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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT03275935
Date of registration: 06/09/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences
Public title: Evaluation of Inhalation Technique in Patients With COPD, Asthma or ACOS Using a Dry Powder Device (DPI)
Scientific title: Evaluation of Inhalation Technique in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma or Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome(ACOS) Using a Dry Powder Device at Chest Clinic in Dhulikhel Hospital
Date of first enrolment: March 1, 2017
Target sample size: 307
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03275935
Study type:  Observational [Patient Registry]
Study design:   
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Nepal
Contacts
Name:     Dr Sudeep Shrestha, MD, MRCP(UK)
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Affiliation:  Dhulikhel Hospital- Kathmandu University Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age >18 years,

- Diagnosed of having of asthma or COPD or ACOS

- Using dry powder inhaler therapy with Rotahaler

Exclusion Criteria:

- Use of inhaler devices other than Rotahaler

- Newly started on dry powdered inhalational therapy or patients who had recently
received face-to-face training program on inhalation technique within the past one
month

- Patients in acute exacerbation

- Patients failing to give consent



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
COPD Asthma
Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome
Inhalation
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in 'Inhalation Scores" After a month from Baseline [Time Frame: After a month]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Prevalance COPD, Asthma and Asthma COPD Overlap Syndrome inpatients visiting Chest Clinic of Dhulikhel Hospital- Kathmandu University Hospital. [Time Frame: 3 months]
Prevalence of patients using the inhalation devices via incorrect technique [Time Frame: At pretraining]
Associated Factors for Incorrect Inhalation Technique [Time Frame: 3 months]
Secondary ID(s)
73/17
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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