drugset / Trial / NCT00588406

Study of Budesonide as an Addition to Standard Therapy in Adult Asthmatics in the Emergency Room.

NCT00588406

RandomizedParallel-groupTriple-blindTreatment

Summary

To determine whether adding nebulized inhaled steroids to the standard care of acutely ill ED patients with refractory acute asthma helps improve forced expiratory volume at one second (FEV1) and decrease the need for hospitalization.

Timeline

Start
2007-09
Primary completion
2009-12
Completion
2009-12

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Budesonide Small molecule 2 mg Inhaled
Background Ipratropium Small molecule 2.5 mg
Background Prednisone Other / unclassified 60 mg Oral
Background Salbutamol Unknown 2.5 mg Inhaled

Indications