SMART Implementation-Effectiveness Trial 2
- Conditions
- Asthma in Children
- Registration Number
- NCT07138027
- Lead Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Brief Summary
While single maintenance and reliever therapy (SMART) has been the preferred management strategy for Step 3 and 4 (moderate/severe) asthma management since the 2020 NIH asthma guideline updates, adoption of SMART has not been rigorously assessed. This study will test population health management (PHM; asthma community health worker, asthma nurse care manager) implementation strategies building on electronic medical record clinical decision support and education implementation strategies (CDS+), to increase adoption of SMART. This is the second of two related records.
- Detailed Description
Asthma is a leading cause of childhood morbidity nationwide. Limited provider adoption of and patient adherence to the prevailing evidence-based recommendations for chronic management represent tractable areas for care improvement and implementation focus. In their 2020 Focused Updates, the NHLBI codified a new paradigm of asthma management - single maintenance and reliever therapy (SMART) - as the preferred management strategy for Steps 3 and 4 (moderate/severe) asthma management. In addition to its efficacy and safety, SMART has demonstrated real-world effectiveness in international settings, likely due in part to better adherence to daily therapy and less inhaler confusion. However, SMART has not been widely implemented in practice in the U.S. This hybrid type II implementation-effectiveness study will sequentially compare the effects of usual care to (1) electronic health record-based clinical decision support plus education (CDS+) (Study 1) and then (2) CDS+ with population health management (PHM) strategies (community health worker and nurse care manager) on SMART adoption (Study 2 - current study). Randomization for this study is at the clinic-level. Results will be reported at visit-, patient-, and clinic-levels.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 18
- The clinic is a pediatric primary care clinic that is part of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Pediatric Research Consortium (PeRC).
- The clinic agrees to participate in SMART & SIMPLE study.
Clinic
- The clinic is not willing to participate in SMART & SIMPLE study interventions.
Patient Inclusion Criteria:
- Ages 5-18 years;
- Has clinic visit at participating practice during study interval (sick, well, or follow-up)
- Prescribed at least one prescription for an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) or ICS-long-acting beta agonist (ICS-LABA) for maintenance asthma therapy in the past year;
- Evidence of uncontrolled asthma as determined by: (1) uncontrolled Asthma Control Tool score in the past 6 months OR (2) two or more systemic corticosteroids prescribed for an asthma exacerbation in the past 12 months (one occurring in the past 6 months)
Patient Exclusion Criteria:
- Transferred clinics or left the CHOP Pediatric Care Network.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in the Rate of Visit-Level SMART Adoption Assessment of rates from two study intervals: Interval 1 (CDS+; 11 months), Interval 2 (CDS+ and PHM; 11 months). There will be a one month ramp up period at the start of each study interval (ramp up period data will not be included in analyses). The difference in the rate of SMART prescribing (initiation) among eligible primary care visits (i.e., when a child is eligible to start SMART) where SMART is first prescribed (initiated) comparing the second intervention period (Interval 2) and the first intervention period (Interval 1). Adoption is visit-level. The denominator represents eligible primary care visits, and the numerator represents visits where SMART is first prescribed (initiated).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in the Proportion of Patient-Level SMART Sustainment Assessment of proportions from two study intervals: Interval 1 (CDS+; 11 months), Interval 2 (CDS+ and PHM; 11 months). There will be a one month ramp up period at the start of each study interval (ramp up period data will not be included in analyses). The difference in the proportion of patients who are prescribed (initiated) SMART who continue on SMART for at least 6 months comparing the second intervention period (Interval 2) and the first intervention period (Interval 1). Sustainment is patient-level. The denominator represents patients who are prescribed (initiated) SMART, and the numerator represents patients who continue on SMART for at least 6 months.