Table 1 Summary of exclusion reasons for ineligible subjects¹

Does the patient attend a non-participating school?

75 (43.4%)

Among patients who attend a participating school (or had missing value for that exclusion criteria)

98 (56.6%)

  Does the study medication represent a step-down in asthma therapy in the judgement of the ED physician?

72 (73.5%)

  Does the patient have a history of using greater than or equal to 2 controller medications for asthma in the past 30 days?

19 (19.4%)

  Is the patient hospitalized?

11 (11.2%)

  Is the patient or their parent/guardian non-English or non-Spanish speaking?

9 (9.2%)

  Has the patient had greater than or equal to 2 hospitalizations for asthma in the past year?

6 (6.1%)

  Is the patient enrolled in another research study?

2 (2.0%)

  Does the patient attend a participating school less than 5×/week?

0 (0%)

  Has the patient had any ICU admissions for asthma in the past year?

0 (0%)

  The parent does not have a cell phone.

0 (0%)

  The parent cannot send and receive text messages from their cell phone.

0 (0%)