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Prevalence and Characterisation of Asthma Patients According to Disease Severity in Portugal

Completed
Conditions
Asthma
Registration Number
NCT05169619
Lead Sponsor
AstraZeneca
Brief Summary

This study aims to determine the prevalence of Asthma, Difficult-to-Treat and Severe Asthma in Portugal, and characterize patients to better understand their disease characteristics, treatment profile and health care resource use to improve clinical management of the disease.

Detailed Description

Data on the epidemiology of asthma in Portugal were mainly grounded in studies using questionnaires and covering limited age groups. Studies assessing the prevalence of asthma diagnosis and of its sub-groups with more accurate methods are therefore needed This study aims to determine the prevalence of asthma, difficult-to-treat and severe asthma in Portugal, and to characterize patients to better understand their disease characteristics, treatment profile and health care resource use to improve clinical management of the disease.

We will conduct a population-based nationwide study with a multicentre stepwise approach, enrolling 7500 adult subjects, randomly selected, from the Portuguese National Health Service patients' database of 38 primary care centres:

STAGE 0 - Phone call invitation and enrolment of participants STAGE 1 - Telephone interview survey to assess respiratory symptoms. STAGE 2 - Clinical assessment, diagnostic confirmation, and patient characterization STAGE 3 - Characterization of asthma patients (sub-group) and characterization of difficult- to-treat asthma \& severe asthma patients after 3 months follow up period.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
842
Inclusion Criteria
  • Adults =>18 years old registered in Portuguese National Health service patients' database of primary care units.
  • Give voluntary signed informed consent,
  • Ability to understand ans answer questionnaires.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Participants that have a physical condition that could interfere with the study assessments or prevent the participant from adequately participating in the study (e.g. mobility problems, not able to perform spirometry,...)

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Proportion of participants with asthma, difficult-to-treat asthma, and severe asthmaFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

Ratio between the total number of participants with confirmed asthma, difficult-to-treat asthma, and severe asthma and the total number of participants

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Subject's characteristics - Living in a city or rural communityFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

Postal code

Subject's characteristics - Family historyFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

Family history of asthma and asthma death and type of relationship

Subject's characteristics - AgeFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

Years

Subject's characteristics - Physical activityFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

Using the brief physical activity assessment questionnaire. This brief physical activity assessment has only two questions and subjects are scored on \< 4 (Insufficiently" active) and ⩾4 ("Sufficiently" active).

Subject's characteristics - Comorbidities and allergiesFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

List of comorbidities with major impact on asthma outcomes

Subject's characteristics - ObesityFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

WHO classification of body mass index

Disease Characteristics - Inflammatory biomarkersFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) test and blood eosinophil and neutrophil count,

Subject's characteristics - occupational statusFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)
Disease Characteristics - Age of Asthma onsetFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

Age of Asthma onset

Treatment Patterns - Treatment adherenceFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

Assessed using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) from 0 to 100, 0 means poor adherence and 100 good adherence

Subject's characteristics - GenderFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

Male/Female

Subject's characteristics - Marital statusFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

Single, Married / De facto Union, Separated / Divorced, Widowed

Subject's characteristics - Smoking status & environmental tobacco smokeFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)
Subject's characteristics - Health related quality of lifeFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

Using EQ-5D. EQ-5D is a questionnaire which include five dimensions (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, anxiety/depression). and is used to evaluate the quality of life. Each dimension in the EQ-5D-5L has five response levels: no problems (Level 1); slight; moderate; severe; and extreme problems (Level 5). There are 3,125 possible health states defined by combining one level from each dimension, ranging from 11111 (full health) to 55555 (worst health).

Subject's characteristics - Healthcare resource use and costsFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

a) Direct resources will include number of inpatient admissions, emergency and hospital visits, medical appointments, diagnostic tests previously performed for asthma treatment in the last 12 months. b) Indirect resources will include reduced productivity of Asthma patients through an ad-hoc questionnaire about absenteeism (work and school days lost because of asthma) and presenteeism (reduced productivity due to asthma) in the last 12 months.

Subject's characteristics - ReferralFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

number of patients that should be referral for asthma specialist hospital Consultation or that were referred to Severe Asthma consultation

Disease Characteristics - Pulmonary function testsFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

Spirometry and reversibility testing

Disease Characteristics - Disease controlFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

According to Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARAT). CARAT is a 10-item validated Portuguese questionnaire, which allows for the simultaneous assessment of allergic rhinitis and asthma (ARA) control. A score above 24 (min. 0; max. 30) identifies controlled asthma.

Treatment Patterns - Inhalation techniqueFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

Assessed by the clinician using national checklists

Disease Characteristics - Asthma symptomsFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

According to Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARAT). CARAT is a 10-item validated Portuguese questionnaire, which allows for the simultaneous assessment of allergic rhinitis and asthma (ARA) control. A score above 24 (min. 0; max. 30) identifies controlled asthma.

Disease Characteristics - ExacerbationsFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

Number of exacerbations in the past year

Disease Characteristics - Hospital admissionsFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

Number of hospital admissions and mean length of hospital stay in the past year

Treatment Patterns - Treatment profile (current and last year)From date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

Stage of GINA treatment step according to GINA guidelines

Disease Characteristics - Emergency room (ER) visitsFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

Number of visits to emergency room (ER) within the past year

Subject's characteristics - socio-economic and education levelFrom date of inclusion until the end of the study currently planned (2,5 years)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Research Site

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Évora, Portugal

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