The Community United to Challenge Asthma

A Family Intervention for Pediatric Asthma Self-Management in Puerto Ricans

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01065883

Acronym

Project CURA

Enrollment

Registered

2010-02-09

Start date

2009-10-31

Completion date

2012-03-31

Last updated

2012-08-15

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Conditions

Asthma

Brief summary

This study compares an asthma self-management intervention, delivered to the family and tailored to their needs and cultural beliefs, to standard asthma education on two risk factors for asthma exacerbations in high-risk Puerto Rican children in high school. The self-management intervention will be a series of home visits provided by Puerto Rican community health workers. During home visits, the family will be educated using a standard asthma Core Curriculum which is tailored to individual needs, strengths, and beliefs. Specific Aim 1 is to test the ability of this tailored community health worker self-management intervention to reduce home asthma triggers and increase medication adherence in Puerto Rican adolescents with asthma. Specific Aim 2 is to test if any changes in triggers and adherence associated with this intervention are sustained 8 months after the completion of the active intervention. Another goal of the study is to build community capacity for asthma management in the target high-risk community.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALcommunity health worker

community health workers will provide education in the home

BEHAVIORALmailed information

information will be mailed to the home on the same schedule as the experimental intervention

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 18 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Puerto Rican * In high school * Have asthma

Exclusion criteria

* More than 18 years old * In last year of school * Mild intermittent or controlled asthma

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
asthma medication adherence	before randomization, month 5 after randomization (post-intervention), month 12 after randomization (post-maintanance)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
asthma trigger reduction	before randomization, month 5 after randomization (post-intervention), month 12 after randomization (post-maintanance)

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026