A Clinical Study to Evaluate Symbicort Turbuhaler Used 'as Needed' in Adults and Adolescents With Asthma (SYGMA2)

November 6, 2019 updated by: AstraZeneca

A Clinical Study Comparing Symbicort 'as Needed' With Pulmicort Twice Daily Plus Terbutaline 'as Needed' in Adult and Adolescent Patients With Asthma

The purpose of this study is to test if Symbicort (budesonide/formoterol) Turbuhaler is effective in treating asthma when used 'as needed' in patients with milder asthma. The efficacy of Symbicort 'as needed' will be compared with Pulmicort (budesonide) Turbuhaler twice daily plus terbutaline Turbuhaler 'as needed'

Study Overview

Detailed Description

A 52-week, double-blind, randomised, multi-centre, phase III, parallel-group study in patients 12 years and older with asthma, evaluating the efficacy and safety of Symbicort (budesonide/formoterol) Turbuhaler 160/4.5 μg 'as needed' compared with Pulmicort (budesonide) Turbuhaler 200 μg twice daily plus terbutaline Turbuhaler 0.4 mg 'as needed'

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

4215

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

      • Sydney, Australia, 2010
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      • Botucatu, Brazil, 18618-970
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      • Florianopolis, Brazil, 88040-970
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      • Goiania, Brazil, 74110 030
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      • Porto Alegre, Brazil, 90610-000
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      • Porto Alegre, Brazil, 91350-200
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      • Porto Alegre, Brazil, 9002-060
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      • Porto Alegre, Brazil, 90110-270
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      • Porto Alegre, Brazil, 90020-060
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      • Salvador, Brazil, 41940-455
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      • Santo Andre, Brazil, 09080-110
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      • Sao Paulo, Brazil, 04266-010
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      • Sao Paulo, Brazil, 04020-060
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      • Sao Paulo, Brazil, 04101-000
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      • Sorocaba, Brazil, 18040-425
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      • São Paulo, Brazil, 02189-000
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      • São Paulo, Brazil, 05403-900
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      • Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 2700
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      • Pernik, Bulgaria, 2300
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      • Petrich, Bulgaria, 2850
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      • Pleven, Bulgaria, 5800
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      • Razlog, Bulgaria, 2760
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      • Sliven, Bulgaria, 8800
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      • Smolyan, Bulgaria, 4700
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      • Sofia, Bulgaria
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      • Sofia, Bulgaria, 1431
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      • Sofia, Bulgaria, 1407
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      • Sofia, Bulgaria, 1612
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      • Sofia, Bulgaria, 1404
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      • Sofia, Bulgaria, 1618
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      • Sofia, Bulgaria, 1408
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      • Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, 6000
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      • Varna, Bulgaria, 9000
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      • Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, 5000
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      • Vidin, Bulgaria, 3700
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      • Yambol, Bulgaria, 8600
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      • Curico, Chile, 3341643
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      • Quillota, Chile, 2260000
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      • Santiago, Chile, 8320000
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      • Santiago, Chile, 8207257
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      • Santiago, Chile, 404366
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      • Talca, Chile, 3465584
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      • Viña del Mar, Chile, 2520000
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      • Barranquilla, Colombia, 80001
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      • Bogota, Colombia, 111511
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      • Bogotá, Colombia, 110221
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      • Bogotá, Colombia, 111211
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      • Medellin, Colombia, 5001000
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      • Liberec 1, Czechia, 460 01
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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

12 years to 130 years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Provision of informed consent prior to any study specific procedures. For patients under-age, signed informed consent from both the patient and the patient's parent/legal guardian is required
  2. Male or Female, ≥12 years of age
  3. Documented diagnosis of asthma for at least 6 months prior to Visit 1
  4. Patients who are in need of GINA step 2 treatment
  5. Patients treated with a short acting inhaled bronchodilator(s) only should have pre-bronchodilator FEV1 ≥ 60 % of predicted normal (PN) and post-bronchodilator FEV1 ≥ 80 % PN
  6. Patients treated with low stable dose of ICS or leukotriene antagonists in addition to short acting inhaled bronchodilator(s) should have pre-bronchodilator FEV1 ≥80 % PN
  7. Patients should have reversible airway obstruction
  8. To be randomized patients must have used Bricanyl Turbuhaler as needed on at least 3 separate days during the last week of the run in period

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patient has a history of life-threatening asthma including intubation and intensive care unit admission
  2. Patient has had an asthma worsening requiring change in treatment other than short acting inhaled bronchodilator(s) within 30 days prior to Visit 1 and from Visit 1 until randomization
  3. Patient has required treatment with oral, rectal or parenteral GCS within 30 days and/or depot parenteral GCS within 12 weeks prior to Visit 1
  4. Current or previous smoker with a smoking history of ≥ 10 pack years
  5. Pregnancy, breast-feeding or planned pregnancy during the study

