Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Washington University School of Medicine

Code:

NCT07819747

Conditions

Asthma (Diagnosis)

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 3 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

REACH

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study pilots REACH, Resources and Education for Addressing Chronic Health, a service model to facilitate care coordination and communication across medical, school, and home settings. REACH seeks to address barriers to school-based asthma management, improving health and educational outcomes and reducing negative impacts for children with asthma.

Conditions

Asthma (Diagnosis)

Study ID

NCT07819747

Start date

Jun 9, 2026

Status verified date

Sep, 2026

Completion date

Jun, 2030

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun, 2030

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 3 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Parents (N=200)/Children (N=200)

Inclusion criteria for recruited parents/children:

  • parents/caregivers with at least one child with asthma or present to the nurse with asthma symptoms in the partner school district,
  • child with asthma must have a diagnosis of asthma or suspected asthma due to asthma symptom-related healthcare utilization and/or multiple visits to the school nurse (>1)
  • attend a school in one of the partner school districts
  • have access to email and a computer or other mobile device
  • receive care within the BJH/ WUSM system (an indicator of participation in the electronic health record system).

Exclusion Criteria for recruited families:

  • Child does not have asthma and do not present to school nurse with asthma symptoms
  • Child does not attend one of the identified schools in a partner school district
  • Children in foster care or wards of the state

School Nurses (Implementers) (N=15)

Inclusion Criteria for school nurses:

  • Employed by partner school district and work in an identified building
  • Provide care to students with asthma or present with asthma symptoms

Exclusion Criteria for school nurses:

\- Do not work for partner school district or for an identified building

Providers (N =15)

Inclusion Criteria for Providers:

\- Provide care to a child participant on the study

Exclusion Criteria for Providers:

\- Do not provide care to a child participant on the study

Study Design

Enrollment

430 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: REACH

Consists of school nurses who serve as both participants and REACH intervention implementers, students and their caregivers, and student providers. Though there are several participant types, there is only 1 experimental group. All participants serve as their own controls.

Interventions

REACH

The REACH intervention which includes (a) a strategic communication or messaging and dissemination strategy to build school and family relationships and trust, (b) capacity building activities to improve asthma knowledge and awareness through asthma education and resource provided both digitally and in-person, and (c) a tool or dashboard that allows records and communication sharing across healthcare and educational systems to facilitate care coordination (REACH tool).

Primary outcome measure

  • Asthma knowledge and awareness [ Time Frame: Measured at baseline and at study completion (average of 1 year) ]
  • Implementation [ Time Frame: Measured at mid-trial (school nurses only) and at study completion (average of 1 year) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Dr. Kelly M. Harris, PhD, CCC-SLP

314-273-3242kmharris@wustl.edu

Madelyn Yoo, MSOT

314-400-8118m.g.yoo@wustl.edu

Locations

WashU School of Medicine

Recruiting

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110

Contacts

Madelyn Yoo, MSOT

314-400-8118m.g.yoo@wustl.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Washington University School of Medicine

Last update posted

Sep 15, 2026

Last verified

Sep, 2026

Keywords

  • Asthma
  • child health
  • patient care management
  • nursing
  • health services research

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-16. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Washington University School of Medicine on 2026-09-15.