Tests Buteyko breathing exercises alongside asthma medicine in children
Tests breathing exercises plus usual asthma medicine in children with uncontrolled asthma.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Effects of Buteyko Breathing Exercise in Children With Uncontrolled Asthma
Key facts
- Where
- Jakarta Pusat, IndonesiaSee the site
AI summary: who the study is looking for
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for children aged 7 to 17 with asthma that is not well controlled. They get a 4-week Buteyko breathing exercise programme together with their asthma medicine, or the medicine alone.
- Age
- 7 to 17 years
- Sex
- Boys and girls can both join.
- Disease stage
- Asthma that is uncontrolled or only partly controlled (GINA Symptom Control Tool score above 1).
- Earlier treatment
- Children must take bronchodilator medicine, by mouth or inhaler, from a paediatrician. They must not have done Buteyko or other breathing exercises before.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Children staying in hospital (inpatients)
- Earlier Buteyko or other breathing exercises
- Congenital heart disease, pneumonia or another serious uncontrolled health problem
- Severe physical disability or mental retardation that could stop the exercises
- Reasons that make a spirometry test unsafe
Read by machine on 9 November 2026.
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 7 and 17 years old?
Source: NCT07025616, who can take part
Where in Indonesia
- Universitas Indonesia, Faculty of MedicineJakarta Pusat, IndonesiaContact: Ivan S Wibowo, Medical DoctorNo longer taking part
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
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- Who runs it
- Ivan Sofian Wibowo
- Trial code
- NCT07025616
- Record updated
- 17 June 2025
- Original description
This randomized controlled trial study aimed to measure the effectiveness of the combination of 4-weeks Buteyko breathing exercises and pharmacological therapy compared with pharmacological therapy alone in children with uncontrolled asthma.Read full original descriptionShow less
Effectiveness of Buteyko Breathing Exercise in Children With Uncontrolled Asthma: A Single Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial
This randomized controlled trial study aimed to measure the effectiveness of the combination of 4-weeks Buteyko breathing exercises and pharmacological therapy compared with pharmacological therapy alone in children with uncontrolled asthma.
Inclusion: Children aged 7-17 years; Uncontrolled or partially controlled asthma (GINA Symptom Control Tool score > 1); Receive bronchodilator therapy, either oral or inhaler from a pediatrician; Children and parents/care givers agree to participate in the study until the end, and parents/care givers sign the informed consent form; Can understand instructions.
Exclusion: Have received Buteyko breathing exercises or other breathing exercises; Have congenital heart disease, pneumonia, or other significant and uncontrolled health disorders; Inpatients; Have severe physical disabilities or mental retardation that could potentially prevent the implementation of Buteyko breathing exercises; Have contraindications for spirometry examination.