Are Asthmatics Enrolled in Randomized Trials Representative of Real-Life Outpatients?
Author(s) -
Salvatore Battaglia,
Marco Basile,
Mario Spatafora,
Nicola Scichilone
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000375314
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , randomized controlled trial , population , depression (economics) , anxiety , epidemiology , pediatrics , physical therapy , psychiatry , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics
This study was aimed at exploring to what extent populations enrolled in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of inhalation combination treatment for mild/moderate asthma in adults are fully representative of 'real-life' populations. The following is a retrospective analysis of the clinical records of outpatient subjects with an ascertained diagnosis of asthma.
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