Can a City-Wide asthma registry unlock new discoveries?
NCT ID NCT05272241
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
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About 1,500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2022
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: 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.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
7 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: Division of Allergy and Immunology
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Boston Children's Hospital: Department of Immunology
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Children's Hospital Colorado: Allergy Program
RECRUITINGAurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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Children's National Medical Center: Inner City Asthma Consortium (ICAC) Clinical Research Site
RECRUITINGWashington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Asthma Center
RECRUITINGCincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States
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Columbia University Medical Center: Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10032, United States
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Division of Clinical Immunology, Immunology Institute
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10029, United States
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