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<!ELEMENT scientific_title (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT scientific_acronym (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT hc_freetext (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT i_freetext (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_actual_enrolment (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT results_adverse_events (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_outcome_measures (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_url_protocol (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_IPD_plan (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_IPD_description (#PCDATA)>


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<!ELEMENT address (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT country1 (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT zip (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT telephone (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT email (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT affiliation (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT agemax (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT gender (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT exclusion_criteria (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT i_code (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT intervention_keyword (i_keyword+)>
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<!ELEMENT issuing_authority (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT source_name (#PCDATA)>

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  <trial>
    <main>
      <trial_id>IRCT20251021067707N1</trial_id>
      <utrn></utrn>
      <reg_name>IRCT</reg_name>
      <date_registration>2025-10-25</date_registration>
      <primary_sponsor>Oroumia University of Medical Sciences</primary_sponsor>
      <public_title>Evaluating the Efficacy of oral Montelukast in 5-14 year old children hospitalized with severe exacerbated asthma</public_title>
      <acronym></acronym>
      <scientific_title>Evaluating the Efficacy of oral Montelukast in 5-14 year old children hospitalized with severe exacerbated asthma</scientific_title>
      <scientific_acronym></scientific_acronym>
      <date_enrolment>2025-11-22</date_enrolment>
      <type_enrolment>anticipated</type_enrolment>
      <target_size>72</target_size>
      <recruitment_status>Complete</recruitment_status>
      <url>https://irct.ir/trial/86953</url>
      <study_type>interventional</study_type>
      <study_design>Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Double blinded, Placebo: Used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment, Randomization description: Patients will be randomly assigned to two intervention groups using Excel software (36 patients, routine treatment regimen for moderate to severe asthma plus montelukast 5 mg orally/daily) and control (36 patients, routine treatment regimen for moderate to severe asthma plus oral placebo/daily), Blinding description: Study participants will be blinded to the placebo, and the outcome assessor will be blinded to the group they are in.</study_design>
      <phase>4</phase>
      <hc_freetext>Severe Exacerbation of Asthma.</hc_freetext>
      <i_freetext>Intervention 1: Intervention group: Routine treatment regimen for moderate to severe asthma plus montelukast 5 mg orally/day. Intervention 2: Control group: Control group: Routine moderate to severe asthma treatment regimen plus oral/daily placebo.</i_freetext>
      <results_actual_enrolment></results_actual_enrolment>
      <results_date_completed></results_date_completed>
      <results_url_link></results_url_link>
      <results_summary></results_summary>
      <results_date_posted></results_date_posted>
      <results_date_first_publication></results_date_first_publication>
      <results_baseline_char></results_baseline_char>
      <results_participant_flow></results_participant_flow>
      <results_adverse_events></results_adverse_events>
      <results_outcome_measures></results_outcome_measures>
      <results_url_protocol></results_url_protocol>
      <results_IPD_plan>Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available</results_IPD_plan>
      <results_IPD_description>Justification or reason for indecision in sharing IPD is So far, we haven't had enough reason to release people's information.</results_IPD_description>
    </main>
    <contacts>
      <contact>
        <type>public</type>
        <firstname>Saeed Choupani</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>No. 2, Kani 5, Kholafayeh Rashedin Boulevard, Andisheh Town</address>
        <city>Boukan</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>5716114819</zip>
        <telephone>+98 44 4625 4148</telephone>
        <email>schoopany1373@gmail.com</email>
        <affiliation>Oroumia University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <type>scientific</type>
        <firstname>Saeed Choupani</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>No. 2, Kani 5, Kholafayeh Rashedin Boulevard, Andisheh Town</address>
        <city>Boukan</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>5716114819</zip>
        <telephone>+98 44 4625 4148</telephone>
        <email>schoopany1373@gmail.com</email>
        <affiliation>Oroumia University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
    </contacts>
    <countries>
      <country2>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country2>
    </countries>
    <criteria>
      <inclusion_criteria>Age 5 to 14 years old
Hospitalized with a diagnosis of severe asthma attack
Patients who have used salbutamol in the past two weeks
A diagnosed history of moderate to severe persistent asthma
Not taking Montelukast</inclusion_criteria>
      <agemin>5 years</agemin>
      <agemax>14 years</agemax>
      <gender>Both</gender>
      <exclusion_criteria>Parents' lack of consent to participate in the study
Patients who are taking phenytoin, phenobarbital, or rifampicin (due to drug interactions)
The presence of any other possible diagnoses that mimic asthma symptoms
There are clear contraindications for prescribing montelukast.
The occurrence of dangerous side effects and drug allergies to montelukast</exclusion_criteria>
    </criteria>
    <health_condition_code>
      <hc_code>J45.51</hc_code>
    </health_condition_code>
    <health_condition_keyword>
      <hc_keyword>Severe Exacerbation of Asthma</hc_keyword>
    </health_condition_keyword>
    <intervention_code>
      <i_code>Treatment - Drugs</i_code>
      <i_code>Placebo</i_code>
    </intervention_code>
    <intervention_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Intervention group: Routine treatment regimen for moderate to severe asthma plus montelukast 5 mg orally/day</i_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Control group: Control group: Routine moderate to severe asthma treatment regimen plus oral/daily placebo</i_keyword>
    </intervention_keyword>
    <primary_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Length of hospital stay. Timepoint: The entire length of hospital stay. Method of measurement: Hospital file.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>The need for adjunctive therapies such as magnesium sulfate. Timepoint: The entire length of hospital stay. Method of measurement: Hospital file.</prim_outcome>
    </primary_outcome>
    <secondary_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>The occurrence of drug side effects including headache, nausea, diarrhea, and hives. Timepoint: The entire duration of hospitalization. Method of measurement: Taking a patient history.</sec_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>Differences in response to treatment based on the type of triggering agent (infectious or non-infectious). Timepoint: The entire duration of hospitalization. Method of measurement: Taking a patient history.</sec_outcome>
    </secondary_outcome>
    <secondary_sponsor>
      <sponsor_name></sponsor_name>
    </secondary_sponsor>
    <secondary_ids>
      <secondary_id>
        <sec_id></sec_id>
        <issuing_authority></issuing_authority>
      </secondary_id>
    </secondary_ids>
    <source_support>
      <source_name>Oroumia University of Medical Sciences</source_name>
    </source_support>
    <ethics_reviews>
      <ethics_review>
        <status>Approved</status>
        <approval_date>2025-09-24</approval_date>
        <contact_name>Research Ethics Committees of Urmia University of Medical Sciences</contact_name>
        <contact_address>Resalat Boulevard Urmia West Azarbaijan Iran (Islamic Republic of)</contact_address>
        <contact_phone></contact_phone>
        <contact_email></contact_email>
      </ethics_review>
    </ethics_reviews>
  </trial>
</trials>