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: Triple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Symbicort "as needed"+placebo Pulmicort bid
Symbicort (budesonide/formoterol) Turbuhaler 160/4.5 μg 'as needed' + Placebo Pulmicort Turbuhaler 200 μg bid
Symbicort (budesonide/ formoterol) 160/4.5 μg powder for inhalation 'as needed' plus Pulmicort placebo 200 μg powder for inhalation, 1 inhalation twice daily (morning and evening), 52-week treatment
Active Comparator: Pulmicort bid + terbutaline "as needed"
Pulmicort 200 μg Turbuhaler bid + terbutaline 0.4 mg Turbuhaler 'as needed'
Pulmicort (budesonide) 200 μg powder for inhalation, 1 inhalation twice daily (morning and evening) plus terbutaline 0.4 mg powder for inhalation 'as needed', 52-week treatment

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Annual Severe Asthma Exacerbation Rate - Non-inferiority Analysis
Time Frame: up to 52 weeks
Severe asthma exacerbations over the randomised treatment period, negative binomial model for non-inferiority test evaluation
up to 52 weeks
Annual Severe Asthma Exacerbation Rate - Superiority Analysis
Time Frame: up to 52 weeks
Severe asthma exacerbations over the randomised treatment period, negative binomial model for superiority test evaluation
up to 52 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Participants Experiencing at Least One Severe Asthma Exacerbation
Time Frame: Day 1 up to 52 weeks
A severe exacerbation is defined as a deterioration of asthma requiring any of the following: use of systemic glucocorticosteroids (GCS) for at least 3 days, inpatient hospitalization, or emergency room visit due to asthma that required systemic steroids.
Day 1 up to 52 weeks
Average Change From Baseline in Pre-bronchodilator FEV1
Time Frame: Study weeks 0,17, 34, 52
The average change from baseline (baseline defined by measurement at week 0, prior to first dose of IP) to the treatment period average assessed over the entire treatment period in pre-bronchodilator FEV1 was derived by computing a contrast for the mean across the post-randomisation visits (week 17, 34, 52) from the MMRM (mixed model repeated measures) analysis.
Study weeks 0,17, 34, 52
Number of Participants With Study Specific Asthma Related Discontinuation
Time Frame: Day 1 up to 52 weeks
The following two criteria lead to discontinuation from the IP due to asthma related events: A severe asthma exacerbation with duration for more than 3 weeks, and/or three severe asthma exacerbations during 6 months.
Day 1 up to 52 weeks
Average Change From Baseline in 'as Needed' Use
Time Frame: Week 0 up to 52 weeks
'As-needed' use change from baseline over the randomised treatment period. Baseline was defined as the last 10 days of the run-in period. 'As needed' use was calculated as the cumulative doses of 'as-needed' medication over the randomised treatment period divided by the follow-up time (number of days - 1). ie, average number of inhalations per day.
Week 0 up to 52 weeks
Change From Baseline in Percent of 'as Needed' Free Days
Time Frame: Week 0 up to 52 weeks
'As needed' free days (%) change from baseline during randomised treatment period. An 'as-needed' free day was defined as a day and night with no use of 'as needed' medication. Variable analysed is the percentage (%) of 'as-needed' free days during the randomised treatment period. Baseline is defined by the last 10 days of the run-in period.
Week 0 up to 52 weeks
Percentage of Controller Use Days
Time Frame: Week 0 up to 52 weeks
ICS controller use days (%) during the randomised treatment period is calculated as the cumulative days when any controller medication (containing ICS) was taken including maintenance (Pulmicort bid group) and 'as needed' medication (Symbicort 'as needed' group) and additional prescribed ICS for asthma (all treatment groups), divided by the number of days in the randomised treatment period.
Week 0 up to 52 weeks
Average Change From Baseline in Asthma Control Questionnaire (5-item Version) - ACQ-5 Score
Time Frame: Study weeks 0, 17, 34, 52
ACQ questionnaire contains five questions on patients' symptoms, which are assessed on a 7-point scale from 0 (representing good control) to 6 (representing poor control). The score is the mean score of all questions for which responses are provided. The average change from baseline to treatment period average in ACQ-5 was derived by computing a contrast for the mean across all post-randomisation visits (week 17, 34, 52) from the MMRM (mixed model repeated measures) analysis.
Study weeks 0, 17, 34, 52
Average Change From Baseline in Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire Standardised Version - AQLQ(S) Score
Time Frame: Study weeks 0,17, 34, 52
AQLQ(S) consists of 32 questions in 4 domains. Each question is assessed on a 7-point scale from 1 to 7, with higher values indicating better health-related quality of life. The overall score is calculated as the mean score of all 32 items. The average change from baseline to treatment period average in AQLQ(S) overall score was derived by computing a contrast for the mean across all post-randomisation visits (week 17, 34, 52) from the MMRM (mixed model repeated measures) analysis.
Study weeks 0,17, 34, 52

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Investigators

  • Study Director: Carin Jorup, MD, AstraZeneca Research & Development

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

November 28, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 16, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

August 16, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 19, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 22, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

August 25, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 25, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 6, 2019

Last Verified

November 1, 2019

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