Conditions: Asthma
Keywords: Asthma and Poor Coordinators of Asthma Inhalers
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Enrollment: 49
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This is a research study designed to compare the single-dose efficacy of albuterol-hydrofluoroalkane-breath-actuated inhaler (HFA-BAI) and albuterol-HFA-metered-dose inhaler (MDI) in asthmatics with poor inhaler coordinating abilities.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Participants will receive single actuation of albuterol 90 micrograms (mcg), administered using BAI in treatment period 1 or 2. arm 2: Participants will receive single actuation of albuterol 90 mcg, administered using MDI in treatment period 1 or 2.

Interventions: intervention 1: Albuterol-HFA-MDI intervention 2: Albuterol-HFA-BAI
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Inhalation Aerosols, 90 mcg, 1 dose per treatment period intervention 2: Inhalation Aerosol (Breath-Actuated), 90 mcg, 1 dose per treatment period.

Protocol document: