A Study for Disease Profiling of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

A Multicenter Longitudinal Study for Disease Profiling of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

The purpose of this study is to characterize the clinical, physiologic, and molecular profiles of healthy participants, participants with mild, moderate, and severe asthma; and participants with moderate to severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; Asthma
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Medical tests

Detailed Description

This is a multi-center, longitudinal (participants are followed over long period of time with continuous or repeated observations of health outcomes) exploratory study (biomarkers, clinical and physiological parameters for participants with asthma and COPD are observed for the first time). This study will be conducted in 2 parts. Part 1 will include healthy participants and participants with mild, moderate, and severe asthma. Part 2 will include healthy nonsmokers, healthy asymptomatic smokers, and participants with moderate and or severe COPD. Study participants will undergo medical tests that will include pulmonary function testing, assessment of airway reactivity, bronchoscopy procedure, blood samples for routine laboratory tests, biomarkers and DNA evaluation (for some study participants), induced sputum collection, and exhaled nitric oxide collection. Safety evaluations will includes assessment of adverse events, clinical laboratory tests, 12-lead electrocardiogram, vital signs, and physical examinations.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 328
• Phase: Early Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Alberta
    • Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • British Columbia
    • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Quebec
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Sainte Foy, Quebec, Canada
• Denmark
  • Kobenhavn Nv, Denmark
• France
  • Bordeaux Pessac N/A, France
  • Marseille, France
• Germany
  • Frankfurt, Germany
  • Lübeck, Germany
• Netherlands
  • Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Romania
  • Bucuresti, Romania
• United Kingdom
  • Manchester, United Kingdom
• United States
  • Alabama
    • Birmingham, Alabama, United States
  • Connecticut
    • New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  • Illinois
    • Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Iowa
    • Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • Maryland
    • Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  • North Carolina
    • Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
  • Ohio
    • Cleveland, Ohio, United States
  • Pennsylvania
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Texas
    • Galveston, Texas, United States

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age: for Part 1, healthy: 18 and 55 years; for Part 1, asthma: 18 and 70 years; for Part 2, nonsmokers: 40 and 65 years; for Part 2, smokers: 40 and 65 years; for Part 2, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): 40 and 65 years
• Having mild, moderate, or severe asthma (for Part 1, asthma)
• Clinically stable asthma and have been on their current asthma controller therapy for at least 6 weeks prior to screening (for Part 1, asthma)
• No history of chronic respiratory disease including asthma (for Part 2, nonsmokers)
• Be a nonsmoker for 1 year or more at initial screening visit and have 10 packs or less per year history of smoking (for all Part 1 and Pat 2, nonsmokers)
• Be a current smoker with a current history of at least 20 pack years (for Part 2, smokers)
• Stable COPD in the 3 months prior to screening (for Part 2, COPD)
• Treating with Beta-adrenergic receptor agonist, anticholinergic bronchodilators, inhaled corticosteroid at stable doses for at least 4 weeks prior to screening (for Part 2, COPD)

