Efficacy and Safety of Ciclesonide in Preschool Children With Asthma (2 to 6 Years) (BY9010/M1-207)

Exclusion Criteria

• •Concomitant severe diseases
• •Diseases contraindicated for the use of inhaled steroids
• •Other relevant lung diseases causing impairment in pulmonary function
• •Recurrent, episodic wheezing only
• •History of life-threatening asthma
• •History of any mechanical ventilation
• •Clinically relevant abnormal laboratory values suggesting an unknown disease and requiring further clinical evaluation
• •Premature birth (\< 32 weeks gestation)