Helping Mom's mood may help Kid's asthma

NCT ID NCT02809677

Completed Disease control Sponsor: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026

Summary

This study looked at 205 pairs of caregivers with major depression and their children (ages 7-17) with asthma. Caregivers could choose to take standard antidepressant medication or not. Researchers tracked changes in the caregiver's depression and the child's asthma control over one year to see if improvement in one led to improvement in the other.

What this could mean

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

Active substance: antidepressant medication (standard care for major depressive disorder)
What this could lead to: If successful, this could show that treating a caregiver's depression helps control their child's asthma, pointing to a new way to manage childhood asthma.
What could go wrong: This is an observational study, not a randomized trial, so results may be less reliable. It also does not test a new treatment, only the effect of existing depression care.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

asthma chronic asthma major depressive disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

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

ASTHMA MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER

Contacts and locations

Locations

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Psychoneuroendocrine Research Program

Dallas, Texas, 75235, United States

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