GOAL

Can guideline-defined asthma control be achieved?

The Gaining Optimal Asthma controL study

J. Mark FitzGerald, FRCPC¹; Louis-Philippe Boulet, FRCPC²; and Richard M.A. Follows, BSc³

1 Respiratory Division, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada;
2 The Laval University Cardiothoracic Institute, Laval Hospital, Quebec City, Canada; and
3 GlaxoSmithKline Research & Development Limited, Greenford, Middlesex, United Kingdom

* Investigators list supplied separately

1 University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa;
2 UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA;
3 Hôpital Arnaud De Villeneuve, Montpellier, France;
4 University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI, USA;
5 Imperial College, London, UK;
6 Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; and
7 University of Southern Denmark, Kolding Hospital, Kolding, Denmark

GOAL var en 1-års randomisert, dobbel-blind, parallellgruppe studie. 3416 pasienter med ukontrollert astma ble rekruttert fra 44 land for å undersøke om kontroll av astma var mulig å oppnå.