Personalized Mobile Phone Video Recording to Improve Inhaler Techniques in Asthma Patients.

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Asthma
• Interventions: Procedure: Personalized Mobile Phone Video Recording

• Registration Number: NCT04503837
• Lead Sponsor: Penang Hospital, Malaysia

Brief Summary

To investigate the effectiveness of addition of recording video of the patient performing inhaler techniques using mobile phone for discussion with the patient, to standard care inhaler education compared to standard care inhaler education alone, in improving inhaler technique of asthma patients.

Detailed Description

This is a single-centre, randomized, controlled, parallel group, assessor-blinded trial to evaluate the effectiveness of Personalized Mobile Phone Video Recording in addition to standard care, compared to standard care alone, in improving inhaler technique among patients with asthma.

Patients are randomised to either Personalized Video Recording with standard clinical practice group (intervention) or to standard clinical practice group (control) in 1:1 ratio.

Subject's inhaler technique assessment is performed by using a standard checklist of steps according to the type of inhaler used by subject.

All inhaler technique assessment and asthma control questionnaire will be administered before the intervention/control treatment by a blinded assessor. Both intervention and control treatment will be administered by the same investigators.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2020-08
• Study First Submitted: 2020-08-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-08-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-08-06
• Study First Posted: 2020-08-07
• Last Update Posted: 2020-08-07
• Study Start: 2020-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-04-30
• Study Completion: 2021-04-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 234

Inclusion Criteria

1. 18 years old and above
2. Informed consent
3. Established clinical diagnosis of asthma by patient's treating doctor
4. Prescribed with inhalers (any type) for therapeutic indication for at least 3 months

Exclusion Criteria

1. Unable to converse/understand Malay or English
2. Not able to perform inhalation on his/her own self
3. Using spacer/valved holding chamber in addition to MDI
4. Not able to comply with study procedures in the opinion of investigators
5. More than two different types of inhaler which require different techniques

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Personalized Mobile Phone Video Recording	Personalized Mobile Phone Video Recording in addition to Standard care

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Inhaler Technique	6 months	Correct inhaler technique (able to do all the steps of inhaler technique, as stipulated in checklist of subject's inhaler)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Inhaler Technique Error	1, 3 and 6 months	Number of errors committed by patients according to checklist
Asthma Control	1, 3 and 6 months	Mean score of Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ)
Inhaler Technique	1 and 3 months	Correct inhaler technique (able to do all the steps of inhaler technique, as stipulated in checklist of subject's inhaler)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Penang General Hospital; 🇲🇾 George Town, Penang, Malaysia