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Response profiles to fluticasone and montelukast in mild-to-moderate persistent childhood asthma.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16387583     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Outcome data are needed to base recommendations for controller asthma medication use in school-aged children. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine intraindividual and interindividual response profiles and predictors of response to an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and a leukotriene receptor antagonist (LTRA). METHODS: An ICS, fluticasone propionate (100 mug twice daily), and an LTRA, montelukast (5-10 mg nightly, age dependent), were administered to children ages 6 to 17 years with mild-to-moderate persistent asthma using only as-needed bronchodilators in a multicenter, double-masked, 2-sequence, 16-week crossover trial. Clinical, pulmonary, and inflammatory responses to these controllers were evaluated. RESULTS: Improvements in most clinical asthma control measures occurred with both controllers. However, clinical outcomes (asthma control days [ACDs], the validated Asthma Control Questionnaire, and albuterol use), pulmonary responses (FEV(1)/forced vital capacity, peak expiratory flow variability, morning peak expiratory flow, and measures of impedance), and inflammatory biomarkers (exhaled nitric oxide [eNO]) improved significantly more with fluticasone than with montelukast treatment. eNO was both a predictor of ACDs (P = .011) and a response indicator (P = .003) in discriminating the difference in ACD response between fluticasone and montelukast. CONCLUSIONS: The more favorable clinical, pulmonary, and inflammatory responses to an ICS than to an LTRA provide pediatric-based group evidence to support ICSs as the preferred first-line therapy for mild-to-moderate persistent asthma in children. eNO, as a predictor of response, might help to identify individual children not receiving controller medication who achieve a greater improvement in ACDs with an ICS compared with an LTRA.
Authors:
Robert S Zeiger; Stanley J Szefler; Brenda R Phillips; Michael Schatz; Fernando D Martinez; Vernon M Chinchilli; Robert F Lemanske; Robert C Strunk; Gary Larsen; Joseph D Spahn; Leonard B Bacharier; Gordon R Bloomberg; Theresa W Guilbert; Gregory Heldt; Wayne J Morgan; Mark H Moss; Christine A Sorkness; Lynn M Taussig;
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology     Volume:  117     ISSN:  0091-6749     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Allergy Clin. Immunol.     Publication Date:  2006 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-01-02     Completed Date:  2006-02-09     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  1275002     Medline TA:  J Allergy Clin Immunol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  45-52     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of California-San Diego, San Diego, CA 92111, USA. robert.s.zeiger@kp.org
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acetates / therapeutic use*
Adolescent
Androstadienes / therapeutic use*
Asthma / drug therapy*,  physiopathology
Child
Cross-Over Studies
Double-Blind Method
Female
Forced Expiratory Volume / drug effects
Humans
Leukotriene Antagonists / therapeutic use*
Male
Nitric Oxide / analysis
Quinolines / therapeutic use*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
5U10HL064287/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; 5U10HL064288/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; 5U10HL064295/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; 5U10HL064305/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; 5U10HL064307/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; 5U10HL064313/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; M01RR00036/RR/NCRR NIH HHS; M01RR00051/RR/NCRR NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Acetates; 0/Androstadienes; 0/Leukotriene Antagonists; 0/Quinolines; 10102-43-9/Nitric Oxide; 158966-92-8/montelukast; 90566-53-3/fluticasone

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