Multicentre Evaluation of Management Protocol for Chronic Cough in Childre

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Cough in Children; Respiratory - Other respiratory disorders / diseases

• Registration Number: ACTRN12607000526471
• Lead Sponsor: Prof Anne Chang

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2007-10-11
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 250

Inclusion Criteria

Child (aged 0-18 years) newly referred to participating study physician for investigation/treatment of cough that has persisted for greater than 4 weeks.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
% of participants who are cough free (as scored by parents on daily cough diaries)[measured at 6 weeks from point of each participants referral to participating investigator (practitioner)];Difference in Quality of Life score (as recorded on validated Parent-proxy cough specific quliaty of life tool (PC-QOL), and commercially available age specific PedsQL tool)[Quality of life (PC-QOL and PedsQL) collected from participants at referral, week 6, week 10, week 14, week 26 and week 52, or until the cough has ceased (score of 0 for 3-5 consecutive days on parent completed cough diary). QOL collected at time of cough ceasing if this is in between set time points.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
% of children where a primary diagnosis is achieved[% of children where primary diagnosis is achieved will be measured at completion of study period. Endpoint of study involvement for each participant is when child ceases coughing OR at 12 months from recruitment into study.]