Adherence to Adding Inhaled Corticosteroids to Rescue Therapy in a Pragmatic Trial with Adults with Asthma – a Pilot Study

Underuse of guideline-recommended inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) controller therapy is a risk factor for greater asthma burden. ICS concomitantly-used with rescue inhalers [Patient-Activated Reliever-Triggered ICS( ‘PARTICS’)] reduced asthma exacerbations in efficacy trials, but whether PARTICS is effective in pragmatic trials is unknown.

Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - January 6, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Juan Carlos Cardet, Paula J. Busse, Jennifer K. Carroll, Thomas B. Casale, Tamera Coyne-Beasley, Sherrie Dixon-Williams, Maureen Fagan, Victoria E. Forth, Anne L. Fuhlbrigge, Michelle L. Hernandez, David Kaelber, Barbara Kaplan, Margarita Lorenzi, Suzanne Source Type: research