Call for Asthma Research Participants
Respiratory Medicine at Princess Margaret Hospital and the Telethon Institute for Child health Research are continuing our research assessing lung function in young children aged 3 to 7 years. We currently have two studies running in this age group and both involve the measurement of lung function using the forced oscillation technique. This breathing test is easy for young children to complete and is helping us to better understand breathing problems in young children.
The first study involves the assessment of lung function pre and post Ventolin and examining the associations between the response to Ventolin and recent symptoms. The study involves children with asthma and also healthy controls with 3 visits over a 6 month period (start, 1 month and 6 months). To finish this study we need healthy children and children with moderate to severe asthma. If you know of any families that you think fit this description please tell them about the study or forward this email to them.
The second study has just commenced and is assessing the feasibility of an inhaled mannitol test in young children. The study involves healthy children as controls and children with a history of exercise induced symptoms in the past 12 months. If you know of any families that you think fits this description please tell them about the study or forward this email to them.
Our ability to continue our research and to help improve our understanding of asthma in young children relies on the generous assistance of Perth families. We would like to take this opportunity to thank those who have already helped us and look forward to completing these studies so as to be able to report our finding to the community as a whole.
Anyone interested in more information on the studied can contact Dr Afaf Albloushi on aalbloushi@meddent.uwa.edu.au or 9340 8121. These studies have received ethics approval from the Princess Margaret Hospital Ethics committee.