['asthma']
['lebrikizumab', 'montelukast [singulair]']

        Inclusion Criteria:

          -  Age 18-75 years old at study start

          -  Asthma diagnosis for >/= 12 months prior to study start

          -  Bronchodilator response at screening

          -  Pre-bronchodilator FEV1 of 60% - 85% predicted at both screening visits 2 and 3

          -  No other clinically significant lung disease as confirmed by chest X-ray or computed
             tomography (CT) scan

          -  Stable and symptomatic asthma during the screening period

          -  Use of effective contraception, as defined by the protocol, until 24 weeks after the
             last dose

        Exclusion Criteria:

          -  Maintenance of corticosteroid therapy, defined as daily or alternate-day oral
             corticosteroid maintenance therapy within 3 months prior to study start

          -  Treatment with systemic or inhaled corticosteroids within 4 weeks prior to study start
             or during the screening period for any reason, including an acute exacerbation event

          -  Treatment with a leukotriene receptor antagonist (LTRA), long-acting beta-agonist
             (LABA) long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA), zileuton, roflumilast, or
             theophylline within 2 weeks prior to study start

          -  Documented prior treatment failure with Montelukast

          -  Treatment with intra-articular corticosteroids within 4 weeks prior to study start or
             during the screening period or anticipated need for intra articular corticosteroids
             during the course of the study

          -  Any infection requiring hospital, IV or IM antibiotic treatment or any respiratory
             infection within 4 weeks of study start. Any infection requiring oral antibiotic
             treatment within 2 weeks of study start, or any parasitic infection within 6 months of
             study start

          -  Clinically significant abnormality found during screening or clinically significant
             medical disease that is uncontrolled despite treatment that is likely, in the opinion
             of the investigator, to impact the patient's ability to participate in the study, or
             impact the study assessments

          -  History of interstitial lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or
             other clinically significant lung disease other than asthma

          -  History of alcohol or drug abuse that would impair or risk the patient's full
             participation in the study, in the opinion of the investigator

          -  Current or history of smoking (> 10 pack-years), or unwillingness to abstain from
             smoking for the duration of the study

          -  Past and/or current use of any anti-IL-13 or anti- IL4/IL-13 therapy, including
             lebrikizumab

          -  Use of a licensed or investigational monoclonal antibody other than anti IL-13 or
             anti-IL-4/IL-13, including, but not limited to, omalizumab, anti-IL-5, or anti IL-17,
             within 6 months or 5 drug half-lives prior to Visit 1 (whichever is longer) or during
             screening

          -  Use of a systemic immunomodulatory or immunosuppressive therapy within 3 months or 5
             drug half-lives prior to study start or during screening

          -  Use of other investigational therapy within 4 weeks or 5 drug half-lives prior to
             study start (whichever is longer) or during screening

          -  Initiation of or change in allergen immunotherapy within 3 months prior to study start
             or during screening

          -  Receipt of a live attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to study start of during
             screening

          -  Pregnancy or breast feeding

          -  Body mass index > 38 kg/m2

          -  Body weight < 40 kg

          -  History of bronchial thermoplasty
      