Wouters NCT 00411346.

Trial name or title	Patient Research In Self‐Management of Asthma (PRISMA)
Methods	Randomised controlled trial comparing a nurse‐led telemonitoring programme versus regular care in asthmatic outpatients
Participants	7 years or older, asthma severity of stage I to III as described by GINA, competent to use an asthma monitor and possessing a household phone connection
Interventions	Lung function tests including PEF is recorded into an electronic monitor and transfers the data to a central database so that a nurse using protocols can supervised the disease status of patients and manage their medication accordingly
Outcomes	Asthma‐specific quality of life at 1 year, asthma symptoms at 1 year, generic quality of life at 1 year, direct and indirect costs during 1 year, satisfaction and feasibility at 1 year
Starting date	January 2003
Contact information	Emiel Wouters, Dept of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands 6202 AZ
Notes	The study is finished but no publications are yet listed

A&E = Accident and Emergency department 
 ACQ = Asthma Control Questionnaire 
 AQLQ = Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire 
 FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in 1 second