According to international treatment guidelines, inhaled rapid-acting β2 agonists should be used for the control of symptoms in patients with asthma. We compared the efficacy and safety of an extrafine combination inhaler containing a corticosteroid (beclometasone) plus a rapid-onset, long-acting β2 agonist (formoterol) with a short-acting β2 agonist (salbutamol) as reliever strategies in patients taking beclometasone-formoterol combination as maintenance treatment.

Beclometasone-formoterol as maintenance and reliever treatment in patients with asthma: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial / Papi, Alberto; Corradi, Massimo; Pigeon Francisco, Catherine; Baronio, Roberta; Siergiejko, Zenon; Petruzzelli, Stefano; Fabbri, Leonardo M; Rabe, Klaus F.. - In: THE LANCET RESPIRATORY MEDICINE. - ISSN 2213-2600. - 1:1(2013), pp. 23-31. [10.1016/S2213-2600(13)70012-2]

Beclometasone-formoterol as maintenance and reliever treatment in patients with asthma: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial

CORRADI, Massimo;
2013-01-01

Abstract

According to international treatment guidelines, inhaled rapid-acting β2 agonists should be used for the control of symptoms in patients with asthma. We compared the efficacy and safety of an extrafine combination inhaler containing a corticosteroid (beclometasone) plus a rapid-onset, long-acting β2 agonist (formoterol) with a short-acting β2 agonist (salbutamol) as reliever strategies in patients taking beclometasone-formoterol combination as maintenance treatment.
2013
Beclometasone-formoterol as maintenance and reliever treatment in patients with asthma: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial / Papi, Alberto; Corradi, Massimo; Pigeon Francisco, Catherine; Baronio, Roberta; Siergiejko, Zenon; Petruzzelli, Stefano; Fabbri, Leonardo M; Rabe, Klaus F.. - In: THE LANCET RESPIRATORY MEDICINE. - ISSN 2213-2600. - 1:1(2013), pp. 23-31. [10.1016/S2213-2600(13)70012-2]
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