Steroid treatment to help prevent asthma after a first wheezing illness
Part of Immune system & allergy, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This trial studies whether an early steroid treatment can lower the chance that children will go on to develop asthma after their first severe “wheezing” episode caused by a rhinovirus (a common cold virus). If you qualify, the goal is to prevent future asthma rather than just treat the current episode.
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Who can take part
- Be a child admitted to a participating pediatric hospital in Norway, Finland, or Sweden
- This is the first time your child has wheezing with breathing trouble, starting within 7 days of symptom onset
- Your child has signs of a more serious first wheezing episode (for example fever, low oxygen, chest pulling in, or wheezing heard by a clinician)
- A nose swab test (PCR) shows rhinovirus infection
- Your child was not born before 37 weeks, has no prior wheezing episodes, and has not taken steroid medicine before
- You/your child can follow study visits and rules, and you can share consent; your child also should not have severe illness needing ICU (unless only non-invasive breathing support)
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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