The ICQ asthma algorithm: Inhaled corticosteroid Containing resCUE (ICQ) treatment for present and future asthma management.

Rescue ICS/SABA (under development as a single inhaler8 with favourable results of the pivotal studies just announced)9 would address many of these limitations as it could be used to overcome the current barriers to the ICQ generalizability at all treatment steps, irrespective of the type of background maintenance asthma therapy (if any). Anti-inflammatory treatment is the pharmacological cornerstone of asthma management. [Extracted from the article]