Virtual asthma care keeps teens out of the ER
NCT ID NCT04089046
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a program called TEAM-UP for Teens that uses school-based telemedicine visits and video check-ins to help teenagers with hard-to-control asthma. The goal is to reduce asthma symptoms and emergency visits. About 333 teens aged 12-17 from low-income urban areas will take part.
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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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333 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2021
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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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12 to 17 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: 1. Physician-diagnosed asthma (based on caregiver report with validation from teen's physician). 2. Moderate-severe persistent severity (requiring Step 3 or higher care) or asthma that is uncontrolled despite therapy 3. Age \>=12 and =\<17 years 4. Residence in the City of Rochester and surrounding metro area. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Inability to speak and understand either English or Spanish. (\*Participants unable to read will be eligible, and all instruments will be given verbally.) 2. Current participation in an asthma study 3. Planning to move outside of Rochester in less than 6 months 4. If they have received asthma specialist care in the prior 3 months, they will be asked if they would be comfortable seeing an additional asthma specialist for our study if their current specialist is unable to participate in the study. If the family is not comfortable with seeing an additional asthma specialist for the study, they will be excluded. 5. Having other significant medical conditions (congenital heart disease, cystic fibrosis, other chronic lung disease) that could interfere with the assessment of asthma-related measures 6. In foster care or other situations in which consent cannot be obtained from a guardian
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester
Rochester, New York, 14642, United States
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