Effectiveness of the Propeller Health (Formerly Asthmapolis) Monitoring System
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interventional
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Brief Summary
Propeller Health is collaborating with Dignity Health (formerly Catholic Healthcare West (CHW)) to carry out a focused demonstration project to evaluate the effectiveness and potential cost savings of a deployment of the Propeller Health approach to asthma management. The Propeller Health goal is to bring together the best technology and asthma insight in order to provide Dignity Health with an engaging, data-driven chronic care program to improve asthma management and lower healthcare utilization costs, and to respond to prevention-focused reforms to health insurance laws. This project has been designed to implement and evaluate a data-driven program to improve asthma management and control and lower direct costs through reductions in healthcare utilization. This program has been developed by Propeller Health and has gone through preliminary testing. Each subject participating in the study will receive an Propeller Health device, which captures the time and location of use of inhaled short-acting bronchodilators over a twelve-month period. This information is processed and delivered at regular intervals to the patient and his or her provider to support improved asthma management.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable asthma
Started Apr 2012
Longer than P75 for not_applicable asthma
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 9, 2012
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 12, 2012
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
April 1, 2012
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
October 1, 2014
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
September 1, 2016
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
February 13, 2018
CompletedJuly 20, 2021
July 1, 2021
2.5 years
January 9, 2012
January 9, 2018
July 16, 2021
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Change in Mean SABA Use
Mean SABA use as measured by the Propeller Health sensor during the period of intervention (12 months).
Change in mean SABA use over the course of 12 months
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Change in the Proportion of SABA-free Days From Baseline to 12 Months
Baseline to 12 months
Study Arms (2)
Intervention Group
ACTIVE COMPARATORIntervention group (IG) participants received access to and feedback from the Propeller Health System (formerly Asthmapolis System).
Control Group
NO INTERVENTIONControl group (CG) participants were outfitted with sensors from the Propeller Health System, but did not receive feedback.
Interventions
The Propeller (formerly Asthmapolis) system works through the provision of information to patients and their providers. With the Propeller (formerly Asthmapolis) device in place, each actuation of a patient's rescue inhaler is recorded with an automatic time stamp; in many circumstances, the location at which the device is actuated is also captured and recorded. Actuation data are then securely transmitted to Propeller (formerly Asthmapolis) where events and an assessment of asthma control can be viewed in secure online interfaces. The information is also compiled into individual reports that are returned to the patient and his or her provider. Patients also receive customized suggestions for asthma management based on their actuation history.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Provider diagnosis of asthma (ICD9 493.xx);
- At least one healthcare utilization event in CHW within last 12 months; and
- Prescription for Short Acting Beta Agonist (SABA) at study intake.
You may not qualify if:
- Subject is under the age of 5 at the beginning of the study;
- Subject does not speak either English or Spanish;
- Subject does not have access to the Internet or email to receive reports; and
- Subject has substantial co-morbidity (provider diagnosis of COPD
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Reciprocal Labslead
- California HealthCare Foundationcollaborator
Study Sites (1)
Woodland Medical Center
Woodland, California, 95695, United States
Related Publications (1)
Merchant RK, Inamdar R, Quade RC. Effectiveness of Population Health Management Using the Propeller Health Asthma Platform: A Randomized Clinical Trial. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2016 May-Jun;4(3):455-63. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2015.11.022. Epub 2016 Jan 8.
PMID: 26778246RESULT
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Results Point of Contact
- Title
- Research Team at Propeller Health
- Organization
- Propeller Health
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Rajan K Merchant, MD
Catholic Healthcare West Medical Foundation
Publication Agreements
- PI is Sponsor Employee
- No
- Restrictive Agreement
- No
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 9, 2012
First Posted
January 12, 2012
Study Start
April 1, 2012
Primary Completion
October 1, 2014
Study Completion
September 1, 2016
Last Updated
July 20, 2021
Results First Posted
February 13, 2018
Record last verified: 2021-07