Table 1

SPIRIT trial registration dataset80

Data categoryInformation
Primary registry and trial identifying numberClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00953342
Date of registration in primary registry4 August 2009
Secondary identifying numbersMOP93807
Source(s) of monetary or material supportCanadian Institutes of Health Research
Primary sponsorCanadian Institutes of Health Research
Secondary sponsor(s)Concordia University, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal
Contact for public queriesSLB
Contact for scientific queriesSLB
Public titleImpact of Aerobic Exercise on Asthma Morbidity (Ex-asthma study)
Scientific titleImpact of Aerobic Exercise on Asthma Morbidity (Ex-asthma study)
Countries of recruitmentCanada
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedAsthma
Intervention(s)Active comparator: 12 weeks of supervised aerobic exercise and standard carePlacebo comparator: 12 weeks of standard care
Key inclusion and exclusion criteriaInclusion criteria:
▸ Physician-diagnosed asthma (confirmed by medical record evidence of bronchodilator reversibility of 12% or a minimum of 180 cc or PC20 methacholine ≤16 mg/mL)
▸ Sedentary (currently do less than 60 min of structured/planned physical activity per week)
▸ Taking at least 250 mg fluticasone equivalent per day
▸ On stable dose and regimen of asthma medications
▸ Mild-to-moderate symptomatic asthma as defined by an Asthma Control Questionnaire score of 1.25 or greater
Exclusion criteria:
▸ Diagnosed comorbid disease for which there are already established exercise guidelines, that is,  cardiac disease or COPD
▸ Any other medical condition that confers greater illness morbidity than asthma (eg, active cancer) which will be confirmed by physician review
▸ FEV1 lower than 60% of predicted
▸ Incapable of exercising
▸ A BMI>30 kg/m2
▸ Unable to speak or understand either French or English
▸ <18 years of age
▸ Patients who are currently pregnant or intend to become pregnant over the course of the study
Study typeInterventional
Allocation: randomised
Endpoint classification: efficacy study
Intervention model: parallel assignment
Masking: single blind (outcomes assessor)
Primary purpose: treatment
Phase III
Date of first enrolmentJanuary 2010
Target sample size104
Recruitment statusRecruiting
Primary outcome(s)Asthma control Questionnaire (Juniper) ( time frame: within 1 week of completion of the intervention (ie, after 12 weeks)
Key secondary outcomes▸ Asthma quality of life questionnaire (Juniper) ( time frame: within 1 week of completion of the intervention (ie, after 12 weeks))
▸ Asthma control test (time frame: within 1 week of completion of the intervention (ie, after 12 weeks))
▸ Inflammatory markers (time frame: within 1 week of completion of the intervention (ie, after 12 weeks))
  • Of note, a full SPIRIT checklist is provided as a supplementary file.

  • BMI, body mass index; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 s.