randomized, controlled, parallel group, assessor-blinded trial to evaluate the effectiveness of Personalized Mobile Phone Video Recording in addition to standard care, compared to standard care alone, in improving inhaler technique among patients with asthma.

Patients are randomised to either Personalized Video Recording with standard clinical practice group (intervention) or to standard clinical practice group (control) in 1:1 ratio.

Subject's inhaler technique assessment is performed by using a standard checklist of steps according to the type of inhaler used by subject.

All inhaler technique assessment and asthma control questionnaire will be administered before the intervention/control treatment by a blinded assessor. Both intervention and control treatment will be administered by the same investigators.

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Conditions studied

  • Asthma

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Keywords

  • inhaler technique
  • compliance
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In context

Asthma

3,921 studies on the registry are indexed under Asthma; 506 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 234 is above the median of 83 across 2,751 interventional studies indexed under Asthma.

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Lead sponsor

Penang Hospital, Malaysia is the lead sponsor of 13 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. 18 years old and above
  2. Informed consent
  3. Established clinical diagnosis of asthma by patient's treating doctor
  4. Prescribed with inhalers (any type) for therapeutic indication for at least 3 months

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Unable to converse/understand Malay or English
  2. Not able to perform inhalation on his/her own self
  3. Using spacer/valved holding chamber in addition to MDI
  4. Not able to comply with study procedures in the opinion of investigators
  5. More than two different types of inhaler which require different techniques
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
234 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Intervention

    Personalized Mobile Phone Video Recording in addition to Standard care

    Procedure: Personalized Mobile Phone Video Recording

  • No intervention
    Control

    Standard care alone

Interventions

  • ProcedurePersonalized Mobile Phone Video Recording

    Subjects will be asked to perform inhaler technique while on video recording. The video will be shown to subjects immediately during technique education session and mistakes (if any) will be pointed out to subject.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Inhaler Technique

    Correct inhaler technique (able to do all the steps of inhaler technique, as stipulated in checklist of subject's inhaler)

    Time frame: 6 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Asthma Control

    Mean score of Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ)

    Time frame: 1, 3 and 6 months

  2. Inhaler Technique

    Correct inhaler technique (able to do all the steps of inhaler technique, as stipulated in checklist of subject's inhaler)

    Time frame: 1 and 3 months

  3. Inhaler Technique Error

    Number of errors committed by patients according to checklist

    Time frame: 1, 3 and 6 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Penang General Hospital
    George Town, Penang 10990, Malaysia
    • CHOON SEONG ANG, MBChB · Contact · angchoonseong@hotmail.com · 0103837286
    • Irfhan Ali Hyder Ali, MBBS · Sub investigator
    • Chee Kin Yoon, MBBS · Sub investigator
    • Yen Li Lim, BPharm · Sub investigator
    • Kelvin Khai Meng Beh, MD · Sub investigator
    • Choon Seong Ang, MBChB · Principal investigator
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 7, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04503837
Lead sponsor
Penang Hospital, Malaysia
Responsible party
Choon Seong Ang (Research Physician, Clinical Research Centre, Penang Hospital, Malaysia) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 7, 2020
Start date
Sep 1, 2020 (estimated)
Primary completion
Apr 30, 2021 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 30, 2021 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 7, 2020

Study contacts

Choon Seong Ang, MBChB
Contact
angchoonseong@hotmail.com
0103837286

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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