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Registration number
ACTRN12610000225011
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
15/03/2010
Date registered
17/03/2010
Date last updated
5/02/2014
Type of registration
Prospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
Understanding asthma in older people
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Scientific title
Is asthma in the elderly a disease of the peripheral airways? An observational study measuring airway hyperresponsiveness
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Secondary ID [1]
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Linked study record
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Asthma
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Condition category
Condition code
Respiratory
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Asthma
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Observational
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Patient registry
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Target follow-up duration
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Target follow-up type
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
The predictors of airway hyperresponsiveness are being measured and compared with other measures of ventilation heterogeneity, lung elastic recoil, airway closure measured by lung imaging and lung volumes.
The study will last for 3 years, however each subject will complete 4 visits over 1-2 weeks.
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Intervention code [1]
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Not applicable
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Comparator / control treatment
No control.
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Control group
Uncontrolled
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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Airway hyperresponsiveness meaured using methacholine challenge
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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measured once only following clinical assessment for all participants
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Secondary outcome [1]
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Nil
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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Nil
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Doctor diagnosed asthmatics
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Minimum age
18
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Maximum age
100
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Sex
Both males and females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
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Key exclusion criteria
Current smoking or history of smoking > 10 pack years, lung disease other than asthma, taking oral corticosteroids in last 4 weeks or having upper respiratory tract infection in last 4 weeks.
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Study design
Purpose
Natural history
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Duration
Cross-sectional
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Selection
Defined population
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Timing
Prospective
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Statistical methods / analysis
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
1/04/2010
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Actual
9/02/2011
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Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
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Actual
19/07/2013
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Date of last data collection
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Sample size
Target
100
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Accrual to date
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Final
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Recruitment in Australia
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Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
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Government body
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Name [1]
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National Health and Medical Research Council
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Address [1]
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GPO Box 1421
Canberra ACT 2601
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Country [1]
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Australia
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Primary sponsor type
Charities/Societies/Foundations
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Name
Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
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Address
PO Box M77
Missenden Road Po
Camperdown
NSW 2050
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Country
Australia
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Secondary sponsor category [1]
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Hospital
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Name [1]
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Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital
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Address [1]
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Level 8, Royal North Shore Hospital,
Pacific Hwy,
St Leonards, NSW, 2065
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Country [1]
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Australia
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
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Ethics committee name [1]
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Northern Sydney Health Human Research Ethics Committee (Hawkesbury)
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Ethics committee address [1]
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Level 2, Building 51, Royal North Shore Hospital, Pacific Hwy, St Leonards, NSW, 2065
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Ethics committee country [1]
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Australia
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Date submitted for ethics approval [1]
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Approval date [1]
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15/03/2010
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Ethics approval number [1]
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0912-333M (other)
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Summary
Brief summary
Elderly asthmatics have poorer clinical outcomes compared with younger asthmatics. The reasons for this are unclear but may involve age-related changes in the disease itself. In this project we aim to show that asthma in the elderly is dominated by abnormalities of very small peripheral airways, in contrast to younger patients where the abnormalities occur in larger airways. The results will provide the basis for new and better targeted treatment strategies for asthma in the elderly.
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Public notes
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Contacts
Principal investigator
Name
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A/Prof Gregory King
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Address
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Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, PO Box M77, Missenden Road PO, Camperdown, NSW, 2050 R
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Country
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Australia
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Phone
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+61 2 9926 6265
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for public queries
Name
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Gregory King
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Address
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Woolcock Institute of Medical Research,
PO Box M77,
Missenden Road PO,
Camperdown,
NSW, 2050
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Australia
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+61 2 9926 6265
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for scientific queries
Name
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Gregory King
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Address
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Woolcock Institute of Medical Research,
PO Box M77,
Missenden Road PO,
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Country
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Australia
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Phone
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+61 2 9926 6265
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Email
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