Airports, Air Quality, and Children's Asthma Near SeaTac Airport

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This is a randomized trial in South King County that compares homes given a portable HEPA air cleaner with homes given a less effective portable cleaner (no HEPA). Community health workers recruited from local organizations deliver asthma education and support integration of the intervention into households. Investigators will monitor indoor air pollutant levels and track child asthma outcomes such as symptom frequency, exacerbations, and urgent care visits. The goal is to see if home air filtration can reduce exposure and improve asthma health for children living near airport and highway pollution sources.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Child is 6-12 years old with a health care provider-diagnosed asthma.
* Caregiver is comfortable in participating in all study activities in English (communicating with study staff by phone and completing online surveys).
* Caregiver is familiar with the child's daily asthma health.
* Residence within 10 miles of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as determined by zip code
* Child resides in caregiver's home at least five nights a week on a regular basis and has no plans to move in the next three months.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Child has severe asthma at baseline. Severe asthma was defined in consultation with pediatric pulmonologists to be caregiver-reported asthma symptoms every day over the past 14 days and/or two or more inpatient hospitalizations for asthma in the past 12 months.
* Households were excluded if there were multiple individuals within the same household with asthma eligible for the King County CHW Asthma Program or had severe asthma.

Where it's running

• University of Washington
  Seattle, Washington, United States Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Elena Austin, Sc.D. — University of Washington
• Study coordinator: Christine Loftus, PhD, MPH
• Email: cloftus@uw.edu
• Phone: 206-753-9079

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.