Conditions: Asthma
Keywords: asthma exacerbation persistent bronchial hyperresponsiveness mild GINAII
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 100
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
An 18 months randomised double-blind study with two parallel arms with start dose of inhaled SERETIDE 50/100mcg BD or FLIXOTIDE 100mcg BD, Phase I is 6 months where the patient will be up-titrated until well controlled is achieved, After 6 months the treatment continues without changes during 9 months = PhaseII. The aim is to investigate and evaluate the assumption that the combination therapy with SERETIDE controls mild persistent asthma better than inhaled corticosteroids(FLIXOTIDE) alone.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Eligible participants received a starting dose of 50/100 mcg Seretide (combination of Sal/FP) via Diskus inhaler, twice daily. During the first 6 months, when the asthma was unstable/uncontrolled, dose was increased in a stepwise fashion to 50/250 mcg and 50/500 mcg (if still unstable). After the initial 6 months, the treatment was fixed without further changes. The total treatment period was 18 months. arm 2: Eligible participants received a starting dose of 100 mcg Flixotide (FP only) via Diskus inhaler, twice daily. During the first 6 months, when the asthma was unstable/uncontrolled, dose was increased in a stepwise fashion to 250 mcg and 500 mcg (if still unstable). After the initial 6 months, the treatment was fixed without further changes. The total treatment period was 18 months.

Interventions: intervention 1: Seretide intervention 2: Flixotide
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Seretide intervention 2: Flixotide

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