Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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2025-12-24 @ 6:48 PM
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2025-12-24 @ 6:48 PM
NCT ID:
NCT01047657
Brief Summary:
Sixty percent of patients with difficult to control asthma seen in our outpatient clinic are obese. The impact of weight reduction in this subpopulation of asthmatics has not been studied. Our aim is to evaluate the impact of weight reduction on asthma control of these patients.
Detailed Description:
Study design: interventional, open label, randomized
Patients selection
Thirty-three difficult to control obese asthmatic patients, aged between 18 to 65 years old will be recruited from the outpatient clinics of the Pulmonary Division of the University of Sao Paulo Hospital.
Difficult to control asthma will be defined as patients who do not achieve asthma control (according to GINA) despite best treatment regimen and checked adherence after at least three months of treatment.
Intervention: Patients will be divided in two groups: asthma treatment plus weight loss program or asthma treatment alone for 6 months without drug dose changing.
Procedures (baseline and after 6 months) - quality of life questionnaire, asthma control questionnaire, lung function tests, serum and sputum inflammatory markers.
Study:
NCT01047657
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01047657