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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01509443
Date of registration: 02/01/2012
Primary sponsor: Dasman Diabetes Institute
Public title: Breathing & Mild Physical Exercise Therapy for Asthma
Scientific title: Application of Breathing Exercise Program to Improve Asthma in Obese Patients: Effects on Clinico-immunological Parameters
Date of first enrolment: April 2012
Target sample size: 200
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01509443
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Kuwait
Contacts
Name:   Fahad Al-Ghimlas, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 965 2224 2999
Email: fahad.alghimlas@dasmaninstitute.org
Affiliation: 
Name:   Fahad Al-Ghimlas, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 965 2224 2999
Email: fahad.alghimlas@dasmaninstitute.org
Affiliation: 
Name:   Fahad Al-Ghimlas, MD
Address: 
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Affiliation:  Co-Principal Investigator, Dasman Diabetes Institute
Name:   Said Dermime, PhD
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Affiliation:  Co-Principal Investigator, Dasman Diabetes Institute
Name:   Rasheed Ahmad, PhD
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Affiliation:  Principal Investigator, Dasman Diabetes Institute
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Individuals who report a physician-made diagnosis of asthma

- Non-smokers and ex-smokers (should have stopped smoking at least 1 year ago)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Contraindications to exercise

- Inability to exercise

- Current smokers or those who stopped smoking within the last week

- Presence of other lung diseases besides asthma

- Patients on systemic steroids

- Major co-morbidities inhibiting participants from being involved in an exercise
program



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Asthma
Intervention(s)
Other: Exercise
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in Post-bronchodilator Forced Expired Volume in one second (FEV1) [Time Frame: At baseline (pre-exercise) and two different time points (3 and 6 months of post-exercise)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in Fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) [Time Frame: At baseline (pre-exercise) and two diiferent time points (3 and 6 months of post-exercise)]
Change in Immunological Markers [Time Frame: At baseline (pre-exercise) and two different time points (3 and 6 months of post-exercise)]
Improvement in other pulmonary functions as well as quality of life assessment [Time Frame: At baseline (pre-exercise) and two different time points (3 and 6 months of post-exercise)]
Secondary ID(s)
RA-2011-015
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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