Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A PHASE 4, MULTINATIONAL, MULTICENTRE, DOUBLE BLIND, DOUBLE DUMMY, RANDOMIZED, PARALLEL GROUP, CONTROLLED CLINICAL STUDY OF FIXED COMBINATION BECLOMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE 100 µg PLUS FORMOTEROL FUMARATE 6 µg pMDI WITH HFA-134A PROPELLANT (CHF1535, FOSTER®) VERSUS FLUTICASONE 250 µg PLUS SALMETEROL 50 µg DPI (SERETIDE® DISKUS®) AS MAINTENANCE TREATMENT IN CONTROLLED ASTHMATIC PATIENTS.
Brief Summary: Double blind, multinational, multicentre, randomised, 2 arm parallel group study


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Signed informed consent
* Outpatient at least 12 years of age with diagnosis of asthma at least 12 weeks prior to first visit
* Both genders; females of child bearing potential must be willing to use appropriate contraception
* Pre-bronchodilator FEV1 of 40-90% predicted
* Reversibility FEV1 of at least 12% and 200mLs
* Current asthma therapy that includes inhaled corticosteroid for at least 4 weeks prior to first visit

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of life threatening asthma
* Respiratory infection or candidiasis
* Asthma exacerbation requiring OCS within last 4 weeks or overnight hospital stay within the last 3 months
* Concurrent respiratory disease or other disease that would confound study participation of affect subject safety
* Allergies to study drugs, study drug excipients, medications related to study drugs
* Taking another investigational medication or medication prohibited for use during the study
* Previous treatment with FF or FF/VI in a phase II or III study
* Night shift workers
* Children in care
B: Inclusion Criteria:

Asthmatic patients will be enrolled at Visit 1 into the run-in period if they meet all of the following criteria:

1. Written informed consent obtained
2. Adult male and female (≥18 and ≤65 years)
3. Clinical diagnosis of controlled asthma according to Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention (GINA) revised version 2007 in the previous week before study entry:

   * no daytime symptoms (twice or less/week)
   * no limitations of activities
   * no nocturnal symptoms/awakenings
   * no need for reliever/rescue medications (twice or less/week)
   * lung function (FEV1) \> 80% predicted or personal best (if known)
4. Patients treated with fluticasone 500 µg + salmeterol 100 µg daily for ≥ 4 weeks
5. A co-operative attitude and ability to correctly use the device and to complete the diary cards.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients will not be enrolled at visit 1 into the run-in period if they meet any of the following criteria:

1. Inability to carry out pulmonary function testing;
2. Diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) as defined by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute/World Health Organisation (NHLBI/WHO) Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines;
3. History of near fatal asthma;
4. Evidence of severe asthma exacerbation or symptomatic infection of the lower airways in the previous six months;
5. Three or more courses of oral corticosteroids or hospitalisation due to asthma during the previous 6 months;
6. Patients treated with long-acting β2-agonists (LABAs) other than salmeterol, anticholinergics, and leukotriene antagonists during the previous 4 weeks;
7. Current smokers or recent (less than one year) ex-smokers defined as smoking at least 15 packs/year;
8. Clinically significant or unstable concurrent disease : e.g. uncontrolled hyperthyroidism, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus or other endocrine disease; significant hepatic impairment; significant renal impairment; significant other pulmonary disease; cardiovascular disease; gastrointestinal disease; neurological disease; haematological disease, autoimmune disorders, that may interfere with patient's safety, compliance, or study evaluations, according to the investigator's opinion;
9. Patients with a serum potassium value ≤ 3.5 mEq/L
10. Patients with QTc interval (Bazett's formula) higher than 450 msec at screening visit 1;
11. Cancer or any chronic diseases with prognosis \< 2 years;
12. Female subjects: pregnant or with active desire to be pregnant, lactating mother or lack of efficient contraception in a subject with child-bearing potential (i.e. contraceptive methods other than oral contraceptives, IUD, tubal ligature). A pregnancy test in urine is to be carried out in women of a fertile age at screening
13. Significant alcohol consumption or drug abuse;
14. Patients treated with beta-blockers as regular use;
15. Patients treated with monoamine oxidase inhibitor, tricyclic antidepressants and Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIs), unless already taken at stable doses at the screening visit
16. Allergy, sensitivity or intolerance to study drugs and/or study drug formulation ingredients;
17. Patients unlikely to comply with the protocol or unable to understand the nature, scope and possible consequences of the study;
18. Patients who received any investigational new drug within the last 12 weeks;
19. Patients with asthma exacerbations during the run-in period will also be excluded from the study.
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Out patient at least 18 years of age
* Both genderds; females of childbearing potential must be willing to use birth control method
* A diagnosis of asthma at least 6 months prior to Screening
* A best FEV1 of at least 50% of the predicted nomal value at Screening
* Subjects have been receiving maintanance therapy for asthma, for at least 4 weeks prior to Screening

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of life-threating asthma
* Respiratory infection or oral candidiasis
* Asthma exacerbation within 12 weeks
* Concurrent respiratory disease or other disease that would confound study participation or affect subject safety
* Allergies to study drugs, study drugs7 excipients, medications related to study drugs
* Taking another investigational medication or medication prohibited for use during this study
D: Key Inclusion Criteria:

* Clinical diagnosis of Asthma
* Reversibility ≥ 12% and ≥200mls reversibility of FEV1 within approximately 30-minutes following 2 to 4 puffs of albuterol
* FEV1 between 40-85% predicted
* Currently on short acting beta2 agonist therapy

Key Exclusion Criteria:

* History of life threatening asthma
* Respiratory Infection or oropharyngeal candidiasis
* Asthma exacerbation
* Uncontrolled disease or clinical abnormality
* Allergies
* Taking another Investigational medications or other prohibited medications

Answer: B