A Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Tezepelumab in Adult Participants With Moderate to Very Severe COPD (D5241C00007) (JOURNEY)

May 6, 2026 updated by: AstraZeneca

A Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group, Multicentre, Phase III Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Tezepelumab in Adult Participants With Moderate to Very Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group, Phase 3 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Tezepelumab in Adults with Moderate to Very Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Study Overview

Detailed Description

This is a Phase 3, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of tezepelumab in adults with moderate to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) receiving inhaled maintenance therapy and having had at least 2 moderate, or 1 severe, COPD exacerbations in the 12 months prior to Visit 1. Subjects will receive monthly subcutaneous injection of one of two different doses of tezepelumab, or placebo, with a maximum treatment duration of 76 weeks and a minimum of 52 weeks. The study also includes a off-treatment safety follow-up period of 12 weeks.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

990

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 Contact

Study Locations

      • Alberdi, Argentina, X5033DCE
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      • Buenos Aires, Argentina, C1425BEN
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      • Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, C1414AIF
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      • Florida, Argentina, B1602DQD
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      • La Plata, Argentina, B1904
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      • La Plata, Argentina, B1900
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      • Mar del Plata, Argentina, 7600
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      • Mendoza, Argentina, M5500CCG
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      • Quilmes, Argentina, B1878FNR
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      • Rosario, Argentina, 2000
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      • San Fernando, Argentina, B1646EBJ
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      • San Juan Bautista, Argentina, 1888
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      • Coffs Harbour, Australia, 02450
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      • Frankston, Australia, 3199
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      • Garran, Australia, 2605
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      • Nedlands, Australia, 6009
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      • New Lambton, Australia, 2310
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      • Spearwood, Australia, 6163
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      • Wollongong, Australia, 2500
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      • Woodville South, Australia, 5011
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      • Genk, Belgium, 3600
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      • Ghent, Belgium, 9000
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      • Jette, Belgium, 1090
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      • Leuven, Belgium, 3000
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      • Mechelen, Belgium, 2800
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      • Namur, Belgium, 5101
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      • Dupnitsa, Bulgaria, 2600
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      • Haskovo, Bulgaria, 6300
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      • Lovech, Bulgaria, 5500
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      • Pleven, Bulgaria, 5800
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      • Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 4003
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      • Rousse, Bulgaria, 7000
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      • Rousse, Bulgaria, 7000
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      • Sofia, Bulgaria, 1000
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      • Sofia, Bulgaria, 1202
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      • Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, 6003
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      • Varna, Bulgaria, 9000
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      • Veliko Tanovo, Bulgaria, 5000
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      • Vidin, Bulgaria, 3700
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      • Armenia, Colombia, 630004
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      • Barranquilla, Colombia, 080020
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      • Bogotá, Colombia, 110131
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      • Cali, Colombia, 760042
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      • Ibague, Colombia, 730006
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      • Manizales, Colombia, 170004
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      • Medellín, Colombia, 050030
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      • Aalborg, Denmark, 9000
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      • Hvidovre, Denmark, 2650
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      • Odense C, Denmark, 5000
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      • Vejle, Denmark, 7100
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      • Brest, France, 29609
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      • Lyon, France, 69317
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      • Marseille, France, 13915
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      • Montpellier, France, 34295
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      • Paris, France, 75014
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      • Pessac, France, 33604
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      • Athens, Greece, 11527
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      • Athens, Greece, 17562
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      • Athens, Greece, 11521
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      • Heraklion, Greece, 71110
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      • Ioannina, Greece, 45500
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      • Pátrai, Greece, 26332
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      • Thessaloniki, Greece, 57010
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      • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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      • Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077
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      • Budapest, Hungary, 1036
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      • Debrecen, Hungary, 4032
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      • Ashkelon, Israel, 78278
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      • Haifa, Israel, 34362
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      • Jerusalem, Israel, 00000
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      • Jerusalem, Israel, 90131
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      • Kfar Saba, Israel, 4428164
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      • Ramat Gan, Israel, 52621
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      • Eindhoven, Netherlands, 5623 EJ
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      • Maastricht, Netherlands, 6229 HX
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      • Rotterdam, Netherlands, 3045 PM
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      • Rotterdam, Netherlands, 3083 AN
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      • Zutphen, Netherlands, 7207 AE
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      • Auckland, New Zealand, 0626
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      • Auckland, New Zealand, 2025
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      • Auckland, New Zealand, 1051
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    • Alabama
      • Cullman, Alabama, United States, 35055
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    • Arizona
      • Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85044
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      • Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85258
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    • California
      • Inglewood, California, United States, 90301
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      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048
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      • Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
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      • Redding, California, United States, 96001
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      • San Diego, California, United States, 92108
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    • Connecticut
      • New Britain, Connecticut, United States, 06051
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      • Wilmington, Delaware, United States, 19803
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      • Miami, Florida, United States, 33155
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      • Savannah, Georgia, United States, 31406
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      • Evansville, Indiana, United States, 47725
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      • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
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      • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46268
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    • Kansas
      • Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160
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    • Kentucky
      • Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States, 42101
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      • Owensboro, Kentucky, United States, 42301
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    • Maryland
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224
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    • Missouri
      • Hannibal, Missouri, United States, 63401
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      • Staten Island, New York, United States, 10309
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      • Syracuse, New York, United States, 13203
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    • North Carolina
      • Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28277
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      • Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States, 28303
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    • Oklahoma
      • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73102
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      • Sayre, Pennsylvania, United States, 18840
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      • Anderson, South Carolina, United States, 29621
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      • Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 29204
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    • Tennessee
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    • Virginia
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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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. ≥40 to ≤80 years old
  2. COPD diagnosis ≥1 year,
  3. Post-BD FEV1 ≥ 20% and ≤ 70% PN, FEV1/FVC <0.70 at screening
  4. Triple (ICS+LABA+LAMA) or dual inhaled COPD therapy, if triple therapy is considered not appropriate, ≥3 consecutive months prior to V1
  5. ≥2 moderate or ≥1 severe COPD exacerbations in the prior year; At least 1 of 2 moderate exacerbations must require the use of systemic corticosteroids. At least one of the previous exacerbations should be confirmed to have occurred while the participant was on triple or dual inhaled maintenance therapy
  6. EOS ≥ 150 cells/μL during screening
  7. CAT ≥15 at screening
  8. Former or current smokers ≥10 pack-years

