Dexamethasone Tolerability in the Treatment of Acute Asthma in Children

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2006-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess whether smaller volumes of oral dexamethasone result in better tolerability, specifically less vomiting, in pediatric patients during an acute asthma exacerbation.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: IWK Health Centre
• Collaborator: IWK Foundation
• Treatments: BB 1101; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone 21-phosphate; Dexamethasone acetate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• acute asthma exacerbation

• requiring oral systemic corticosteroids for management

Exclusion Criteria:

• preference for pills over liquid formulation

• history of Nissen fundoplication surgery

• needed immediate airway intervention

• require oral medications to be given via a G or J tube

• if patient care would be compromised

• enrolled in the study on a previous visit.