Double-blind, placebo-controlled study of azelastine and fluticasone in a single nasal spray delivery device

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 168-173

  Hampel, Frank C ^a   Ratner, Paul H ^b   Van Bavel, Julius ^c   Amar, N J ^d   Daftary, Pramila ^e   Wheeler, William ^f   Sacks, Harry ^f  

^a Central Texas Health Research   (United States)

^b Sylvana Research   (United States)

^c Allergy and Asthma Associates   (United States)

^d Allergy and Asthma Research Institute   (United States)

^e Allergy and Asthma Care of Waco   (United States)

^f Meda Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZELASTINE; FLUTICASONE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; PLACEBO; AEROSOL; ALLERGEN; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; DRUG COMBINATION; PHTHALAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSGEUSIA; EPISTAXIS; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; MUCOSAL EROSION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NOSE CONGESTION; NOSE DISCOMFORT; NOSE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINORRHEA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASON; SNEEZING; SOMNOLENCE; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; CEDRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOLS; AGED; ALLERGENS; ANDROSTADIENES; CEDRUS; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; PHTHALAZINES; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 77955183921     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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