Efficacy and safety of doxofylline compared to theophylline in chronic reversible asthma - A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled multicentre clinical trial

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Goldstein, Marc F ^a   Chervinsky, Paul ^a  

^a Asthma Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Doxofylline; Methylxanthines; Theophylline

Indexed keywords

DOXOFYLLINE; METHYLXANTHINE; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASTRITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREMOR; VERTIGO;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ALBUTEROL; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; PLACEBOS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SAFETY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TACHYCARDIA; THEOPHYLLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036240519     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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