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of sleep apnea requiring medical intervention and positive urine pregnancy screening result (for all Part 1 and Part 2)
• Positive urine screen for nicotine; positive serology test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies, hepatitis B surface antigen, or hepatitis C virus antibody at screening (for all Part 1 and Part 2)
• Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis, or occupational asthma (for Part 1, asthma)
• Requires long term oxygen therapy on a daily basis for chronic hypoxemia at screening visit except when used for exercise only (for Part 2, COPD)
• Pneumonia, COPD exacerbation that required systemic steroids, upper or lower respiratory tract infection, lung cancer surgery, lung volume reduction, or a lung transplant (for Part 2, COPD)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: All participants	Other: Medical tests; All participants will undergo medical tests and will be observed.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ) score	AQLQ is used to measure the physical, emotional, social and occupational problems for participants with asthma. There are 32 questions in 4 domains (symptoms, activity limitation, emotional function and environmental stimuli) to measure activity limitation and symptom frequency using a recall period of 2 weeks. Each 32 questions are on a 7-point scale (7 = not impaired at all and 1 = severely impaired). The overall AQLQ score is the mean of all 32 responses and the individual domain scores are the means of the items in those domains. Lower scores indicate worsening.	Baseline (5 to 14 days after screening), Month 3, Month 6, and Month 12 (for Part 1: participants with asthma)
Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) score	ACQ is used to evaluate asthma control, the full range of clinical impairment (well controlled to life threatening) for the participant with asthma. There are 7 questions (5 for symptoms [night-time awakenings, morning symptoms, limitation of activities, shortness of breath, and wheezing], use of daily rescue bronchodilator, and percent predicted forced expiratory volume value). All 7 items are scored on a 7-point scale (0 = good control, 6 = poor control), with the mean score as an overall summary score. The recall period is 7 days. Higher scores indicate worsening.	Baseline, Month 3, Month 6, and Month 12 (for Part 1: participants with asthma)
Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1) value	FEV1 will be measured by using spirometry test. Spirometry is used to measure lung function, specifically the volume and/or flow of air that can be inhaled and exhaled. Lung volumes will be measured according to the body temperature, pressure, and saturated standard convention using the spirometer. Pre-bronchodilator spirometry will be performed in the absence of albuterol/salbutamol or at least 6 hours after the last dose of albuterol/salbutamol and post- bronchodilator spirometry will be performed after 15 to 30 minutes administration of albuterol/salbutamol via metered-dose inhaler.	Screening, Baseline, 5 to 14 days after baseline (for Part 1: healthy participants); and Month 3, Month 6, and Month 12 (for Part 1: participants with asthma and for all Part 2 participants)
Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) value	FVC will be measured by using spirometry test. Spirometry is used to measure lung function, specifically the volume and/or flow of air that can be inhaled and exhaled. Lung volumes will be measured according to the body temperature, pressure, and saturated standard convention using the spirometer. Pre-bronchodilator spirometry will be performed in the absence of albuterol/salbutamol or at least 6 hours after the last dose of albuterol/salbutamol and post- bronchodilator spirometry will be performed after 15 to 30 minutes administration of albuterol/salbutamol via metered-dose inhaler.	Screening, Baseline, 5 to 14 days after baseline (for Part 1: healthy participants); and Month 3, Month 6, and Month 12 (for Part 1: participants with asthma and for all Part 2 participants)
Forced Expiratory Flow (FEF) 25-75 value	FEF is the flow of air coming out of the lung during the middle portion of a forced expiration. It is generally defined by what fraction remains of the forced vital capacity (FVC), usually 25-75 percent (FEF25-75%). Pre-bronchodilator spirometry will be performed in the absence of albuterol/salbutamol or at least 6 hours after the last dose of albuterol/salbutamol and post- bronchodilator spirometry will be performed after 15 to 30 minutes administration of albuterol/salbutamol via metered-dose inhaler.	Screening, Baseline, 5 to 14 days after baseline (for Part 1: healthy participants); and Month 3, Month 6, and Month 12 (for Part 1: participants with asthma and for all Part 2 participants)
Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR)	PEER will be measures by using spirometry test. Spirometry is used to measure lung function, specifically the volume and/or flow of air that can be inhaled and exhaled. Lung volumes will be measured according to the body temperature, pressure, and saturated standard convention using the spirometer. Pre-bronchodilator spirometry will be performed in the absence of albuterol/salbutamol or at least 6 hours after the last dose of albuterol/salbutamol and post- bronchodilator spirometry will be performed after 15 to 30 minutes administration of albuterol/salbutamol via metered-dose inhaler.	Screening, Baseline, 5 to 14 days after baseline (for Part 1: healthy participants); and Month 3, Month 6, and Month 12 (for Part 1: participants with asthma and for all Part 2 participants)
Methacholine challenge	Methacholine challenge test is used to assess airway reactivity in asthma. In this test, baseline spirometry for participant is measured by inhalation of increasing concentrations of aerosolized methacholine up to 16 mg/mL. The provocative dose (PC20) is defined as the dose of methacholine required to cause a greater than or equal to 20 percent decrease from the baseline forced expiratory volume in 1 second value. A PC20 result of less than or equal to 16 mg/mL will be considered to reflect increase airway responsiveness for fulfilling eligibility criteria.	Screening or Baseline (for Part 1: participants with asthma)
Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FENO)	Measurement of FENO is a quantitative, noninvasive, simple, and safe method of measuring airway inflammation that provides a complementary tool to assessing airways disease. The participant can exhale directly into a measurement device, or into a reservoir that can afterwards be connected to the analyzer. With the former technique, the early and later nitric oxide in the breath sample can be analyzed separately. Two replicate FENO measurements will be obtained that agree at the 10% level and up to a total of 8 measurements will be performed to achieve this level of agreement.	Baseline, Month 3, Month 6, and Month 12 (for Part 1: participants with asthma); and 5 to 14 days after baseline (for Part 2: participants with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
Induced sputum		Screening, Baseline (for Part 1: healthy participants and for all Part 2 participants); and Month 6 (for Part 1: participants with asthma)
Saint George's Respiratory Questionnaire score for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) participants (SGRQ-C)	SGRQ-C is a 14-item questionnaire designed to measure health impairment in participants with COPD. The SGRQ-C has 2 parts. Part 1 generates the Symptoms score, and Part 2 generates the Activity and Impacts scores. Total score (0 to 100) is the sum of all scores. Higher scores indicate greater health impairment. Higher score indicate worsening.	Baseline (for Part 2: participants with COPD)
EXACT-Respiratory Symptoms (E-RS)	E-RS is a 11 respiratory system items scoring algorithm to assess the severity of respiratory symptoms in participants with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Each item has either 5 or 6 response options. Higher score indicate more severe COPD.	Baseline (for Part 2: participants with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
Number of participants with adverse events		Up to 1 month (for Part 1: healthy participants and for all Part 2 participants); and Up to 1 year (for Part 1: participants with asthma)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Janssen Research & Development, LLC

