Asthma in the Elderly: The Role of Exhaled Nitric Oxide Measurements

Completed

• Conditions: Asthma

• Registration Number: NCT00939354
• Lead Sponsor: Rohr and Columbo Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Specialists, P.C.

Brief Summary

This study will investigate the importance of exhaled nitric oxide measurements in subjects with asthma age 65 and older. This group of patients has been ignored in most previous asthma studies.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-07
• Study First Submitted: 2009-07-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-07-14
• Study First Posted: 2009-07-15
• Primary Completion: 2011-02
• Study Completion: 2011-02
• Status Verified: 2015-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-10-28
• Last Update Posted: 2015-10-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Subjects with asthma over the age of 65 followed in our practice, non-smokers and able to give informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Smokers, subjects of diminished mental capacity

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FENO) levels and their changes with time	One year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Correlations of FENO with subjects' demographics, comorbidities, treatment, symptoms, or spiromentric values	One year