The New England journal of medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
The effect of telithromycin in acute exacerbations of asthma.
We conducted a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy of telithromycin in patients with acute exacerbations of asthma. ⋯ This study provides evidence of the benefit of telithromycin in patients with acute exacerbations of asthma; the mechanisms of benefit remain unclear. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00273520.).