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Table 6 Schedule for rescue medication

From: A phase 3 trial assessing the efficacy and safety of grass allergy immunotherapy tablet in subjects with grass pollen-induced allergic rhinitis with or without conjunctivitis, with or without asthma

Step

Rescue medication

Score/dose unit

Maximum daily score

Rhinoconjunctivitis

   

1

Desloratadine tablets, 5 mg, 1 tablet QD

6 (per tablet)

6

2

Olopatadine eye drops, 1 mg/ml, 1 drop in the affected eye BID

1.5 (per drop)

6

Maximum daily rhinoconjunctivitis medication score

  

12

Asthma

   

A

Albuterol inhalation powder, 120 μg/dose, up to 2–4 inhalations twice daily

1 (per 1 inhalation)

8

B

Fluticasone inhalation powder, 250 μg/dose, 1–2 inhalations up to twice daily

2 (per inhalation)

8

Maximum daily asthma medication score

  

16