NCT07803042Not yet recruiting
Using a Digital Spacer for Inhaler Technique Education in Pediatric Asthma
Using the Aflo™ Digital Smart Spacer Platform to Improve Inhaler Technique in Children With Uncontrolled Asthma: A Prospective Pilot Study - INSPIRE-KIDS (INhaler SPacer Improvement & Real-time Education - KIDS)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This pilot study evaluates the feasibility, usability, and potential effect of the aflo™ Smart Spacer platform in children aged 6-18 with uncontrolled asthma using pMDIs and spacers. The study investigates changes in inhaler technique, asthma control, and lung function following 3 months of daily use of the CE-marked aflo™ device.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 12 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 25 Aug 2026
- Start date
- Sept 2026
- Primary completion date
- Jan 2027
- Lead sponsor
- University Medical Center Groningen
- Diseases
- Asthma
- NCT number
- NCT07803042
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 12
- From Sept 2026 to the primary completion date, Jan 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
- Chronic lung disease other than asthma
- Significant cardiac disease
Other
- Not able to understand Dutch sufficiently
- No access to stable mobile internet
Who the study is looking for
- Age 6-18 years
- Physician-diagnosed asthma
- Using ICS ± LABA ± LAMA ± SABA via pMDI and spacer suitable for aflo™
- Uncontrolled asthma (ACT \<19 and/or recent exacerbation and/or suspected nonadherence/poor technique)
- Access to an Apple or Android smartphone (OS ≥ 4.3)
- Willing and able to give assent/consent (parents/guardians for minors)
Age in the registry: 6 years to 18 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UMC Groningen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Groningen | Netherlands | Unknown status |
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