From: Deflazacort: therapeutic index, relative potency and equivalent doses versus other corticosteroids
 | Visit 1 | Visit 2 | Visit 3 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Deflazacort | Prednisolone | Deflazacort | Prednisolone | Deflazacort | Prednisolone |
FEV1 (%) | 53 (13.3) | 51 (14.9) | 75* (15.8) | 78* (20.3) | 86*,** (14.3) | 84* (18.6) |
PEFR (l/min) | 169.3 (65.3) | 165.4 (79.3) | 233* (84.7) | 214 (75.5) | 285* (113.4) | 253* (114.8) |
Symptom scores | 6.1 (1.4) | 6.5 (1.4) | 1.7* (1.2) | 2.7* (1.2) | 0.7*,** (0.8) | 0.6*,** (0.8) |