Airway Responses to Montelukast and Desloratadine.

Summary

Montelukast (for asthma) and desloratadine (for allergies) are effective therapy for their current uses. Part of what happens when your allergies trigger your asthma should be prevented by either of these drugs. This project is being conducted to determine if these drugs are effective, either alone or in combination, on controlling asthma that is triggered by allergies.

Timeline

Start

2007-01

Primary completion

2007-08

Completion

2007-08

Publications

• Davis BE, Illamperuma C, Gauvreau GM, Watson RM, O'Byrne PM, Deschesnes F, Boulet LP, Cockcroft DW. Single-dose desloratadine and montelukast and allergen-induced late airway responses. Eur Respir J. 2009 Jun;33(6):1302-8. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00169008. Epub 2009 Jan 22.

Drugs

Indications