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Measurement of Respiratory Admittance for Pediatric Asthma Diagnosis

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
Asthma
Interventions
Procedure: Forced oscillation technique
Procedure: Plethysmography
Registration Number
NCT02877537
Lead Sponsor
Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Brief Summary

The purpose is to characterize the change of respiratory admittance induced by salbutamol inhalation in children and young adults. A variation threshold will be fixed to distinguish asthmatic and healthy subjects.

This project could allow a better identification of asthmatic individuals needing a treatment, a reduction of morbidity of asthma, a reduction of unnecessary treatments administered in individuals with respiratory but not asthmatic symptoms, a better comprehension of bronchial hyperreactivity and its role in asthmatic disease.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
177
Inclusion Criteria

Asthmatic children group:

  • Several episodes of paroxysmal wheezes, spontaneous or after exercise, without bronchial-pulmonary infection
  • Absence of bronchodilator taking during last 12 hours
  • Absence of reported intolerance to adrenergic substances
  • Parental authorization and consent of child to participate to the study

Control children group:

  • Parental authorization and consent of child to participate to the study

Control adult group:

  • Consent to participate to the study
Exclusion Criteria

Control children and adult groups:

  • At least 2 episodes of wheezes during breathing
  • Several wheezes, abnormal breathlessness, cough during physical exercise
  • Asthma diagnosed by family doctor
  • Administration of drugs to treat asthma
  • Eczema or food allergy at inclusion
  • Episode of cough for longer than 6 weeks, without bronchial infection
  • Bronchitis, throat infection, rhino-pharyngitis during last 15 days
  • Paleness or cyanosis with loss of consciousness when the child was a baby or during an exercise

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Asthma childForced oscillation technique-
Asthma childPlethysmography-
Control adultForced oscillation technique-
Control adultPlethysmography-
Control childForced oscillation technique-
Control childPlethysmography-
Asthma childSalbutamol-
Control adultSalbutamol-
Control childSalbutamol-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Ventilatory mechanical impedanceday 0

Measured with Forced oscillation technique. 2 measures at basal status at 10 min interval for reproducibility and after 10 min broncodilation with salbutamol

Thoracic gas volumeday 0

Measured with Plethysmography.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU de Nancy - Hôpital BRABOIS Enfants - Explorations fonctionnelles pédiatriques

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Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France

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