Texting teens to breathe easier: new asthma adherence trial
NCT ID NCT07512622
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether text-message reminders and coaching can help 389 teens (ages 12-18) with moderate to severe asthma take their daily inhaled steroids as prescribed. Participants will be split into three groups: one gets a basic asthma app, another adds personalized text reminders, and a third adds both texts and telehealth problem-solving sessions. The goal is to see which approach improves medication adherence, lung function, and reduces emergency care over six months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- text-message reminders and telehealth coaching
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that simple phone-based reminders and coaching help teens stick to their asthma medication, leading to better symptom control and fewer hospital visits.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral study, not a new drug. Results depend on teens actually using the app and responding to texts, which may not work for everyone. The study hasn't started recruiting yet.
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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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About 389 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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12 to 18 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: * Patient age between 12-18 years * Patient is diagnosed with severe-persistent or moderate-persistent asthma per NAEPP asthma guidelines * Patient is prescribed at least one daily inhaled controller medication or a daily combination inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting beta-agonist and a beta-agonist bronchodilator * English fluency for patient, caregiver, and clinician Exclusion Criteria: * Significant cognitive deficits that may interfere with comprehension per medical team or chart review * Diagnosis of serious mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia) * Diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorder * Active chronic disease apart from asthma or allergic disease (e.g. Bronchiectasis, pulmonary hypertension, and moderate or severe tracheomalacia) * Patient receives school administered daily controller medication at the time of the enrollment visit
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Conditions
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States
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University of Colorado AMC
Aurora, Colorado, 80262, United States
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