Remote Monitoring of Asthma in Children and Young People

NCT07129616 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: IRAS 359250
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 900
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to determine whether healthcare data and remotely collected patient data can accurately predict asthma attacks in children and young people aged 5-17 years. The main outcome is: when using this new system, is there a reduction in asthma attacks compared with a historic average. The whole population of children and young people with asthma will have routine healthcare data monitored, with a subset of people with high risk asthma asked to participate in a more detail study involving remotely monitored data.

Conditions

Remote Monitoring; Risk Assessment; Machine Learning; Asthma Childhood; Asthma Attack

Keywords

asthma attack risk reduction; remote monitoring

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of asthma attacks

  Change in primary care prescriptions for asthma attack medication (Prednisolone or similar) in the population utilising this new system compared with a historical asthma population from the same location.

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (12)

• Number identified as high risk

  6 months

• Rate of symptoms reported

  6 months

• Interventions required

  6 months

• Number of hospital asthma attacks

  6 months

• Number of life threatening attacks

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

Whole population with asthma within a single primary care cluster

Subset of this cohort, identified as being at high risk of an asthma attack

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 5 Years - 17 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The whole population of those with asthma from an individual primary care cluster within NHS Lothian.

You may qualify if:

• Children and Young People with a diagnosis of asthma (coded as asthma or suspected asthma) or a prescription of inhaled corticosteroid in the prior 2 years.

You may not qualify if:

• Alternative non-asthma diagnosis that would require inhaled steroid
• cystic fibrosis
• bronchiectasis
• primary ciliary dyskinaesia

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Edinburgh: lead

Study Sites (1)

NHS Lothian

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

Related Publications (1)

• Buelo A, McLean S, Julious S, Flores-Kim J, Bush A, Henderson J, Paton JY, Sheikh A, Shields M, Pinnock H; ARC Group. At-risk children with asthma (ARC): a systematic review. Thorax. 2018 Sep;73(9):813-824. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210939. Epub 2018 Jun 5.

  PMID: 29871982 BACKGROUND

Related Links

• comparison of asthma deaths between children and young people in the UK and comparable European countries
• National review of asthma deaths

Central Study Contacts

kenneth a macleod, MbChB, PhD

CONTACT

+441313120453; Kenneth.Macleod3@nhs.scot

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 11, 2025
• First Posted: August 19, 2025
• Study Start: November 20, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): March 1, 2027
• Last Updated: January 22, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-09

Locations

GB (1)