[Focus on cough in asthma should be highlighted].

Abstract

Cough is one of the most common symptoms affecting quality of life severely, and is associated with poorer outcomes of asthma. However, cough in asthma is often neglected in clinical practice. Acute exacerbations, asthma control or lung function, rather than cough, have been ever used as primary endpoints of efficacy in the majority of previous clinical trials. More attention should be paid to cough in asthma, and more clinical trials should be conducted in order to provide high-quality evidence for the assessment and management of asthmatic cough, and to update guidelines.