Early Intervention in Pulmonary Exacerbation in Cystic Fibrosis

NCT ID: NCT00850551

Last Updated: 2016-12-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 42 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2009-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2011-12-31

Brief Summary

This study will be performed at the University of Washington. Forty subjects with Cystic Fibrosis will be enrolled, with 20 randomized into the usual care arm and 20 randomized into the intervention arm. All subjects will be enrolled for 6 months and have 3 study visits. One at baseline, midpoint, and final. The intervention arm subjects may have more study visits depending on their respiratory symptoms.

The intervention arm subjects will perform home spirometry twice a week with a PiKo-6 hand held spirometer. They will also have a home-based telemonitoring system connected to their phone line. They will be prompted twice a week to answer questions regarding their health via the telemonitor.

Subjects who are not able to utilize the home-based telemonitoring system will answer the questions regarding their health via the internet from their home computer.

If the subject's spirometry falls by greater than 10% from baseline or the CF respiratory symptoms change in 3 or more of the 8 respiratory symptoms captured by the telemonitor questionnaire, the subject will be called by the research staff and clinically evaluated by the study PIs within three days.

The usual care subjects will continue with their routine care at the University of Washington CF Clinic.

Detailed Description

The study design is a single center, randomized non-blinded controlled clinical trial comparing usual care to a program of early identification and treatment of pulmonary exacerbation in adults with CF. Forty subjects will be enrolled a at the University of Washington with 20 subjects randomized into the usual care arm, and 20 randomized into the intervention arm.

Usual care is defined as the regular quarterly CF visits with acute visits triggered by calls from the patient to the clinic. Neither home assessment of spirometry or standardized home symptom assessment are a component of usual care. Treatment of a pulmonary exacerbation will be based on a standard protocol employing a standard definition and treatment regimen. This study will employ current standardized CF pulmonary exacerbation orders used at the University of Washington. Usual care arm subjects will have 3 study visits at baseline, midpoint, and final, over a period of 6 months.

The early intervention protocol will employ twice a week assessment of home spirometry and CF respiratory symptoms; we will employ a home based monitoring system from Philips called the Philips Remote Patient Monitoring system (TeleStation). The home monitoring system is connected to the patient's phone line; this system is currently used in clinical practice in the care of patients with diabetes and heart failure.

Subjects who do not have a home phone line will answer the CF respiratory questions via the internet from their home computer.

The home spirometry will be done using a PiKo-6 hand held spirometer up to 84 spirometry values. If the subject's spirometry falls by greater than 10% from baseline or the CF respiratory symptoms change in 3 or more of the 8 respiratory symptoms captured in the questionnaire, the subject will be called by the research staff and clinically evaluated by the study PIs within three days. This evaluation will include a history and physical exam along with repeat spirometry at the clinic. The intervention arm subjects will have 3 study visits at baseline, midpoint, and final, over a period of 6 months. They may have additional study visits depending on their respiratory symptoms or exacerbations during the 6 month study period.

Conditions

Cystic Fibrosis

Keywords

Early Intervention; Pulmonary Exacerbation; Cystic Fibrosis; Lung Function; Spirometry; Phillips Telemonitor; Home Spirometry; PiKo-6; Home Monitoring

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Usual Care

Usual Care

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Early Intervention

Intervention Type: OTHER

Twice a week home spirometry and symptom assessment

Intervention

Twice weekly home spirometry and symptom assessment

Group Type: OTHER

Early Intervention

Intervention Type: OTHER

Twice a week home spirometry and symptom assessment

Interventions

Early Intervention

Twice a week home spirometry and symptom assessment

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Piko-6; Philips Telemonitor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Male or female at least 18 years old
• Confirmed diagnosis of cystic fibrosis
• Chronically colonization wtih Pseudomonas defined by positive sputum or lower airway cultures on 2 or more occasions in any 12 month period
• Ability to participate in an interview and administration of questionnaire lasting 60 minutes
• Clinically stable without IV antibiotic treatment for a pulmonary exacerbation in the prior 2 weeks
• Ability to perform spirometry
• Have a home telephone line or home computer with internet connection
• Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Colonization with burkholderia cepacia complex
• Confirmed diagnosis of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis as defined by the CFF guidance document
• Currently receiving antimicrobial therapy to treat non-tuberculous mycobacterium
• History of prior solid organ transplant
• Inability to speak and read the English language well enough to complete questionnaire

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Washington

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Chris Goss

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Christopher H Goss, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Washington

Locations

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

35243-E/A

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id