Naturalistic Included: History of and
ongoing SAR, confirmed
by positive skin prick
test for grass pollen
Excluded: FEV1 400 μg/d of ICSs
N = 49;
28 women,
21 men; mean
age, 32 y
DL 5 mg/d
for 2 wk
FEX 180 mg/d
for 2 wk
PBO
Objective (PNIF) and subjective (subject-rated
individual symptom scores)
Significant improvements with DL and FEX vs PBO
in PNIF (difference: 11 and 10 L/min, respectively;
P < 0.05), nasal blockage score (difference: 0.3
and 0.2; P < 0.05), and total nasal symptoms
(including blockage) (difference: 0.9 and 0.7;
P < 0.05)