Clinical trial NCT00971893: A Study To Assess The Safety And Effectiveness Of Medrol® In Acute Asthma In Indian Patients
Official title: A Prospective Study to Assess the Safety and Effectiveness of Medrol® in Acute Asthma in Indian Patients
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Conditions: Asthma
Keywords: Acute Exacerbation of Bronchial Asthma Acute Asthma
Lead sponsor: Pfizer
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2009-09-04
Enrollment: 0
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients of Acute Asthma who have been prescribed oral Medrol tablets, will be enrolled

Brief summary: The present study is designed to collect data on real world experience on use of Medrol in acute asthma in Indian patients.

Detailed description: Sequential enrollment

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* To be eligible for enrollment in this study, patients must be prescribed oral Medrol® tablets (4mg and 16 mg) for acute asthma as per the locally approved prescribing information. The prescription of Medrol® will be separated from the decision to include the patient in the study.
* Medrol® tablets, will be prescribed to the patient by the physician according to his/her usual practice. The decision to prescribe Medrol® tablet will necessarily precede and will be independent of the decision to enroll patient into the study. Only those patients who have been prescribed Medrol® tablets will be evaluated for their potential eligibility for the study
* Only those patients, who are ready and willing to sign an informed consent, will be included in the study
* Subject can be contacted through telephone

Exclusion Criteria:

* Based upon history or physical exam in the emergency department (ED) or Clinic, subjects with known or suspected cause of pulmonary symptoms other than asthma, such as COPD, CHF, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, or angioedema
* Any contraindication to Medrol tablet use. Contraindications of Medrol use are systemic fungal infections and known hypersensitivity to components

Primary outcomes:
measure: Relapse within 10 days of hospital discharge (Relapse is defined as unscheduled care at a doctor's office, a clinic, or Emergency Department (ED) for symptoms of persistent or worsening asthma after hospital discharge)
timeFrame: 10 days after discharge
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Relapse within 20 days of hospital discharge (Relapse is defined as above for Primary Endpoint).
timeFrame: 20 days after discharge
measure: Change in PEFR (Peak Expiratory Flow Rate measured in Percentage of expected) between start of therapy and first follow up visit.
timeFrame: 8 - 22 days after discharge
measure: Change in FEV1 (Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second) between start of therapy and first follow up visit.
timeFrame: 8 - 22 days after discharge
measure: Proportion of patients controlled for asthma symptoms in the last 7 days after 10 days of hospital discharge
timeFrame: 10 days after discharge
measure: Proportion of patients controlled for asthma symptoms in the last 7 days after 20 days of hospital discharge
timeFrame: 20 days after discharge
measure: Change in frequency in last 24 hours of inhalational Beta 2 agonist therapy between start of therapy and first follow up visit
timeFrame: 8 - 22 days after discharge
measure: Physician-directed intensification of pharmacologic therapy between discharge from hospital and first follow up visit.
timeFrame: 8 - 22 days after discharge
measure: Summary of adverse events in the study
timeFrame: Baseline to 20 days after discharge
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Pfizer
name: Pfizer CT.gov Call Center
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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