Persistent Asthma Patient
Conditions
Keywords
AQLQ and cAQOL
Brief summary
Comparison of the responsiveness of two different asthma-specific QOL measures (AQLQ and cAQOL) in Korean patients with persistent asthma
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Patient aged 20-70 years * Patient diagnosed with asthma over six months ago * Asthma diagnosis * Airway reversibility, FEV1 ≥ 12% and 200mL or * Airway hyper-responsiveness, PC20 \< 16 mg/mL or * More than two weeks, more than 2 times a day in excess of 20% PEFR diurnal variability patient * FEV1 55-100% of predicted value patient * Inhaled corticosteroids alone or inhaled corticosteroids and beta agonists used patient * Currently, at least if you have one or more asthma symptoms, asthma control test (ACT • Asthma Control Test) score of less than 19 characters * Patients who sufficiently listen to the purpose and content of this trial and the properties of investigational products and voluntarily agree with the participation to sign a written consent approved by IRB of Ajou University Medical Center before the participation in this trial
Exclusion criteria
* Current smoking or smoking in the past 15packyears * Patients who show a symptom of an acute disease within 14 days before the beginning of this trial (administration of trial medication) * Recent changes in asthma treatment for 28days * Chronic diseases that affect the quality of life
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Two asthma quality of life measurement tool | 24 weeks treatment | Two asthma quality of life measurement tool (cAQOL, AQLQ) and the correlation between ACT |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Correlation between cAQOL/AQLQ | treatment screening, week1,week12,week24 | -Correlation between cAQOL/AQLQ and other clinical parameters including FEV1, and asthma exacerbation. |
| Association of asthma control therapy and a questionnaire | 24 weeks treatment | -The proportion of subjects with achieving well controlled asthma within ACT & cAQOL-guided management strategy with ICS or ICS/LABA based on GINA 2006 guidelines during 24 weeks. |
| asthma patient genotypes | Screening | Sub-group of ADRB2 and NK2R genotypes |
Countries
South Korea