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Cass SP, Yang Y, Xiao J, McGrath JJC, Fantauzzi MF, Thayaparan D, Wang F, Liang Z, Long F, Stevenson CS, Chen R, Stampfli MR. Current smoking status is associated with reduced sputum immunoglobulin M and G expression in COPD. Eur Respir J. 2021 Feb 4;57(2):1902338. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02338-2019. Print 2021 Feb. No abstract available.
• Loza MJ, Djukanovic R, Chung KF, Horowitz D, Ma K, Branigan P, Barnathan ES, Susulic VS, Silkoff PE, Sterk PJ, Baribaud F; ADEPT (Airways Disease Endotyping for Personalized Therapeutics) and U-BIOPRED (Unbiased Biomarkers for the Prediction of Respiratory Disease Outcome Consortium) investigators. Validated and longitudinally stable asthma phenotypes based on cluster analysis of the ADEPT study. Respir Res. 2016 Dec 15;17(1):165. doi: 10.1186/s12931-016-0482-9.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: July 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2014
• Study Completion (Actual): July 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 28, 2010
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 10, 2011
• First Posted (Estimate): January 11, 2011

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): December 20, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 19, 2016
• Last Verified: September 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Asthma; Healthy; Bronchoscopy; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; Longitudinal Study
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Immune System Diseases; Hypersensitivity, Immediate; Disease Attributes; Bronchial Diseases; Respiratory Hypersensitivity; Hypersensitivity; Lung Diseases; Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; Asthma; Chronic Disease
• Other Study ID Numbers: CR017362; NOCOMPOUNDASH0001 (Other Identifier: Janssen Research & Development, LLC)