The Salmeterol Multicenter Asthma Research Trial: a comparison of usual pharmacotherapy for asthma or usual pharmacotherapy plus salmeterol.

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Published in Chest on January 01, 2006

Authors

Harold S Nelson1, Scott T Weiss, Eugene R Bleecker, Steven W Yancey, Paul M Dorinsky, SMART Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

A Dose Ranging Study of CHF 1531 in Asthmatic Subjects (FLASH) | NCT03086460

Reducing Diagnostic Error to Improve Patient Safety in COPD and Asthma (REDEFINE Study) (REDEFINE) | NCT03137303

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