Effect of a Daily Text Reminder on Asthma Medication Use, Symptom Control, and Lung Function in Children

ROXANA AZNARAN TORRES

Status: Completed

Conditions: Asthma in Children

Treatments: Behavioral: Daily Text Reminder

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07053839

0422-2023-D-EPG-UPAO (Other Identifier)

0726-2023-UPAO

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a daily text reminder ("AdhasText") can help children with asthma use their inhalers regularly, control their symptoms, and improve their lung function. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does the daily text reminder improve adherence to inhaled corticosteroids in children with asthma? Does the text reminder help children with asthma control their symptoms better? Does the text reminder improve lung function in children with asthma?

Researchers will compare children who receive the daily text reminder with usual care to children who receive usual care (without the reminder) to see if the text reminder improves adherence, symptom control, and lung function.

Participants will:

Receive a daily text reminder or usual care (no reminder) for 90 days Complete questionnaires about their asthma symptoms at 45 and 90 days Have spirometry tests to measure lung function at the start of the study and 90 days

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 14 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children aged 5 to 14 years with a clinical diagnosis of asthma
• Children who required initiation of treatment with a fixed and regular dose of inhaled corticosteroids
• Mothers or caregivers who had a mobile phone capable of sending and receiving text messages

Exclusion criteria

• Children with congenital heart disease
• Children who were unable to perform baseline spirometry
• Children who experienced at least one exacerbation during the pre-randomization period

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

Daily Text Reminder (AdhasText)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive a daily text message reminder ("AdhasText") to encourage them to use their inhalers regularly for 90 days. They will continue with their regular asthma management as prescribed by their healthcare providers.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Daily Text Reminder

Usual care

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive the usual care for asthma, which does not include the daily text message reminders. They will continue with their regular asthma management as prescribed by their healthcare providers.