Towards an Algorithmic Approach to Asthma Management: Collaborative Definition of Algorithm Objectives With Families

Completed

• Conditions: Childhood Asthma
• Interventions: Other: Questionnaires

• Registration Number: NCT05064579
• Lead Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Brief Summary

Using "big data" and artificial intelligence techniques, it becomes possible to envision algorithms for managing childhood asthma on a daily basis.

In order to develop such tools, it is necessary to determine with asthma stakeholders (children, parents, doctors) the parameters that future algorithms should seek to maximize / minimize.

The main objective of the study is to quantify the respective importance of each of the goals that children with asthma, parents, and their doctors seek to achieve when taking / supervising / prescribing a background therapy.

Detailed Description

Using "big data" and artificial intelligence techniques, it becomes possible to envision algorithms for managing childhood asthma on a daily basis.

In order to develop such tools, it is necessary to determine with asthma stakeholders (children, parents, doctors) the parameters that future algorithms should seek to maximize / minimize.

The main objective of the study is to quantify the respective importance of each of the goals that children with asthma, parents, and their doctors seek to achieve when taking / supervising / prescribing a background therapy.

To do this, parents and children fill out a paper questionnaire, which is completed by their doctor, when they come to the hospital for consultation, hospitalization, or to perform lung function tests.

Concerning children and parents, these questionnaires include a part aimed at prioritizing each person's objectives and a second part collecting general information regarding their characteristics (age, sex, asthma history, etc.).

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-09-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-09-22
• Study First Posted: 2021-10-01
• Study Start: 2022-01-18
• Primary Completion: 2023-01-30
• Study Completion: 2023-01-30
• Status Verified: 2023-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-28
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 307

Inclusion Criteria

• Minor patients aged 8 years to 17 years and 11 months inclusive with a diagnosis of asthma made by a doctor and a basic treatment for asthma
• Holders of parental authority for patients meeting the above criteria
• Doctors caring for children with asthma
• Information and non-opposition of holders of parental authority and minor patients to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Refusal to participate in the study
• Difficulties in French writing and / or speaking

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patients with asthma	Questionnaires	Children and adolescents aged 8 to 17 years old with a doctor's diagnosis of asthma and controller asthma treatment
Holders of parental authority	Questionnaires	Holders of parental authority of patients with asthma described in group A
Doctors	Questionnaires	Doctors caring for patients with asthma described in group A

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mean score attributed to each goal	Day 0	Children, their parents (or holders of parental authority), and their doctors will be asked to allocate 20 points to 7 goals they want to prevent with the asthma controller treatment, and another 20 points to 5 goals regarding their treatment modality (more discreet, easier to take, etc). The score for each goal will range from 0 (objective not important to the respondent) to 20 (objective of major importance to the respondent).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Correlation of goals between respondents	Day 0	For each goal, the correlation of the scores attributed by children, their parents, and their doctors, will be calculated.

Trial Locations

Locations (6)

Hôpital Ambroise Paré; 🇫🇷 Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Hôpital Louis Mourier; 🇫🇷 Colombes, France

Hôpital Robert Debré; 🇫🇷 Paris, France

Hôpital Trousseau-Allergologie pédiatrique; 🇫🇷 Paris, France

Hôpital Trousseau-Pneumologie pédiatrique; 🇫🇷 Paris, France

Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades; 🇫🇷 Paris, France