NCT07746921Recruiting
Smart Inhaler and Remote Asthma Management in Adolescents With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial: Utilizing a Digital Inhaler Cap to Support for Remote Asthma Management in Adolescents With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 31 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Correct use of daily medications containing inhaled corticosteroids is key for asthma control, yet children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) face additional barriers to proper inhaler use. Smart inhalers, a novel technology that provides guidance and immediate feedback on inhaler use techniques, have been shown to enhance correct medication administration in the typically developing pediatric population, but their effectiveness has not been evaluated on the pediatric IDD population for remote home use. This study aims to investigate whether daily application of smart inhalers (1) is feasible, acceptable and usable in the IDD population for remote asthma management, (2) improves the rate of medication use and correct medication administration, and (3) results in improvement in lung function. This effort aims to promote better asthma management in the IDD population for remote home use.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 34 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 13 Jul 2026
- Start date
- 10 Aug 2026
- Primary completion date
- 9 Aug 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
- NCT number
- NCT07746921
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 34
- From 10 Aug 2026 to the primary completion date, 9 Aug 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Health status or any clinical conditions: limited life expectancy and complex respiratory pathologies (e.g., tracheostomy, restrictive lung disease, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, cystic fibrosis) to prevent confounding in asthma treatment outcomes.
Other
- Inability or unwillingness of individual or legal guardian/representative to give written informed consent.
Who the study is looking for
- Adolescents ages 10-17 years
- Diagnosis of mild-to-moderate intellectual disability (ID) ICD-10: F70-F71 and/or diagnosis of developmental disability, including autism: ICD-10: F80-89; (Diagnosis of ID and/or autism in the EMR may be used to reach out to potential families).
- Diagnosis of moderate-to-severe asthma or moderate or severe unspecified asthma or diagnosis indicated in the EMR: ICD-10: J45.40-J45.909; (Diagnosis of ID and/or autism in the EMR may be used to reach out to potential families).
- Parent/legal guardian has a smartphone and is willing to download an application associated with the CapMedic device, is assigned to the intervention group.
- Parent/legal guardian is willing to answer questions about their child.
- Parent/legal guardian and adolescent must have the ability to understand study procedures and to comply with them for the entire length of the study
- English or Spanish-speaking participants
- Not currently involved in other studies using digital inhalers
- Males and females of reproductive capability will be enrolled: contraception is not necessary or required.
- Participants must use any of the following MDIs (as indicated by the 510(k) as maintenance inhaled corticosteroids (ICS): Advair HFA, Flovent HFA, Symbicort HFA, Alvesco HFA, Dulera HFA, and Asmanex HFA.
Age in the registry: 10 years to 17 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Recruiting |
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