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Bronchiolitis Recovery and the Use of High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Filters

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Bronchiolitis
Registration Number
NCT05615870
Lead Sponsor
IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network
Brief Summary

This is a multi-center, parallel, double-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial. Children \<12 months of age hospitalized with bronchiolitis are randomized 1:1 to receive a 24-week home intervention with filtration units containing HEPA and carbon filters (in the child's sleep space and a common room) to improve indoor air quality (IAQ) or to a control group with filtration units without HEPA and carbon filters. The HEPA intervention units and control units will be used for 24 weeks after pre-intervention IAQ measurements. Children are followed for respiratory outcomes over the pre-intervention and intervention periods.

Detailed Description

This is a multi-center, parallel, double-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial. Two hundred twenty-eight children \<12 months old with their first hospitalization for bronchiolitis will be randomized 1:1 (stratified by site) to receive 24 weeks of home intervention with active HEPA filtration units to improve IAQ or to a control group without a HEPA or carbon filter inside identical-appearing units. Children will be followed for respiratory symptoms during a pre-intervention period of up to two weeks following randomization and during an intervention period of 24 weeks.

This study is designed to reduce barriers to participation for rural participants in that there will be no required study visits to a distant study site, and all study activities and data collection will be conducted remotely. Participants will be identified in hospitals in ISPCTN states, maximizing the chances that rural and medically underserved populations are represented. It is common for rural children with bronchiolitis to be transferred to tertiary care centers in urban/suburban locales, so inclusion of urban hospitals will allow for recruitment of this population.1 It is important for rural children to be represented in a bronchiolitis study in order to increase generalizability. Rural and underserved children have a higher risk of decreased access to medical care for symptoms and illness episodes, and a higher burden of asthma.83,84 These families may have air pollutant exposure profiles distinct from those residing in urban areas. For example, they might experience less exposure to traffic-related pollutants but may have more wood stove use or exposure to agricultural pollutants or wildfires. With its diversity of sites, the ECHO ISPCTN is well-positioned to enroll rural children that might otherwise be excluded.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
228
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age <12 months at hospital admission
  • First-time hospitalization for bronchiolitis
  • One primary residence (>5 days per week)
  • Parent, legal guardian or other legally authorized representative consents to allow their child to participate and agrees to participate in all study activities
  • Electricity in the home (required to power the study equipment)
  • Wireless internet access or cellular service access in the home*
  • English or Spanish-speaking parent or guardian
Exclusion Criteria
  • Chronic airway or respiratory conditions requiring home oxygen, mechanical ventilation, or tracheostomy dependence; known immunodeficiency, hemodynamically significant cardiac conditions including those requiring medication or oxygen; cystic fibrosis; neuromuscular disease; eligible for palivizumab (per AAP guidelines87)
  • Use of stand-alone home HEPA filtration other than study-related HEPA units in the home
  • Household member who smokes (any type), vapes, or uses e-cigarettes
  • Intention to move in the next 6 months
  • Enrolled or plans to enroll in an interventional clinical trial for treatment of acute bronchiolitis or sequelae of bronchiolitis, unless permission given by the PI
  • Another child in the household is enrolled in this study (one child per household can enroll)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of caregiver-reported symptom-free days (SFDs)24 Weeks

An SFD is defined as a 24-hour period without coughing, wheezing, or trouble breathing

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of hospitalizations, emergency department or urgent care visits or other unscheduled medical visits for respiratory complaints24 weeks

Caregiver reported number of hospitalizations, emergency department or urgent care visits or unscheduled medical visit for respiratory complaints

Total quality of life (QOL) score24 weeks

QOL score is measured by the PedsQLTM Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Infants Scales questionnaire

Average Particulate Matter (PM2.5) levels24 weeks

PM2.5 levels are measured by in-home monitors and scaled to unit of micrograms per cubic meter per week

Trial Locations

Locations (17)

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

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Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Arkansas Children's Hospital - Little Rock (ACHRI)

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Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children

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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Kansas University Medical Center

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Kansas City, Kansas, United States

University of Louisville

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Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Tulane University, Department of Pediatrics

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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

University of Miss. Medical Center

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Jackson, Mississippi, United States

University of Montana

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Missoula, Montana, United States

University of Nebraska Medical Center

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Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Dartmouth Hospital

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Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

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Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
🇺🇸Anchorage, Alaska, United States

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