Study Comparing Foster Efficacy Maintenance and Reliever Versus Foster Maintenance + Salbutamol Reliever in Asthmatics

March 28, 2017 updated by: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.

48-week,Multinational,Randomized,Double-blind,2-parallel Groups,Comparing the Efficacy of Foster for Maintenance and Reliever Versus Fixed-dose Foster for Maintenance Plus Salbutamol as Reliever in Asthmatics >=18 Years of Age

Double-blind, multinational, multicentre, randomized, 2-arm parallel-group study

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

To compare efficacy of Foster as maintenance therapy plus additional inhalations as reliever with Foster as maintenance plus salbutamol as reliever in asthmatics

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

2079

Phase

  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Italy
      • Ferrara, Italy
        • Pr Papi

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

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Written signed and dated informed consent obtained.
  • Male or female patients aged ≥ 18 years.
  • A positive reversibility test
  • Patients who experienced at least one severe exacerbation in the 12 months before entry (but not in the last month)
  • Using inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in monotherapy or using ICS in a fixed or free combination with long acting beta2 agonists (LABA) at a constant dose for two months before screening visit
  • Not fully controlled asthmatics (which means partly controlled or/and uncontrolled patients according to GINA guidelines 2007) in the last month before screening visit
  • Forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) ≥ 60% of predicted for the patient normal value.
  • Non smokers or ex-smokers

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant or nursing (lactating) women. Women of child-bearing potential UNLESS they meet the following definition of post-menopausal: 12 months of natural (spontaneous) amenorrhea or 6 months of spontaneous amenorrhea with serum FSH levels >40 mIU/mL or are using one or more of acceptable methods of contraception
  • Body Mass Index (BMI) > 34 kg/m2.
  • Patient with lower respiratory tract infections affecting the patient's asthma within 30 days of the screening visit.
  • Use of systemic steroids in the last month.
  • Patients with other lung diseases such as COPD, cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung diseases or any other clinically or functionally significant lung disorder.
  • Patients who have an uncontrolled respiratory, haematological, immunologic, renal, neurologic, hepatic, endocrinal or other disease.
  • Clinically relevant laboratory abnormalities
  • Patients who have an abnormal QTcF interval value
  • Intolerance or contra-indication to treatment with beta2-agonists and/or ICS or allergy to any component of the study treatments.
  • Patients treated with slow-release corticosteroids in the 3 months prior to screening visit.
  • Patients being treated with anti-IgE antibodies.
  • Patients treated with LABA or ICS/LABA fixed combination in the 24h before screening visit
  • Severe asthma exacerbation in the last month before screening visit

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: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Beclometasone/formoterol (100/6 µg)
Foster : fixed combination of BDP extrafine 100 µg plus formoterol fumarate 6 µg administered via a pMDI standard actuator
Drug: beclometasone /formoterol
BDP 100µg/FF 6µg, 1 inhalation bid
Other Names:
  • Foster
Active Comparator: salbutamol
Ventolin : salbutamol sulphate 100 µg per metered dose
Drug: Ventolin
Ventolin : salbutamol sulfate 100µg

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Time to first severe asthma exacerbation
Time Frame: At each clinic visit
At each clinic visit

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Number of severe asthma exacerbations Number of hospitalization Asthma symptoms Rescue medication LFTs
Time Frame: At each clinic visit
At each clinic visit

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Alberto Papi, Professor, Università degli Studi di Ferrara

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2010

Study Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 13, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 13, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

March 16, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 30, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 28, 2017

Last Verified

March 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CCD-0804-PR-0034

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