Preferences for Asthma Treatment Regimens – A Qualitative Study.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Asthma; Respiratory - Asthma

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619000601134
• Lead Sponsor: Medical Research Institute of New Zealand

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-04-18
• Study Completion: 2019-08-19
• Last Update Posted: 11 November 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 27

Inclusion Criteria

Adults aged 18-75 with a self-reported doctor diagnosis of asthma who have a current prescription for one or more inhaled asthma medications and have used any inhalers in the last month.

Exclusion Criteria

People who are not able to or unwilling to give informed consent, who are not fluent in English, who have other pre-existing respiratory diagnoses in addition to asthma, or who are using step 4/5 add-on maintenance treatments for asthma such as oral prednisone, long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMAs) or biological agents.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Thematic analysis of the characteristics of a perfect asthma treatment regimen might be. We will do this using transcripts from focus groups, content and thematic analysis will be undertaken using recognised qualitative methodology.[One-off focus group]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Thematic analysis of participants experiences of having asthma. We will do this using transcripts from focus groups, content and thematic analysis will be undertaken using recognised qualitative methodology.<br>[One-off focus group]