Clinical Trial

Design, Development and Evaluation of a Digital Health Assistant for Paediatric Asthma

Study acronym: ALEX
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Summary
This study is to evaluate the efficacy of the digital health assistant (DHA) "Alex" in improving asthma control in asthmatic children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 compared to their baseline values. It is designed to track over a period of six consecutive months lung function parameters, lung inflammation, asthma symptoms and burden, medication adherence, and passively recorded nocturnal asthma symptoms and markers related to sleep quality. In Phase I (months 1-3), Digital Health Assistant (DHA) 's core functionality will be deployed. In Phase II (months 3-6), the platform will be augmented with lung-function-fluctuations analysis-informed therapeutic recommendations, allowing to quantify the incremental benefit of targeted decision support beyond the gamified DHA alone. An embedded qualitative study will be conducted to evaluate acceptability of and engagement with the DHA.
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT07472283
Lead Sponsor University Children's Hospital Basel
Collaborators: Basel Research Center for Child Health
Conditions Paediatric Asthma
Enrollment 42 participants
Start Date 2026-04
Primary Completion 2027-05 (estimated)
Study Completion 2027-05 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2026-03-16