Ancient tongue and pulse check meets modern asthma care in kids
NCT ID NCT07383883
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether tongue images and pulse wave data can help doctors better understand and monitor asthma in children aged 5 to 18. Researchers will collect these non-invasive measurements during routine clinic visits and compare them with standard lung function tests. The goal is to see if traditional diagnostic features can support more personalized asthma management.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a simple, non-invasive way to monitor asthma in children using tongue and pulse analysis.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early observational study, not a treatment trial. The findings may not translate into practical clinical tools or benefit patients directly.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,000 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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Jan 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.
Who is studied
The study population consists of children aged 5 to 18 years with a confirmed diagnosis of asthma who are undergoing routine outpatient follow-up at Shanghai Children's Medical Center. Participants are enrolled prospectively and receive standard clinical care without any study-assigned intervention. Tongue image and pulse wave data are collected non-invasively during visits when pulmonary function testing is performed as part of routine clinical practice. Multimodal tongue-pulse features are analyzed in relation to asthma clinical stage, pulmonary function, airway inflammation, allergic phenotype, and asthma control status.
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Children aged 5 to 18 years. * Clinically diagnosed asthma according to established pediatric asthma guidelines. * Receiving routine outpatient follow-up at Shanghai Children's Medical Center. * Able to cooperate with tongue image acquisition and pulse wave data collection. * Able to perform pulmonary function testing when clinically indicated. * Written informed consent obtained from parents or legal guardians, with assent from the child when appropriate. Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of other chronic respiratory diseases (e.g., cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, primary ciliary dyskinesia). * Congenital cardiopulmonary malformations or significant cardiovascular disease. * Acute respiratory infection or fever at the time of data collection. * Severe systemic diseases or immunodeficiency that may affect study participation. * Inability to comply with study procedures or incomplete clinical data.
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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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Shanghai Children's Medical Center
RECRUITINGShanghai, 200127, China
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