Reducing risk of asthma attack through remote monitoring
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Children and Young People Remote Asthma Management – reducing risk of attack
IRAS ID
359250
Contact name
Kenneth Macleod
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Edinburgh
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
NA, NA
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Asthma is very common and causes asthma attacks. It can be a severe condition resulting in some children and young people (CYP) being admitted to hospital. Hospital admissions are frightening and cause upset to the whole family. Sometimes CYP die from asthma attacks. To reduce the chances of an asthma attack we have devised a way of monitoring CYP with asthma to reduce that chance thereby preventing some admissions to hospital.
This study will involve applying a computerised filtering system (an algorithm) to the whole population of asthma to show which ones are at high risk of an attack (based on items such as prescriptions, healthcare events, measures of poverty). Those at high risk will have a plan put in place to reduce the chance of them having an asthma attack. This will intially involve the whole population with asthma within a specific geographical location (pilot location).Those who are considered high risk based on the information collected will recieve additional phone calls or appointments with a primary care or hospital clinician to try to reduce the risk of an asthma attack.
A separate smaller population of those with high risk asthma will be asked, with consent, to take part in a more detailed monitoring system using a device app.
CYP and carers who consent to take part will have their care delivered using information collected from healthcare systems and from a device app. This app has been developed specifically for this study. We want to study this new system for 6 months of use in a number of individuals to see whether it reduces the number of asthma attacks and whether CYP and carers like using the system.REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 1
REC reference
25/NS/0110
Date of REC Opinion
29 Oct 2025
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion