The prevalence of Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The prevalence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in newly registered patients who are coded as asthmatic.
IRAS ID
168764
Contact name
Shanthakumar Rasakumaran
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Cardiff Metropolitant University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 4 months, 31 days
Research summary
The aim of the study will be to highlight the proportion of students with exercise induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) symptoms who are inappropriately diagnosed as asthmatic.
Each year the University Practice registers approximately 200 new students who are on treatment for asthma. Observation associated with researchers’ clinical experience suggests that a number of university students who registered with his general practice are identified as being asthmatic, but actually have symptoms suggestive of EIB. Having identified this problem the researcher undertook an extensive literature search, this failed to find any reports associated with well designed, large scale studies that had previously evaluated the prevalence of EIB in the general practice
The researcher intends to review the notes of those who fail to respond to asthma treatment and those who fall into intermediate or low probability as per current British asthma management guidelines. They will have either face to face or telephone consultation to establish those with exercise induced symptoms. They will be offered additional investigations in accordance with The American Thoracic Society Guidelines. This will involve spirometry before and repeated within 30 minutes of completing a stationary exercise bike challenge at the health centre. When there is a drop of 10% forced expiratory volume in 1 seconds EIB can be confirmed. This will enable the researcher to provide evidence based tailor made management plan that will not only help to improve performance, it may also potentially reduce the chance of developing tolerance to certain inhalers.
It is anticipated total study time will last approximately 90 minutes and those with change of management plan as a result of this study will be followed up after 4 to 6 weeks to check progress.REC name
West Midlands - Solihull Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/WM/0328
Date of REC Opinion
18 Aug 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion