ovel Activity Management in severe ASthma - Tailored Exercise (NAMASTE): Yoga and Mindfulness.

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Severe Asthma; Respiratory - Asthma; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618001914257
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Newcastle

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-11-26
• Last Update Posted: 11 November 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 23

Inclusion Criteria

1. 18 years of age or older.
2. Evidence of variable airflow limitation in the last 10 years.
3. Severe asthma meeting the European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society taskforce definition: asthma requiring high-dose inhaled corticosteroids (>1000µg beclomethasone equivalent) with a second controller to prevent uncontrolled” disease or disease that remains uncontrolled” despite therapy.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pregnant.
2. High dependence on medical care.
3. Significant life-limiting comorbidity.
4. Current lung cancer or other blood, lymphatic or solid organ malignancy.
5. Primary diagnosis of a lung disease other than asthma.
6. Cognitive impairment, poor English language skills or significant untreated hearing impairment that prevents completion of data collection forms or understanding verbal instructions.
7. Inability to attend study visits or intervention classes.
8. Current participation in any other clinical trial.
9. Exacerbation (use of oral corticosteroids or an increase from maintenance dose of oral corticosteroids for >=3 days) in the previous four weeks. These participants will have their baseline visit postponed.
10. Comorbidity that would place the individual at substantial risk of harm or interfere with their ability to participate in the intervention.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified