Buteyko Method for Asthmatic Children With Mouth Breathing

NCT ID: NCT02724657

Last Updated: 2017-01-24

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

35 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-03-31

Study Completion Date

2016-10-31

Brief Summary

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To assess the effectiveness of the Buteyko method as an adjunct therapy in the treatment of asthmatic children with mouth breathing.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Asthma Mouth Breathing

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Buteyko Method

Children will perform 6 sessions (twice a week) of treatment with the Buteyko Method.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Buteyko Method

Intervention Type OTHER

Intervention will be held twice a week during 3 weeks.

Control

Asthma education.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Buteyko Method

Intervention will be held twice a week during 3 weeks.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Children from 7 up to 12 years old with asthma diagnose
* Regular inhaled corticosteroids with no change in dose in the preceding 4 weeks.
* Children cannot present: other respiratory disease (such as cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, and tuberculosis), retinal detachment, hypertensive crisis, congenital heart defect, pulmonary edema, history of lobectomy or lung segmentectomy, respiratory infections 15 days prior to the evaluations.

Exclusion Criteria

* Children that are not able to perform some of the necessary procedures, give up participating in the research and present acute symptoms of respiratory tract during the assessments.
Minimum Eligible Age

7 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Karla Morganna Pereira Pinto de Mendonça

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)

Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Site Status

Countries

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Brazil

Other Identifiers

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1.443.588

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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