title: In two parallel pragmatic equivalence trials, leukotriene receptor antagonists as initial therapy for asthma compared with inhaled corticosteroids and as add on therapy to ICS compared with adding long-acting β agonists provided equivalent short-term asthma quality of life but were associated with more medication switches.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Lung Health, Institute for Heart and Lung Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. mark.fitzgerald@vch.ca
authors.forename: J Mark
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: FitzGerald