Child Asthma

Children with persistent asthma, specific asthma characteristics could help determine the type of treatment
Researchers have identified specific asthma characteristics in children that could help determine the type of asthma treatment they will best respond to.

“There is increasing evidence that children respond differently to the various treatment options for asthma,” noted James Kiley, director of the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases. “If we can pinpoint in advance which children will do better with a certain type of therapy, we can improve their lives more quickly and save them the risk of trying medications that are less effective for them. This study adds important information for identifying which children are more likely to respond well to inhaled corticosteroids.”