Effectiveness and safety of bronchial thermoplasty in the treatment of severe asthma: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial.

Effectiveness and safety of bronchial thermoplasty in the treatment of severe asthma: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial.

RATIONALE: Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a bronchoscopic procedure in which controlled thermal energy is applied to the airway wall to decrease smooth muscle. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of BT versus a sham procedure in subjects with severe asthma who remain symptomatic des...

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Main Authors: Castro, M, Rubin, A, Laviolette, M, Fiterman, J, De Andrade Lima, M, Shah, P, Fiss, E, Olivenstein, R, Thomson, N, Niven, R, Pavord, I, Simoff, M, Duhamel, DR, McEvoy, C, Barbers, R, Ten Hacken, N, Wechsler, M, Holmes, M, Phillips, M, Erzurum, S, Lunn, W, Israel, E, Jarjour, N, Kraft, M, Shargill, N
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010

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