Boehringer Ingelheim’s Spiriva (tiotropium) Respimat improved lung function in children with asthma aged from six to 17 years when added to maintenance therapy compared to placebo in a Phase III trial and additional pooled data.
The privately-owned German company also announced that the treatment had been well-tolerated as it presented the research results at the European Respiratory Society International Congress (ERS).
In the CanoTinA-asthma trial, tiotropium Respimat was investigated as an add-on therapy for children who were already taking an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) or an ICS combined with other maintenance therapy.
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