New school program aims to get kids with asthma moving more
NCT ID NCT04576442
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a school-based program called Asthma-PASS to help children with asthma be more physically active. The program worked with doctors, community health workers, and schools to ensure kids had the right medications and could use rescue inhalers at school. Researchers measured symptom-free days and physical activity levels in 452 children to see if the program made a difference.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Asthma-PASS (behavioral intervention: coordination with primary care providers, community health worker support, and medication management at school)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could help urban children with asthma be more physically active and have fewer symptom days, improving their quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed study, so results are available but may not apply to all children or settings. The program relies on school and healthcare system cooperation, which may vary.
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Study facts
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- 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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452 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2021
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- 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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4 to 12 years
- 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: * Physician-diagnosed asthma (based on parent report with validation from the child's physician) * Intermittent asthma (but with a report of asthma symptoms, such as coughing, wheezing, chest tightness, mucus/phlegm or shortness of breath, in the past 12 months) * Mild persistent or more severe asthma based on prescribed controller medication (currently well-controlled) but with a report of asthma symptoms (as specified above) within the past 12 months \[well-controlled due to taking controller medications in the past 12 months and without asthma symptoms (as specified above) within the past 12 months will qualify\] * Mild persistent or more severe asthma, or asthma that is uncontrolled despite therapy (based on age-specific guidelines) * Attending pre-kindergarten through 5th grade in NYC (primarily Bronx) schools and also schools in lower Hudson Valley * Parent is able to speak and understand either English or Spanish * Consent from the primary caregiver, caregiver permission for child participation as well as assent from the child (for age 7 and above) Exclusion Criteria: * No access to a phone to conduct follow-up surveys * Family plans to leave the school or city in less than 6 months * The child has other significant medical conditions, such as congenital heart disease, cystic fibrosis, or other chronic lung disease * Child is unable to participate in routine physical education (PE) classes as per physician-completed sports participation form * Children in foster care or other situations in which consent cannot be obtained from a guardian * Child is a participant in a concurrent asthma intervention study
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States
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