Can alerts and training boost asthma treatment in kids?
NCT ID NCT07137923
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether giving doctors extra training and electronic reminders helps them prescribe a modern asthma treatment called SMART for children with moderate to severe asthma. The study involves 18 children ages 5 to 18 at primary care clinics. Researchers will compare how often doctors start and continue SMART therapy before and after the new tools are introduced.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- clinical decision support and education (CDS+)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show a practical way to help doctors follow updated asthma guidelines and improve care for children with moderate to severe asthma.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage implementation study with only 18 participants, so results may not apply broadly. It tests a process, not a new treatment, so direct health benefits are uncertain.
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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 18 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 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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5 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.
Clinic Inclusion Criteria: * The clinic is a pediatric primary care clinic that is part of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Pediatric Research Consortium (PeRC). * The clinic agrees to participate in SMART \& SIMPLE study. Patient Inclusion Criteria: * Ages 5-18 years; * Has clinic visit at participating practice during study interval (sick, well, or follow-up) * Prescribed at least one prescription for an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) or ICS-long-acting beta agonist (ICS-LABA) for maintenance asthma therapy in the past year; * Evidence of uncontrolled asthma as determined by: (1) uncontrolled Asthma Control Tool score in the past 6 months OR (2) two or more systemic corticosteroids prescribed for an asthma exacerbation in the past 12 months (one occurring in the past 6 months) Clinic Exclusion Criteria: \- The clinic is not willing to participate in SMART \& SIMPLE study interventions. Patient Exclusion Criteria: \- Transferred clinics or left the CHOP Pediatric Care Network.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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