First Step With Singulair® Therapy (0476-323) (FIRST)

August 12, 2024 updated by: Organon and Co

A 12 Week Multicenter, Open-Label, Randomized, Observational Study Comparing Singulair® 10 Mg As Controller Monotherapy In Adults With Mild Asthma "To Low Dose" Inhaled Corticosteroid Treatment

In adult patients with mild persistent asthma, singulair® 10 mg will be at least as effective as low dose Inhaled Corticosteroids (ICS) in improving asthma symptom control or satisfaction over a 6 week comparison period.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

399

Phase

  • Phase 4

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • First time diagnosis of mild asthma symptoms which requires an antiinflammatory controller medication
  • Patients not controlled with short acting beta2 agonist (sab) therapy (requiring more than one treatment per week but less than 7 per week)
  • Patients dissatisfied with low dose ics therapy, or patients reluctant to take ics therapy, or patients insufficiently controlled due to non-compliance with low dose ics therapy through out the preceding 6 weeks
  • Patient's forced expiratory volume in one second (fev1) is < 80% of predicted value

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient on combination therapy
  • Patient on long acting beta2 agonists
  • Patient on using moderate to high doses of ICS. (ICS >250 µ g/day flovent® or equivalent per day)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Canadian asthma guidelines criteria

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Asthma control questionnaire

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Organon and Co

Investigators

  • Study Director: Medical Monitor, Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2002

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2003

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2003

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 16, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 16, 2007

First Posted (Estimated)

October 17, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 15, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 12, 2024

Last Verified

January 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 0476-323
  • 2007_025

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Study Data/Documents

  1. CSR Synopsis

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