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QUESTION: Is oral montelukast as effective as inhaled salmeterol for prevention of exercise induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) in adults with asthma?
Design
8 week, randomised {allocation concealed*}†, blinded {patients, clinicians, outcome assessors, statisticians},*† controlled trial.
Setting
17 asthma treatment centres in the US.
Patients
191 patients who were 15–45 years of age (mean age 26 y, 52% men), had a history of chronic asthma, had an FEV1 ≥65% of the predicted value at rest, and had a decrease in FEV1 ≥20% after a standardised exercise challenge on 2 occasions during baseline measurement. Exclusion criteria were upper respiratory infection or exacerbation of asthma that had required emergency care in the previous month or admission to hospital for asthma in the previous …
Footnotes
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Source of funding: Merck and Company, Inc.
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For correspondence: Dr J M Edelman, Merck and Company, Inc., Box 4, HM-220, West Point, PA 19486, USA. Fax +1 215 328 2444.
↵† Data provided by author.