PURPOSE: This randomized, double-blind study evaluated airway inflammation following administration of fluticasone propionate (FP) 100mcg BID or FP 100mcg BID + montelukast (MON) 10mg QD for 12 weeks in 103 subjects with persistent asthma who were symptomatic on short-acting beta2-agonists.
METHODS: Subjects underwent biopsy and BAL at baseline and after 12 weeks of treatment with FP or FP+MON.
RESULTS: Furthermore, clinical asthma control, as assessed by AM and PM PEF, FEV1, albuterol use and rescue-free days was similar with FP+MON compared with FP alone.
CONCLUSION: There was no evidence of incremental improvement in airway inflammation or overall asthma control with the addition of montelukast 10mg QD to FP 100mcg BID.
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: The common practice of adding a leukotriene modifier to current ICS therapy for broader coverage of inflammation is not supported by this study. The broad anti-inflammatory effects of ICS adequately control the underlying airway inflammation of asthma. (FPD40014).
DISCLOSURE: Paul Dorinsky, Shareholder shareholder of GSK stock; Employee employee of GSK.
Paul M. Dorinsky MD * Susan Wilson PhD Steve Yancey MS Donna Reilly BS John Stauffer MD Lisa Edwards PhD Laura Sutton PharmD Ratko Djukanovic MD GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC
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