American Lung Association Study To Be Designated As An Editor's Choice Article In Next Edition Of The "Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology"

The American Lung Association's Asthma Clinical Research Centers (ACRC) completed the largest and most comprehensive study to evaluate placebo effects in patients with asthma. This new study investigated whether it is possible to enhance the effectiveness of treatment for poorly controlled asthma by increasing patients' expectations of the health benefit prescription drug therapy will provide.