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Overall asthma control achieved with budesonide/formoterol maintenance and reliever therapy for patients on different treatment steps

Bateman, Eric D. ; Harrison, Tim W. ; Quirce, Santiago ; Reddel, Helen K. ; Buhl, Roland ; Humbert, Marc ; Jenkins, Christine R. ; Peterson, Stefan ; Ostlund, Ollie and O'Byrne, Paul M. , et al. (2011) In Respiratory Research 12.
Abstract
Background: Adjusting medication for uncontrolled asthma involves selecting one of several options from the same or a higher treatment step outlined in asthma guidelines. We examined the relative benefit of introducing budesonide/formoterol (BUD/FORM) maintenance and reliever therapy (Symbicort SMART (R) Turbuhaler (R)) in patients previously prescribed treatments from Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) Steps 2, 3 or 4. Methods: This is a post hoc analysis of the results of five large clinical trials (> 12000 patients) comparing BUD/FORM maintenance and reliever therapy with other treatments categorised by treatment step at study entry. Both current clinical asthma control during the last week of treatment and exacerbations during the... (More)
Background: Adjusting medication for uncontrolled asthma involves selecting one of several options from the same or a higher treatment step outlined in asthma guidelines. We examined the relative benefit of introducing budesonide/formoterol (BUD/FORM) maintenance and reliever therapy (Symbicort SMART (R) Turbuhaler (R)) in patients previously prescribed treatments from Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) Steps 2, 3 or 4. Methods: This is a post hoc analysis of the results of five large clinical trials (> 12000 patients) comparing BUD/FORM maintenance and reliever therapy with other treatments categorised by treatment step at study entry. Both current clinical asthma control during the last week of treatment and exacerbations during the study were examined. Results: At each GINA treatment step, the proportion of patients achieving target levels of current clinical control were similar or higher with BUD/FORM maintenance and reliever therapy compared with the same or a higher fixed maintenance dose of inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting beta(2)-agonist (ICS/LABA) (plus short-acting beta(2)-agonist [SABA] as reliever), and rates of exacerbations were lower at all treatment steps in BUD/FORM maintenance and reliever therapy versus same maintenance dose ICS/LABA (P < 0.01) and at treatment Step 4 versus higher maintenance dose ICS/LABA (P < 0.001). BUD/FORM maintenance and reliever therapy also achieved significantly higher rates of current clinical control and significantly lower exacerbation rates at most treatment steps compared with a higher maintenance dose ICS + SABA (Steps 2-4 for control and Steps 3 and 4 for exacerbations). With all treatments, the proportion of patients achieving current clinical control was lower with increasing treatment steps. Conclusions: BUD/FORM maintenance and reliever therapy may be a preferable option for patients on Steps 2 to 4 of asthma guidelines requiring a more effective treatment and, compared with other fixed dose alternatives, is most effective in the higher treatment steps. (Less)
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1465-9921
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10.1186/1465-9921-12-38
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English
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  abstract     = {{Background: Adjusting medication for uncontrolled asthma involves selecting one of several options from the same or a higher treatment step outlined in asthma guidelines. We examined the relative benefit of introducing budesonide/formoterol (BUD/FORM) maintenance and reliever therapy (Symbicort SMART (R) Turbuhaler (R)) in patients previously prescribed treatments from Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) Steps 2, 3 or 4. Methods: This is a post hoc analysis of the results of five large clinical trials (&gt; 12000 patients) comparing BUD/FORM maintenance and reliever therapy with other treatments categorised by treatment step at study entry. Both current clinical asthma control during the last week of treatment and exacerbations during the study were examined. Results: At each GINA treatment step, the proportion of patients achieving target levels of current clinical control were similar or higher with BUD/FORM maintenance and reliever therapy compared with the same or a higher fixed maintenance dose of inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting beta(2)-agonist (ICS/LABA) (plus short-acting beta(2)-agonist [SABA] as reliever), and rates of exacerbations were lower at all treatment steps in BUD/FORM maintenance and reliever therapy versus same maintenance dose ICS/LABA (P &lt; 0.01) and at treatment Step 4 versus higher maintenance dose ICS/LABA (P &lt; 0.001). BUD/FORM maintenance and reliever therapy also achieved significantly higher rates of current clinical control and significantly lower exacerbation rates at most treatment steps compared with a higher maintenance dose ICS + SABA (Steps 2-4 for control and Steps 3 and 4 for exacerbations). With all treatments, the proportion of patients achieving current clinical control was lower with increasing treatment steps. Conclusions: BUD/FORM maintenance and reliever therapy may be a preferable option for patients on Steps 2 to 4 of asthma guidelines requiring a more effective treatment and, compared with other fixed dose alternatives, is most effective in the higher treatment steps.}},
  author       = {{Bateman, Eric D. and Harrison, Tim W. and Quirce, Santiago and Reddel, Helen K. and Buhl, Roland and Humbert, Marc and Jenkins, Christine R. and Peterson, Stefan and Ostlund, Ollie and O'Byrne, Paul M. and Sears, Malcolm R. and Eriksson, Göran}},
  issn         = {{1465-9921}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{BioMed Central (BMC)}},
  series       = {{Respiratory Research}},
  title        = {{Overall asthma control achieved with budesonide/formoterol maintenance and reliever therapy for patients on different treatment steps}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/1598529/1975830.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1186/1465-9921-12-38}},
  volume       = {{12}},
  year         = {{2011}},
}