Stepping Up Asthma Treatment In Children Leads To Improvement
Posted Mar 04 2010 3:05pm
Children with asthma who continue to have symptoms while using low-dose inhaled corticosteroids could benefit from increasing the dosage or adding one of two asthma drugs, a new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and other institutions finds.
Results of the study, called BADGER (Best ADd-on therapy Giving Effective Responses), also may allow physicians to better predict which of the three options will help a patient the most.
Robert C. Strunk, M.D., and Leonard B. Bacharier, M.D., both Washington University pediatric asthma specialists at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, were co-authors on the study, published online March 2 by the New England Journal of Medicine and presented the same day at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology’s annual meeting in New Orleans.
Children with asthma who continue to have symptoms while using low-dose inhaled corticosteroids could benefit from increasing the dosage or adding one of two asthma drugs, a new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and other institutions finds.
Results of the study, called BADGER (Best ADd-on therapy Giving Effective Responses), also may allow physicians to better predict which of the three options will help a patient the most.
Robert C. Strunk, M.D., and Leonard B. Bacharier, M.D., both Washington University pediatric asthma specialists at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, were co-authors on the study, published online March 2 by the New England Journal of Medicine and presented the same day at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology’s annual meeting in New Orleans.