adult onset asthma asthma
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Academisch Medisch Centrum
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - 18 to 75 years - Adult-onset asthma (i.e. asthma that started after the age of 18) - Physicians diagnosis of asthma 12 % predicted and 200 ml or airway hyperresponsiveness to inhaled methacholine (PC20
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Patients with smoking history > 10 packyears, fixed airflow obstruction (post bronchodilator FEV1
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| This is a descriptive study, without real outcome parameters. By performing cluster analysis, several phenotypes of recent late onset asthma will be defined. Potential risk factors are assessed at baseline (phase 1) and related to the change in lungfunction over time and exacerbation rate. Linear regression will be used to analyse the association between potential predicting factors and decline in FEV1 (ml.yr) and exacerbation rate during the follow-up. Logistic regression will be used to estimate RR/OR with 95% CI*s for accelerated decline in FEV1 and exacerbation rate. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| n.v.t. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed