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. 2024 Apr 8;10(2):00741-2023.
doi: 10.1183/23120541.00741-2023. eCollection 2024 Mar.

As-needed low-dose inhaled corticosteroid/formoterol therapy in patients with severe asthma included in the German Asthma Net cohort

Christopher Alexander Hinze  1 , Rainer Ehmann  2 , Margret Jandl  3 , Katrin Milger  4 , Olaf Schmidt  5 , Christian Schulz  6 , Dirk Skowasch  7 , Tobias Welte  1 , Roland Buhl  8 , Eckard Hamelmann  9 , Marco Idzko  10 , Christian Taube  11 , Stephanie Korn  12   13 , Hendrik Suhling  1   13
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As-needed low-dose inhaled corticosteroid/formoterol therapy in patients with severe asthma included in the German Asthma Net cohort

Christopher Alexander Hinze et al. ERJ Open Res. .

Abstract

After the GINA update in 2019, the proportion of SMART therapy increased with evidence for better disease control in SMART patients compared to SABA alone https://bit.ly/3SSPX1C.

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Conflict of interest: C.A. Hinze has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: R. Ehmann has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Jandl has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: K. Milger reports fees for lectures or consultation from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GSK, Novartis and Sanofi, all outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: O. Schmidt reports fees for lectures or consultations from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GSK, Novartis and Sanofi, all outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: C. Schulz reports fees for lectures or consultations from AstraZeneca, Novartis and Sanofi, all outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: D. Skowasch reports fees for lectures or consultation from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GSK, Janssen, MSD and Sanofi, all outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: T. Welte and/or his institution received grants advisory/lecture/clinical trial fees and non-financial support from BMBF (German Ministry of Research and Education), AstraZeneca, GSK, Sanofi Aventis and Biotest, outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: R. Buhl reports grants to Mainz University from Boehringer Ingelheim, GSK, Novartis, and Roche, as well as personal fees from AstraZeneca, Berlin-Chemie, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, Cipla, GSK, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi and Teva, all outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: E. Hamelmann is funded by the BMBF (CHAMP, project number 01GL1742D) for characterisation of children and adolescents with severe asthma; he reports personal fees from ALK, Boehringer Ingelheim, GSK, Leti Pharma, Novartis, Nutricia, Sanofi and Stallergenes, all outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: M. Idzko has received fees for lectures and/or advisory board meetings from Alk Pharma, AstraZeneca, Berlin-Chemie, Chiesi, CSL-Behring, Jansen & Jansen, Menarini, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi Aventis and Teva, all outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: C. Taube has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Korn has received fees for lectures and/or advisory board meetings from AstraZeneca, Chiesi, GSK, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi Aventis and Teva, all outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: H. Suhling reports fees for lectures or consultation from AstraZeneca, GSK, Novartis and Sanofi, all outside the submitted work.

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