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CompletedNCT05972668Updated Aug 2, 2023

Smartphone App for Asthma Self-care: Assessment of Outcomes (Asthma Progession and Costs)

An interventional study of Smartphone Apps in Asthma, sponsored by Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan. Completed at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 3 Years to 18 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-08-02.

Sponsored by Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 6 years 5 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Feb 2017, registered Jul 2023).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
140
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
3 Years to 18 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 88 studies in Asthma with a site in Taiwan — 13 open to participants now, 18 under way, 4 of them phase 3. Asthma · Taiwan.

Enrollment
46th of 72
140 · median 274
Started
2017
with 5 others
No phase
14 of 88
2 open now
Registered
72nd of 88
by date

Among the 88 studies in Asthma with a site in Taiwan, this one is the 46th largest by enrollment of the 72 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 6 that started in 2017, is one of 14 with no phase, and was the 72nd registered.

Asthma

4,843 studies on the registry are indexed under Asthma; 602 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

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Who these studies take

Of the 417 Asthma studies recruiting now, 140 (34%) set no upper age limit and 205 (49%) stop at 75 or younger; 146 take children under 18; 104 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 3 Years to 18 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate whether a smartphone app based on the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines can improve asthma control and quality of life, and decrease asthma-related costs in children. The main question it to answer whether this app can improve asthma control, increase the quality of life, and decrease asthma-related costs.

Participants in the intervention group downloaded the asthma smartphone app, and followed up monthly via phone calls and clinic visits, while the control group received reminder calls. Researchers will compare with the control group to see if the intervention receives more asthma control improvement.

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Conditions studied

  • Asthma

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Keywords

  • Smartphone selft-care system
  • asthma control
  • medical cost
  • emergency room visit
  • hospital admission
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
3 Years to 18 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • aged between 3 and 18 years;
  • who had access to the smartphone app;
  • with asthma treatment steps 2-4, requiring regular treatment with controller medication (for at least 6 months over the past year) according to the GINA guidelines;
  • who had at least two clinic or emergency department visits related to asthma in the previous year.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Children who had comorbidities, or other major medical problems, and who did not have a smartphone or whose caregivers did not have a smartphone were excluded from the study.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
140 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Intervention Group

    Intervention group needs to download the smartphone apps and follow research protocol

    Device: Smartphone Apps

  • No intervention
    Control group

Interventions

  • DeviceSmartphone Apps

    The intervention group downloaded the asthma smartphone app, and followed up monthly via phone calls and clinic visits

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of participants both in intervention and control were assessed for the asthma severity change using Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention (GINA) Guideline

    The physician diagnoses asthma change at Taipei Hospital

    Time frame: 3 and 6 months evaluation

  2. All participants were assessed for the Asthma Control Test (ACT) change using ACT questionnaire from quality metric incorporated

    The physician evaluate ACT change at Taipei Hospital for both group

    Time frame: 3 and 6 months evaluation

  3. All participants were assessed for the change of Quality of life using MiniPAQLQ

    Physician and researchers evaluate the quality of life using MiniPAQLQ questionnaire

    Time frame: 3 and 6 months evaluation

  4. All participants were assessed for the Asthma Control Test change using Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ) questionnaire

    The physician evaluate PASS score change at Taipei Hospital for both group

    Time frame: 3 and 6 months evaluation

  5. All participants were assessed for the Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF) change using spirometry

    The physician evaluate PEF change at Taipei Hospital for both group

    Time frame: 3 and 6 months

  6. All participants were assessed for the change of asthma cost using direct and indirect costs from national website

    Researchers access the data from National Health Insurance database

    Time frame: 3 and 6 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. All participants were assessed for their age in the baseline using data of birthday information

    Nurses and or researchers is responsible in filling the data from the patient admission in the Hospital

    Time frame: Baseline

  2. All participants were assessed for the total serum IgE (kU/I) change from blood assessment

    The researcher and physician record and evaluate the data

    Time frame: 3 and 6 months evaluation

  3. All participants were assessed for the comorbidities with atopic dermatitis using the health data record from Hospital and National Health Insurance

    The researcher and physician record and evaluate the data

    Time frame: Baseline

  4. All participants were assessed for the comorbidities with allergic rhinitis using the health data record from Hospital and National Health Insurance

    The researcher and physician record and evaluate the data

    Time frame: Baseline

  5. All participants were assessed for the family history of atopic disease using the health data record from Hospital and National Health Insurance

    The researcher and physician record and evaluate the data

    Time frame: Baseline

  6. All participants were assessed for the systemic steroid dosage (prednisolone, mg), using the health data record from Hospital and National Health Insurance

    The researcher and physician record and evaluate the data

    Time frame: Baseline

  7. All participants were assessed for the ICS Dosage (Seretide,mcg), using the health data record from Hospital and National Health Insurance

    The researcher and physician record and evaluate the data

    Time frame: Baseline

  8. All participants were assessed for the Anti-leukotriene (montelukast, tab), using the health data record from Hospital and National Health Insurance

    The researcher and physician record and evaluate the data

    Time frame: Baseline

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Study locations

1 site
  • Taipei Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare
    Taipei City, Taipei 242, Taiwan
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References and documents

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — We don not plan to share individual participant data (IPD)

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Feb 2017 to primary completion in Jun 2021, 52 months.

Of 599 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Asthma, half reached primary completion within 24 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 50. This study's 52 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 649 studies reached it within 23 months; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 48.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jul 7, 2023
First posted
Aug 2, 2023
StartActual
Feb 1, 2017
Primary completionActual
Jun 1, 2021
CompletionActual
Jun 1, 2021
Last update
Aug 2, 2023
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 2, 2023, 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
NCT05972668
Lead sponsor
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Collaborators
Taipei Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare
Responsible party
I-Jen, Wang (Clinical Professor, Taipei Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 2, 2023
Start date
Feb 1, 2017
Primary completion
Jun 1, 2021
Completion
Jun 1, 2021
Last update
Aug 2, 2023

Oversight

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