| Trial name or title |
Mobile phone based structured intervention, the CYMPLA trial |
| Methods |
Supportive care, randomised, single‐blind (investigator), active control, parallel assignment |
| Participants |
312 12 years and older patients with poorly controlled asthma who speak English and have a mobile phone |
| Interventions |
Patients in the mobile phone group will monitor their asthma daily using their mobile phone to record symptoms medication and lung function. They will receive instantaneous feedback to their phone providing a visual indication of asthma control and prompts about therapy. They will have web‐based access with their clinician to all readings. An asthma nurse will guide them using BTS in order to gain control. |
| Outcomes |
Change in asthma control between baseline and 6 months as measured by Asthma Control Questionnaire 24. The ACQ measures 0 good control to 6. Secondary outcome measures ‐ mean difference in ACQ at 3, 6, 24 and 36 months. Mean difference in mini asthma‐related quality of life questionnaire. |
| Starting date |
November 2007 |
| Contact information |
Dermot Ryan, University of Aberdeen, dermotryan@doctors.org.uk |
| Notes |
Data undergoing statistics processing |
