Recommendation ID
NG245/2
Question

What is the best step-up treatment for people whose asthma is not controlled on a combination inhaler of ICS plus formoterol used as needed?

Any explanatory notes
(if applicable)

For a short explanation of why the committee made this recommendation for research, see the rationale and impact section on medicine combination and sequencing in people aged 12 and over .

Full details of the evidence and the committee's discussion are in evidence review Q: drug combinations and sequencing for asthma management.


Source guidance details

Comes from guidance
Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management (BTS, NICE, SIGN)
Number
NG245
Date issued
November 2024

Other details

Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research? No  
Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register?   No  
Last Reviewed 28/01/2025