Designing clinical trials to address the needs of childhood and adult asthma: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's AsthmaNet

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• 作者：E. R ; Sutherl ; William W. Busse ; National Heart ; Lung ; ; Blood Institute's AsthmaNet
• 关键词：AsthmaNet ; asthma ; treatment ; clinical trials ; proof of concept ; mechanistic studies ; asthma management
• 刊名：Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
• 出版年：January, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：133
• 期：1
• 页码：34-38.e1
• 全文大小：117 K

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In 2008, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute announced its intent to support a new asthma network known as AsthmaNet. This clinical trials consortium, now in its fifth year, has been charged with developing and executing clinical trials to address the most important asthma management questions and identify new treatment approaches in pediatric and adult patients. This review will discuss the organization of AsthmaNet and the scientific context in which the network was developed and began its work, report the results of an internal priority-setting exercise designed to guide the network鈥檚 scientific strategy, and highlight the portfolio of clinical trials, proof-of-concept studies, and mechanistic studies planned for the 7-year period of the network to update the global asthma community regarding the progress and processes of the network.