Asthma Care with Alvesco® (Ciclesonide) in Primary Care in adults - The ACCEPT-study (BY9010/CA-102)

Exclusion Criteria

• - On combination therapy (ICS + long acting beta-2-agonist) for asthma in the past 3 months or require combination therapy
• - Severe asthma, one or more asthma exacerbations in the last 3 months requiring hospitalization or emergency room visit, or patients who have used systemic steroids more than 3 times in the past 6 months or who are currently using systemic steroids
• - Mild asthma requiring short acting beta-2-agonists only
• - Patients with a contraindication to ICS therapy
• - Any other disease or medical condition requiring further clinical evaluation, which in the opinion of the Primary Care Practitioner may interfere with the clinical study or interfere with the diagnosis of asthma.
• - Pregnancy, breast feeding, intention to become pregnant during the course of the study or lack of safe contraception in pre-menopausal women