Could a chat group ease your asthma? new study investigates
NCT ID NCT06849245
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether encouraging people with asthma to join an online support group can improve their symptoms and quality of life. 600 adults with poorly controlled asthma will be recruited. Their doctors will introduce them to a private online community where they can read and share experiences. The goal is to see if this simple, low-cost approach helps them breathe easier and feel less anxious.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- digital social intervention (online peer support promoted by primary care clinicians)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a low-cost way to help people with asthma better manage their symptoms and feel supported.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral intervention, not a drug, so effects may be modest. The trial is relatively small (600 people) and relies on self-reported outcomes, which can be biased.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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 99 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: To participate in the study, participants will need to: * Be adult asthma patients (aged 18 to 99) who have expressed their interest in digital social interventions in the recruitment survey. * Report troublesome asthma (i.e. an ACT score of less than 20) in the recruitment survey). * Be competent to consent for themselves, as determined by the healthcare professional delivering the consultation. There are no specific criteria for selecting participants for the exit interviews (a convenience sample of patients and clinicians will be used and recruitment will continue until data saturation). Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who are already members of the Asthma + Lung UK online health community or other asthma online health communities/Facebook groups (i.e. general use of social media will not prevent participation). * Palliative or end of life patients. * Patients receiving institutional long-term care (receiving total care in residential homes or living in nursing homes). * Patients considered unsuitable to take part in the study by their general practitioners/nurses. There are no specific criteria for selecting participants for the exit interviews (a convenience sample of patients and clinicians will be used and recruitment will continue until data saturation).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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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
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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East Midlands Regional Research Delivery Network
RECRUITINGLeicester, United Kingdom
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East of England Regional Research Delivery Network
RECRUITINGNorwich, United Kingdom
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North East and North Cumbria
RECRUITINGNewcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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North London Regional Research Delivery Network
RECRUITINGLondon, United Kingdom
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South West Peninsula Regional Research Delivery Network
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGExeter, United Kingdom
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