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Parent Mentor Asthma Study (PMA)

Primary Purpose

Asthma

Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Using Parent Mentors to Improve Asthma Care for Urban Minority Children
Sponsored by
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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About this trial

This is an interventional prevention trial for Asthma focused on measuring Using Parent Mentors to Improve Asthma Care for Urban Minority Children

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria:

  • The child was 2-18 years old
  • African-American or Latino race/ethnicity for the child (by parental identification)
  • Primary residence in a Milwaukee zip code
  • ED or inpatient ward admission with a primary diagnosis of asthma.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Significant co-morbidity, including other pulmonary conditions, cardiac pathology, renal abnormalities, diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, and other co-morbidities that might lead to ED visits or hospitalizations, and current enrollment in a case management, intervention, or outreach program for childhood asthma management.

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    First Posted
    December 18, 2008
    Last Updated
    December 19, 2008
    Sponsor
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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    1. Study Identification

    Unique Protocol Identification Number
    NCT00812136
    Brief Title
    Parent Mentor Asthma Study
    Acronym
    PMA
    Official Title
    Using Parent Mentors to Improve Asthma Care for Urban Minority Children
    Study Type
    Interventional

    2. Study Status

    Record Verification Date
    October 2008
    Overall Recruitment Status
    Completed
    Study Start Date
    undefined (undefined)
    Primary Completion Date
    undefined (undefined)
    Study Completion Date
    undefined (undefined)

    3. Sponsor/Collaborators

    Name of the Sponsor
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    4. Oversight

    Data Monitoring Committee
    Yes

    5. Study Description

    Brief Summary
    Asthma disproportionately affects minorities, but few studies have evaluated interventions to improve asthma outcomes in minority children.The purpose of the study is to determine whether Parent Mentors (PMs) are more effective than traditional asthma care in reducing minority children's asthma morbidity, costs, and use of services, while increasing families' quality of life and parental self-efficacy.

    6. Conditions and Keywords

    Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
    Asthma
    Keywords
    Using Parent Mentors to Improve Asthma Care for Urban Minority Children

    7. Study Design

    Primary Purpose
    Prevention
    Study Phase
    Not Applicable

    8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

    Intervention Type
    Behavioral
    Intervention Name(s)
    Using Parent Mentors to Improve Asthma Care for Urban Minority Children

    10. Eligibility

    Eligibility Criteria
    Inclusion Criteria: The child was 2-18 years old African-American or Latino race/ethnicity for the child (by parental identification) Primary residence in a Milwaukee zip code ED or inpatient ward admission with a primary diagnosis of asthma. Exclusion Criteria: Significant co-morbidity, including other pulmonary conditions, cardiac pathology, renal abnormalities, diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, and other co-morbidities that might lead to ED visits or hospitalizations, and current enrollment in a case management, intervention, or outreach program for childhood asthma management.

    12. IPD Sharing Statement

    Citations:
    PubMed Identifier
    19948624
    Citation
    Flores G, Bridon C, Torres S, Perez R, Walter T, Brotanek J, Lin H, Tomany-Korman S. Improving asthma outcomes in minority children: a randomized, controlled trial of parent mentors. Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124(6):1522-32. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-0230.
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