Asthma care goes to school: new study tests In-School treatment to cut attacks
NCT ID NCT06539312
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether school-based health centers can improve asthma care for 400 children with uncontrolled asthma from underserved communities. The program includes guideline-based assessments, directly observed preventive medication, and self-management support. The goal is to reduce asthma attacks, emergency visits, and hospitalizations.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- directly observed therapy of preventive asthma medication
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a cost-effective, sustainable model to reduce asthma attacks and hospital visits for children in underserved communities.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single study with 400 participants, and results may not apply to all schools or regions. The intervention requires school resources and staff training, which may limit widespread adoption.
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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 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2028
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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4 to 13 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: * uncontrolled asthma Exclusion Criteria: * other chronic lung disease such as cystic fibrosis
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University at Buffalo, Department of Pediatrics
RECRUITINGBuffalo, New York, 14203, United States
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