New program bridges schools and clinics to tame childhood asthma
NCT ID NCT07224061
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a program called PRAGMATIC-S that connects doctors' offices with schools to help children ages 4-12 better manage their asthma. The goal is to improve asthma control and quality of life by making sure kids get the right care in both places. About 420 children with persistent or uncontrolled asthma will take part.
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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 420 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2033
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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4 to 12 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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 documented in EHR * Persistent asthma, not on controller medications or uncontrolled asthma despite therapy (with any one of the following per age-specific guidelines: in past month, \>2 days/week with symptoms, \>2 days/week using rescue medication, \>2 days/month with nighttime symptoms, or \>2 episodes/year that required systemic corticosteroids * Age 4 to 12 years, inclusive, attending pre-kindergarten through 7th grade in public / charter / private schools in New York City (the Bronx primarily) and also schools in lower Hudson Valley (Eastchester, Westchester, Rockland, Yonkers) * Caregiver is able to speak and understand either English or Spanish. Participants unable to read will be eligible as all surveys will be administered verbally by research personnel * Consent from primary caregiver and assent from child (age ≥7 years). If there are eligible siblings with exact same asthma severity/control screening results, one child will be randomly selected to participate, otherwise the sibling with worse asthma symptoms will be selected. * Presence of a phone to conduct surveys and smartphone, iPad or computer to electronically complete and e-sign MAF Exclusion Criteria: * Family plans to leave school or city within 6 months * Significant medical conditions (e.g., congenital heart disease, cystic fibrosis, or other chronic lung disease) * Children in foster care or other situations in which consent cannot be obtained from a legal guardian * Participation in concurrent asthma intervention study * Severe developmental delay (e.g., severe autism) precluding completion of asthma control questionnaire
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
RECRUITINGThe Bronx, New York, 10467, United States
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