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Randomized Comparison of Strategies for Reducing Treatment in Mild Persistent Asthma . The second paragraph under Protocol (page 2029) should have read "Inclusion criteria for randomization after the run-in period (Figure 2) were as follows: adequate adherence (i.e., completion of at least 10 of the previous 14 days of daily diary cards and fluticasone treatment for at least 21 of the previous 28 days); a prebronchodilator FEV₁ of at least 80% of the predicted value; a score on the Asthma Control Questionnaire¹⁷ of less than 1.5 (range, 0 to 6, with lower values indicating less-severe asthma and 0.5 unit as the minimal clinically important difference¹⁸); fewer than 16 puffs of a rescue beta-agonist used per week during the final 2 weeks of the run-in period (except as medication before exercise); no hospitalization, urgent medical care (for asthma), oral corticosteroid use, or use of additional asthma medication during the run-in period; and an absence of febrile illness (temperature exceeding 38.0°C, or 100.4°F) within the previous 24 hours." We regret the error. The text has been corrected on the Journal's Web site at www.nejm.org.

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