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Association of Transcutaneous Pulse CO-oximetry With Inflammatory Lung Diseases

Completed
Conditions
Pneumonia
Asthma
Allergic Rhinitis
Cystic Fibrosis
Registration Number
NCT02831348
Lead Sponsor
Boston Children's Hospital
Brief Summary

This is a pilot cross-sectional study of measured transcutaneous CO-oximetry in children with inflammatory and non-inflammatory conditions.

Detailed Description

Children and young adults age 6-24 with the following conditions: asthma, pneumonia, allergic rhinitis, cystic fibrosis, and well child (without inflammatory illness) will be recruited.

Subjects will be asked to complete a brief screening survey to determine if they meet inclusion criteria. Enrolled subjects will be asked to complete questionnaire forms to characterize their health, current symptoms, medications, and common exposures. Transcutaneous carboxyhemoglobin will be recorded.

This study is cross-sectional and will only require one visit coinciding with the clinical visit. Analysis will determine the pairwise differences in SpCO between conditions tested.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
59
Inclusion Criteria
  • diagnosis of asthma, pneumonia, allergic rhinitis, or none of the previous (control group)
  • Ability to complete study procedures
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Cardiopulmonary disease outside of the specific conditions for inclusion
  • Prematurity
  • Congenital heart disease
  • Current diagnosis of more than one of the following: asthma, pneumonia, allergic rhinitis, cystic fibrosis, or - for controls - any current infection
  • Recent serious bacterial infection (except for pneumonia in the pneumonia group)
  • Concurrent clinical chest X-ray with findings other those that expected for the group (i.e. normal chest X-ray in pneumonia group or suspected pneumonia on chest X-ray in asthma group). To be determined by attending radiologist's interpretation.
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Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
SpCO comparison: uncontrolled asthma v. other groupsTime of visit

A pairwise comparison of mean SpCO will be performed between asthma exacerbation group and each other group, e.g., asthma exacerbation v. stable asthma, asthma exacerbation v. pneumonia, etc. An independent t-test will be used to determine statistical significance of the difference of means.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Boston Children's Hospital

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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