New digital tool aims to ease breathlessness in asthma patients
NCT ID NCT07421115
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new digital program designed to help people with moderate to severe asthma manage breathlessness and increase physical activity. Researchers will compare the program to usual care in 300 adults. The goal is to see if the program improves quality of life and asthma control.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 years or older * Able to provide informed consent * Evidence of variable airflow limitation within the past 10-years to confirm asthma diagnosis * Meets diagnostic criteria for moderate, or severe asthma * Reports breathlessness impacting daily life physical activities (modified Medical Research Council \[mMRC\] dyspnoea score ≥1) within the past 1-week * Owns a smart device with internet access, which they are willing and able to use for the study duration Exclusion Criteria: * High dependence on medical care * Significant life-limiting comorbidity (\<12 months life expectancy) * Cognitive impairment, poor English language skills or significant untreated hearing impairment that prevents completion of data collection forms or understanding of verbal instructions * Current participation in any other clinical trial, or participation in another clinical trial within the 4-weeks preceding study entry.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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John Hunter Hospital
New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, 2305, Australia
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The Prince Charles Hospital
Chermside, Queensland, 4032, Australia
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