asthma
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Adult patients ( >= 18 years of age) with stable asthma (no respiratory infection, asthma exacerbation, or change in maintenance therapy in the preceding 4 weeks) and confirmed by variable airflow obstruction were recruited. Variable airflow obstruction was defined as airway hyper-responsiveness in response to any standard challenge agent or positive bronchodilator reversibility test with more than 12% and 200 mL increase of forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) from the baseline. asthma were controlled or uncontrolled by step 4 or step 5 treatment of GINA.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The subjects were excluded if they were pregnant, had a cognitive impairment, current solid organ malignancy, or an inability to attend study visits.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Lung function;participants of non-neuronal cholinergic system;corticosteroid resistance;airway and systomatic inflammation index; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| ACQ;ACT;AQLQ; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, West China Hospital, Sichuan University