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Clin. important pulmonary disease or radiological findings suggestive of a respiratory disease other than COPD
  2. Asthma, incl. pediatric, or ACOS
  3. Any unstable disorder that can impact participants safety or study outcomes
  4. Tuberculosis requiring treatment within 12 months prior V2
  5. Malignancies current or past

    Concomitant therapies:

    • Macrolides (less than 6 months)
    • Systemic immuno-suppressive, -modulating medications
  6. LTOT >4.0 L/min or O2 saturation <89% despite LTOT

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: Quadruple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: Matching Placebo
Matching placebo, SC, Q4W
Placebo subcutaneous injection
Experimental: Dose 1 of Tezepelumab
Tezepelumab, SC, Q4W
Tezepelumab subcutaneous injection
Experimental: Dose 2 of Tezepelumab
Tezepelumab, SC, Q4W
Tezepelumab subcutaneous injection

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Annualised rate of moderate or severe COPD exacerbations
Time Frame: Baseline up to 76 weeks
The annualised moderate or severe COPD exacerbation rate (based on exacerbations reported by the investigator) up to 76 weeks treatment period compared to placebo.
Baseline up to 76 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change from baseline in pre-dose/pre-bronchodilator (pre-BD) forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1)
Time Frame: From baseline to Week 52
Change from baseline in pre-BD FEV1 at Week 52 compared to placebo. FEV1 is defined as the volume of air exhaled from the lungs in the first second of a forced expiration
From baseline to Week 52
Change from baseline in the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) total score
Time Frame: From baseline over 52 weeks

Change from baseline in the SGRQ total score over 52 weeks compared to placebo.

SGRQ is a disease-specific instrument designed to measure impact on overall health, daily life, and perceived well-being in patients with obstructive airways disease. Scores range from 0 to 100, with lower scores indicating better health status.

