Asthma, abbreviation for bronchial asthma, is one of the common chronic airways disease that threatens human health. Typical symptoms of asthma are recurrent wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and cough, usually occurring at night or early morning. However, there are still some patients with only persistent clinical manifestations of chest tightness. Concerned about this group of patients, we presented a subgroup of bronchial asthma, namely, chest tightness variant asthma (CTVA). This asthma subgroup usually lacks asthma-specific clinical features such as wheezing, shortness of breath, wheezing, and therefore often misdiagnosed for a long time. In order to further understand the clinical characteristics, pathogenesis, and prognosis of patients with CTVA, we conducted a national multicenter observation study to further understand CTVA. Finally, we plan to clarify whether CTVA is a relatively independent asthma phenotype. Meanwhile, reducing misdiagnosis and perform an appropriate treatment of CTVA.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
76
Treat patient according to Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guideline
Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
China-Japan Friendship Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
Xinqiao Hospital,Third Military Medical University
Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, China
The Second Affiliated Hospital,Fujian Medical University
Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Asthma control questionnaire (ACQ)
Asthma control questionnaire (ACQ)
Time frame: Change from Baseline ACQ score at 36 months
Forced expiratory volume in one second
Forced expiratory volume in one second
Time frame: Change from Baseline ACQ score at 36 months
Airway responsiveness
Airway responsiveness
Time frame: Change from Baseline ACQ score at 36 months
Peak expiratory flow
Peak expiratory flow
Time frame: Change from Baseline ACQ score at 36 months
Asthma quality of life questionnaire
Asthma quality of life questionnaire
Time frame: Change from Baseline ACQ score at 36 months
Acute asthma episode
Acute asthma episode
Time frame: Change from Baseline ACQ score at 36 months
Numbers of emergency or hospitalization
Numbers of emergency or hospitalization
Time frame: Change from Baseline ACQ score at 36 months
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Nanfang Hospital, Nanfang Medical University
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
The First Affiliated Hospital,Guangzhou Medical University
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
People's Hospital of Shenzhen
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Affiliated Hospital,Zhanjiang Medical College
Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China
Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital
Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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