Multicenter Asthma Research Collaboration

NCT ID: NCT00005563

Last Updated: 2016-03-16

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

1999-07-31

Study Completion Date

2001-06-30

Brief Summary

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To study the epidemiology of emergency asthma by focusing on three Multicenter Asthma Research Collaboration (MARC) databases collected over a two-year period in adult and pediatric emergency departments.

Detailed Description

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BACKGROUND:

The Multicenter Airway Research Collaboration (MARC) was created by 12 emergency physicians in May 1996 to determine the best management of acute asthma in the emergency department. The principal investigator of MARC, Dr. Carlos Camargo, formed the MARC Steering Committee to help guide this collaboration. The MARC Coordinating Center is based at the Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA). Financial support for MARC has come from a variety of sources, including government, foundations, and industry. The NHLBI study used MARC databases.

DESIGN NARRATIVE:

Five representative aims were to: 1) characterize acute asthma management in urban emergency departments (EDs) and then compare current practice with that recommended in the 1997 national guidelines; 2) examine gender differences in acute asthma; 3) identify reasons why minority patients with asthma go to (and possibly prefer) the ED for their asthma care; 4) characterize important clinical subgroups, such as acute asthma among pregnant women and patients with sudden-onset severe acute asthma; and 5) examine risk factors for asthma hospitalization and for relapse after ED discharge.

The study completion date listed in this record was obtained from the "End Date" entered in the Protocol Registration and Results System (PRS) record.

Conditions

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Asthma Lung Diseases

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

No eligibility criteria
Maximum Eligible Age

100 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NIH

Sponsor Role lead

References

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Emerman CL, Cydulka RK, Crain EF, Rowe BH, Radeos MS, Camargo CA Jr; MARC Investigators. Prospective multicenter study of relapse after treatment for acute asthma among children presenting to the emergency department. J Pediatr. 2001 Mar;138(3):318-24. doi: 10.1067/mpd.2001.111320.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11241036 (View on PubMed)

Emond SD, Reed CR, Graff LG IV, Clark S, Camargo CA Jr. Asthma education in the Emergency Department. On behalf of the MARC Investigators. Ann Emerg Med. 2000 Sep;36(3):204-11. doi: 10.1067/mem.2000.109168.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10969221 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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R03HL063253

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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5110

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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