Asthma in the Elderly: The Role of Exhaled Nitric Oxide Measurements

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00939354

Enrollment

Registered

2009-07-15

Start date

2009-07-31

Completion date

2011-02-28

Last updated

2015-10-29

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Conditions

Asthma

Keywords

Asthma in subjects over the age of 65

Brief summary

This study will investigate the importance of exhaled nitric oxide measurements in subjects with asthma age 65 and older. This group of patients has been ignored in most previous asthma studies.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Subjects with asthma over the age of 65 followed in our practice, non-smokers and able to give informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

* Smokers, subjects of diminished mental capacity

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FENO) levels and their changes with time	One year

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Correlations of FENO with subjects' demographics, comorbidities, treatment, symptoms, or spiromentric values	One year

Outcome results