childhood asthma wheezing disorder in infants
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age: 3-6 years -Asthma: Children with episodic attacks (>3 times/year) of wheeze, shortness of breath or cough. -Controls: Healthy, no respiratory smptoms
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: -recent respiratory infection, -severe respiratory symptoms with need for oral steroids, -history of prematurity and/or intensive care treatment, -other respiratory disorders such as Cystic Fibrosis, -other disorders that limit the possibily to perform an exercise test
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| -Number of children with exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in the wheeze group compared to the healthy group. -Number of children with bronchoconstriction measured by FOT at 3-6 years of age compared to number of children with bronchoconstriction measured with treadmill/ histamine challenge at 7-8 years of age. -Number of children able to perform the test at 3-6 years -Reproducibility | — |
Countries
Netherlands