Can a City-Wide asthma registry unlock new discoveries?

NCT ID NCT05272241

Recruiting now Knowledge-focused Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Aug 21, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026

Summary

This study creates a registry of people with asthma who live in urban areas, including children and adults. The goal is to gather detailed information about their asthma and allergy characteristics. This database will serve as a pool of potential participants for future research studies focused on childhood asthma in urban settings. By understanding who is in the registry, researchers can better plan and recruit for upcoming investigations.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

What this could lead to: This registry could help researchers find and enroll participants for future studies, potentially leading to better treatments or prevention strategies for childhood asthma in urban settings.
What could go wrong: As a registry, it does not test any treatment, so it won't directly produce new therapies. Its success depends on the quality and completeness of the data collected.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

About 1,500 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

May 2022

Expected to finish

May 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

A government research agency

The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

The population enrolled in this registry will be participants living within the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) assigned by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a given clinical site. The Protocol Childhood Asthma in Urban Settings 02 (CAUSE-02) Registry for Asthma Characterization and Recruitment 3 (RACR3) eligibility criteria are broad to anticipate diverse recruitment needs for current and future CAUSE protocols.

Ages

Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

Show the full entry requirements

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Participant is either: 1. At least 18 years old, willing and able to provide informed consent at the time of enrollment 2. Under the age of 18, accompanied by a legal guardian who is willing and able to provide informed consent at the time of enrollment 2. Participant has a primary place of residence within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)-defined Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Exclusion Criteria: 1. Participant does not speak English or Spanish and/or guardian does not speak English or Spanish 2. Participant does not have access to a phone, either personal or public, with regularity that could be used for scheduling and safety follow-up 3. Past or current medical problems or findings from physical examination or laboratory testing, which, in the opinion of the investigator, may pose additional risks from participation in the study, may interfere with the participant's ability to comply with study requirements or that may affect the quality or interpretation of the data obtained from the study Participants who are pregnant or lactating will not be excluded or discontinued from the study, but will not undergo any procedures that are prohibited during pregnancy per the Childhood Asthma in Urban Settings 02 (CAUSE-02) Registry for Asthma Characterization and Recruitment 3 (RACR3) Manual of Procedures (MOP)(e.g., allergen skin testing, spirometry) during the pregnancy. Potential participants may be reassessed as outlined in the Protocol CAUSE-02 MOP.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

allergic disease asthma

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

ASTHMA

Contacts and locations

Locations

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: Division of Allergy and Immunology
RECRUITING

Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
Boston Children's Hospital: Department of Immunology
NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
Children's Hospital Colorado: Allergy Program
RECRUITING

Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
Children's National Medical Center: Inner City Asthma Consortium (ICAC) Clinical Research Site
RECRUITING

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Asthma Center
RECRUITING

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States
Columbia University Medical Center: Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
NOT_YET_RECRUITING

New York, New York, 10032, United States
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Division of Clinical Immunology, Immunology Institute
RECRUITING

New York, New York, 10029, United States

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