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Efficacy Of Nasal Mometasone For The Treatment Of Chronic Sinonasal Disease In Patients With Inadequately Controlled Asthma, A. E. Dixon, M. Castro, R. I. Cohen, L. B. Gerald, J. T. Holbrook, C. G. Irvin, S. Mohapatra, S. P. Peters, S. Rayapudi, E. A. Sugar, R. A. Wise
Efficacy Of Nasal Mometasone For The Treatment Of Chronic Sinonasal Disease In Patients With Inadequately Controlled Asthma, A. E. Dixon, M. Castro, R. I. Cohen, L. B. Gerald, J. T. Holbrook, C. G. Irvin, S. Mohapatra, S. P. Peters, S. Rayapudi, E. A. Sugar, R. A. Wise
Journal Articles
BACKGROUND: Chronic sinonasal disease is common in asthmatic patients and associated with poor asthma control; however, there are no long-term trials addressing whether chronic treatment of sinonasal disease improves asthma control. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether treatment of chronic sinonasal disease with nasal corticosteroids improves asthma control, as measured by the Childhood Asthma Control Test and Asthma Control Test in children and adults, respectively. METHODS: A 24-week multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial of placebo versus nasal mometasone in adults and children with inadequately controlled asthma was performed. Treatments were randomly assigned, with concealment of allocation. RESULTS: Two hundred thirty-seven …