Vitamin D for the Treatment of Severe Asthma

Summary

The investigators want to test the hypothesis, that vitamin D3 improves pulmonary function and quality of life in patients with asthma relatively resistant to glucocorticoids.

Timeline

Start

2008-08

Primary completion

2010-08

Completion

2010-08

Publications

• Lloyd CM, Hessel EM. Functions of T cells in asthma: more than just T(H)2 cells. Nat Rev Immunol. 2010 Dec;10(12):838-48. doi: 10.1038/nri2870. Epub 2010 Nov 9.

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