Discontinuation of inhaled corticosteroids in patients with controlled asthma: The DISCO study

CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that the maintenance of ICS treatment may help keep patients' asthma under control. Furthermore, patients with LOC had significantly higher sputum eosinophil counts in the CIG than those in the non-LOC group. Therefore, continuous ICS use by patients with mild, well-controlled asthma could be associated with good clinical outcomes.PMID:33819615 | DOI:10.1016/j.anai.2021.03.031

Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - April 5, 2021 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Jung-Hyun Kim Juhae Jin Seo Young Park So-Young Park Hyo-Jung Kim Min-Hye Kim Hyouk-Soo Kwon Woo-Jung Song Sae-Hoon Kim Heung-Woo Park Yoon-Seok Chang You Sook Cho Young-Joo Cho Sang-Heon Cho Hee-Bom Moon Tae-Bum Kim Source Type: research