Conditions: Asthma
Keywords: asthma allergen challenge IL-5 eosinophils
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 23
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The aim of the present study is to investigate whether the effects of salmeterol in combination with fluticasone propionate on blood markers of airway inflammation are maintained after chronic dosing and whether the effect is influenced by the time of allergen challenge relative to the time of dosing.

Detailed description:
A 12-week, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, three-period, cross-over pilot study comparing the effect of salmeterol/fluticasone propionate, fluticasone propionate and placebo on perpheral blood eosinophils and serum IL-5 in response to allergen challenge in asthma subjects when allergen challenge is administered at 1 hour or 11-12 hours post-dose of the dosing interval

Arms:
arm 1: Fluticasone Propionate (FP) 100 micrograms (mcg) twice daily (BID) in the first treatment period: Salmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate Combination (SFC) 50/100 mcg BID in the second treatment period: Placebo in the third treatment period arm 2: Placebo in the first treatment period: Salmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate Combination 50/100 mcg BID in the second treatment period: Fluticasone Propionate 100 mcg BID in the third treatment period arm 3: Salmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate 50/100 Combination mcg BID in the first treatment period: Fluticasone Propionate 100 mcg BID in the second treatment period: Placebo in the third treatment period arm 4: Salmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate Combination 50/100 mcg BID in the first treatment period: Placebo in the second treatment period: Fluticasone Propionate 100 mcg BID in the third treatment period arm 5: Fluticasone Propionate 100 mcg BID in the first treatment period: Placebo in the second treatment period: Salmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate Combination 50/100 mcg BID in the third treatment period arm 6: Placebo in the first treatment period: Fluticasone Propionate 100 mcg BID in the second treatment period: Salmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate Combination 50/100 mcg BID in the third treatment period

Interventions: intervention 1: FP intervention 2: SFC intervention 3: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Fluticasone Propionate 100 mcg BD intervention 2: Salmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate Combination 50/100 mcg BD intervention 3: Matching Placebo

Protocol document: