Can starting a new rescue inhaler in the ER keep asthma patients out of the hospital?
NCT ID NCT07166939
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether giving adults with acute asthma a specific rescue inhaler (Airsupra) right in the emergency department can reduce the chance of another asthma attack within 3 months. About 1,860 participants will either receive Airsupra or continue usual care. The goal is to see if early use of this inhaler leads to better asthma control and fewer urgent visits.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Airsupra (a combination inhaler for asthma rescue)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that starting Airsupra in the emergency department helps prevent asthma attacks and improves control after discharge.
- What could go wrong
- This is a phase 4 study, so Airsupra is already approved, but it may not significantly reduce asthma recurrence compared to usual care. Results depend on real-world adherence and may not apply to all asthma patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 1,860 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
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 to 54 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: * acute asthma * age 18.0 to 54.9 years * English and/or Spanish speaking * decision by ED attending to discharge patient to home on short course of systemic corticosteroids * (intervention group only) Willingness to use Airsupra as their rescue inhaler for next 3 months * demonstration of acceptable MDI administration technique * provision of informed consent prior to any study-specific procedures EXCLUSION CRITERIA: * involvement in the planning and/or conduct of the study * previous enrolment in the present study * prior diagnosis of COPD, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema * use of systemic corticosteroids in the past 2 weeks * participation in another clinical study with an investigational product during the past 4 weeks or the 3 months after enrollment in the current study * concurrent pneumonia * clinically significant cardiovascular disease or clinically significant cancer * patients with known hypersensitivity to Airsupra, albuterol sulfate, budesonide, or any of the excipients of the product * (for women only, by self-report): * currently pregnant * currently breastfeeding, * (among sexually active women of child-bearing age only) not using adequate contraception over the last 3 months, or no plan to use adequate contraception over the next 3 months * lack of a working cell phone and working email address * expected lack of availability for text and/or telephone follow-up at approximately 3, 6, and 12 weeks after the ED visit * inability to provide an alternate contact with a working cell phone and working email address.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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MetroHealth
RECRUITINGCleveland, Ohio, 44109, United States
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