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Article: Investigational device reduces asthma attacks.(ACROSS SPECIALTIES)
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- Clinical Psychiatry News
- Article date:
- July 1, 2009
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SAN DIEGO -- The Alair Bronchial Thermoplasty System produced significant improvements in quality of life in 79% of patients with severe asthma who underwent treatment, compared with 64% of sham controls, results from a randomized, multicenter pivotal trial showed.
Moreover, patients in the treatment group had a 32% reduction in asthma attacks, an 84% reduction in emergency room visits for respiratory symptoms, and a 66% reduction in days lost from work, school, or other activities due to respiratory symptoms.
The findings exceeded the expectations of principal investigator Dr. Mario Castro, professor of medicine and pediatrics at Washington University, ...