persistent cough
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: patients with dry cough sustaining for more than 3 weeks, without apparent cause of cough evident from history, physical examination, chest X-ray, or spirometry
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. hypersensitivity to budesonide 2. woman who is pregnant or during breast-feeding 3. on ACE inhibitor 4. patients with asthma which is active or under treatment 5. patients who the doctors consider inappropriate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Ratio of patients whose VAS score of cough symptoms improve more than 50% after treatment with inhaled corticosteroid | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Keio University School of Medicine Division of Pulmonary Medicine