Asthma, Rhinitis
Conditions
Keywords
control, symptoms
Brief summary
Many patients suffering from allergic rhinitis do not recognize or perceive their symptoms. Instruments have been developed to assess quality of life in rhinitis, asthma or both, but there is a need to develop validated tools or methods to assess rhinitis control among rhinitis and/or asthmatic patients. The aim of this study is to assess the discriminative and evaluative properties of the RCSS in asthmatic patients with allergic rhinitis.
Detailed description
Allergic asthmatic subjects showing seasonal rhinitis symptoms will be recruited. The discriminative (internal consistency, cross sectional construct validity and reliability) and evaluative (responsiveness and longitudinal construct validity) properties of the RCSS will be evaluated as well as the relationship between rhinitis control and asthma control. RCSS will be completed at various time points during the seasonal allergic period.
Interventions
DRUGMedication Mometasone furoate and desloratadine
One month treatment with both drugs
Sponsors
Laval University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* asthma * seasonal allergic rhinitis
Exclusion criteria
* smoking * nasal polyposis
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Discriminative (internal consistency, cross sectional construct validity and reliability) and evaluative (responsiveness and longitudinal construct validity) properties of the RCSS. | March to November 2009 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The relationship between rhinitis control and asthma control. | March to November 2009 |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed