CONCEPT: A 1-Year Comparison Of A Stable Dose Of SERETIDE® Inhaler With An Adjustable Maintenance Dose Of SYMBICORT® Inhaler. SERETIDE® Inhaler is a Trademark of GSK Group of Companies. SYMBICORT® Inhaler is a Trademark of Astra Zeneca.

Summary

To compare a stable dose of salmeterol/fluticasone propionate with a variable dose of formoterol/budesonide where the dose is adjusted according to a physician-guided self-management plan

Timeline

Start

2002-11

Primary completion

2004-07

Completion

2004-07

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper The percentage of symptom-free days was significantly greater (58.8% vs 52.1%; p = 0.034) PMID 17610727 ↗

Publications

• Results Boulet LP, Fitzgerald M, Pieters R. The CONCEPT study: comparative influence of two treatment strategies on airway response to AMP. European Respiratory Journal Supplement 2005; 26: 429.
• Results FitzGerald JM, Boulet LP, Follows RM. The CONCEPT trial: a 1-year, multicenter, randomized,double-blind, double-dummy comparison of a stable dosing regimen of salmeterol/fluticasone propionate with an adjustable maintenance dosing regimen of formoterol/budesonide in adults with persistent asthma. Clin Ther. 2005 Apr;27(4):393-406. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2005.03.006.
• Results Fitzgerald M, Boulet LP, Pieters WR. Improved control of symptoms and exacerbations with stable dose treatment with salmeterol/fluticasone propionate compared with adjustable maintenance dosing with formoterol/budesonide. European Respiratory Journal Supplement 2005; 26: 429.
• Results Price DB, Williams AE, Yoxall S. Salmeterol/fluticasone stable-dose treatment compared with formoterol/budesonide adjustable maintenance dosing: impact on health-related quality of life. Respir Res. 2007 Jul 4;8(1):46. doi: 10.1186/1465-9921-8-46.

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