RT Journal
A1 Colice GL
T1 STrategies for tailoring asthma treatment in adults
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2013
FD January 9
VO 309
IS 2
SP 136
OP 137
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.73382
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.73382
AB 
To the Editor: The authors of the BASALT study1 concluded that their findings “provide reassurance that [symptom-based adjustment] SBA of inhaled corticosteroids dose may be appropriate in most patients with mild to moderate asthma.” They reached that conclusion because treatment failure rates for adult patients with well or partially controlled asthma managed by either the physician assessment–based adjustment (PABA) method or the SBA method were similar. However, I hesitate to accept this conclusion for 2 reasons.