Influence of an Asthma Education Programme on Asthma Control During Pregnancy

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre

Status: Suspended

Conditions: Asthma

Treatments: Behavioral: Health education about asthma

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01345396

B07620096465

Details and patient eligibility

About

Asthma is the most frequent respiratory disease during pregnancy. In a third of cases, the level of asthma control can decrease during the pregnancy, especially between the 29th and the 36th week. The occurrence of such complications are linked with a high asthma severity level just before the conception and an history of respiratory complications in a previous pregnancy. Many reviews and recommendations claim that pregnant women with asthma should be included in an educational progamme. However, this is poorly studied. The purpose of this study is to observe if an educational programme given before the 20th weeks of gestation has an effect on asthma control until the end of gestation.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pregnant woman (less than 20 weeks of gestation at the inclusion time)
• Diagnosis of asthma before the pregnancy (clinical history and specific medications used)
• Agreement to enter into the study

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant woman (more than 20 weeks of gestation at the inclusion time)
• History of major respiratory problems during previous pregnancy(ies)
• Refusal to enter into the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Education

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Health education about asthma

No education

No Intervention group