medicine.wisc.edu/asthma/canoe

Contact Information:

If you have questions regarding the CANOE study, please call or email our team

Main Lab Line: 608-263-8539
Lab Cell: 608-228-9590
coast@medicine.wisc.edu

 

 

Background

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH) is one of 12 individual U.S. birth cohort sites that make up the Children’s Respiratory Environmental Workgroup (CREW) consortium. Four of these sites, including UWSMPH, will be conducting the Childhood Allergy and the NeOnatal Environment (CANOE) study. Up to 500 pregnant mothers will participate in this study across the U.S. About 150 will take part in the study at UWSMPH.

The purpose of these research studies is to determine how early-life environmental factors cause childhood asthma and allergies. Previous birth cohort studies have found that early-life environmental factors, such as allergies, pollutants, viruses and bacteria, contribute to the development of asthma and allergies. We are doing this research because there continues to be a strong need to understand the causes of asthma and allergies.

In addition to sharing data and samples among CREW investigators, CANOE data and samples will also be shared with the larger Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program (www.echochildren.org). ECHO consists of multiple NIH studies in about 200 locations in the United States. It is expected that ECHO will have a total study population of about 50,000 children and their families.

Enrollment Criteria

This study will follow mothers and their child starting in the prenatal period through the child’s first 3 years of life. Expectant mothers who meet the following criteria may be eligible to enroll:

  • Are > 18 years of age
  • Are NOT taking progesterone
  • Have (or baby’s father or baby’s biological sibling has) a history of asthma or allergic rhinitis (hay fever)
  • Plan to deliver at Meriter Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin

What to Expect: CANOE Study Timeline

Study activities will be conducted over the phone, through email, through in-person research visits and/or around scheduled prenatal and pediatrician visits at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Health locations. Participants will be compensated for their time.

Virtual Drop In:

Friday, October 16, 2020 
12:15-1:10 pm 

Access the virtual drop in

If you are interested in our CANOE study, please click here and fill out our brief information request survey!