From baseline over 52 weeks
Annualised rate of severe COPD exacerbations
Time Frame: Baseline up to 76 weeks
The annualised severe COPD exacerbation rate (based on exacerbations reported by the investigator) up to 76 weeks treatment period compared to placebo
Baseline up to 76 weeks
Clinical meaningful improvement in St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) total score
Time Frame: From baseline over 52 weeks

Participants achieving a clinically meaningful improvement from baseline in SGRQ total score (4-point score decrease) over 52 weeks.

SGRQ is a disease-specific instrument designed to measure impact on overall health, daily life, and perceived well-being in patients with obstructive airways disease. Scores range from 0 to 100, with lower scores indicating better health status.

From baseline over 52 weeks
Change from baseline in the COPD assessment Test (CAT) total score
Time Frame: From baseline over 52 weeks

Change from baseline in the CAT total score over 52 weeks

CAT is an 8-item PRO that measures the impact of COPD on the health status of patients with COPD. The CAT has a scoring range of 0-40 with higher scores indicative of greater COPD impact on health status.

From baseline over 52 weeks
Clinical meaningful improvement in COPD Assessment Test (CAT) total score
Time Frame: From baseline over 52 weeks

Participants achieving a clinically meaningful improvement from baseline in CAT total score (2-point score decrease) over 52 weeks.

CAT is an 8-item PRO that measures the impact of COPD on the health status of patients with COPD. The CAT has a scoring range of 0-40 with higher scores indicative of greater COPD impact on health status.

From baseline over 52 weeks
Time to first severe COPD exacerbation
Time Frame: Baseline up to 76 weeks
Time to first occurrence of severe COPD exacerbation up to 76 weeks
Baseline up to 76 weeks
Pharmacokinetics (PK): Serum trough concentrations
Time Frame: Baseline, Week 24, Week 36, Week 52
Serum trough concentrations
Baseline, Week 24, Week 36, Week 52
Change from baseline in post-BD FEV1
Time Frame: From baseline to Week 52
Change from baseline in post-BD FEV1 at Week 52 compared to placebo. FEV1 is defined as the volume of air exhaled from the lungs in the first second of a forced expiration
From baseline to Week 52
Annualised rate of moderate or severe COPD exacerbations among participants with EOS ≥ 300 cells/µL collected during screening visit.
Time Frame: Baseline up to 76 weeks
The annualised moderate or severe COPD exacerbation rate (based on exacerbations reported by the investigator) up to 76 weeks treatment period compared to placebo among participants with EOS ≥ 300 cells/µL collected during screening visit.
Baseline up to 76 weeks
Annualised rate of COPD exacerbations requiring ER visit and/or hospitalisation
Time Frame: Baseline up to 76 Weeks
The annualised rate of COPD exacerbation requiring ER visit and/or hospitalisation up to 76 weeks treatment period compared to placebo.
Baseline up to 76 Weeks
Immunogenicity of anti-drug antibodies (ADA)
Time Frame: Baseline, Week 24, Week 36, Week 52
Incidence of anti-drug antibodies
Baseline, Week 24, Week 36, Week 52
Time to first moderate or severe COPD exacerbation
Time Frame: Baseline up to 76 weeks
Time to first occurrence of moderate or severe COPD exacerbation up to 76 weeks
Baseline up to 76 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Collaborators

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: MeiLan Han, MD, University of Michigan Health, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine,

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

March 13, 2029

Study Completion (Estimated)

June 5, 2029

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 3, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 12, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

March 14, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 7, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 6, 2026

Last Verified

May 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

Qualified researchers can request access to anonymized individual patient-level data from AstraZeneca group of companies sponsored clinical trials via the request portal. All request will be evaluated as per the AZ disclosure commitment:

https://astrazenecagrouptrials.pharmacm.com/ST/Submission/Disclosure

Yes, indicates that AZ are accepting requests for IPD, but this does not mean all requests will be shared.

IPD Sharing Time Frame

AstraZeneca will meet or exceed data availability as per the commitments made to the EFPIA/PhRMA Data-Sharing Principles. For details of our timelines, please refer to our disclosure commitment at https://astrazenecagrouptrials.pharmacm.com/ST/Submission/Disclosure.

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

When a request has been approved AstraZeneca will provide access to the anonymized individual patient-level data via secure research environment Vivli.org. Signed Data Usage Agreement (non-negotiable contract for data accessors) must be in place before accessing requested information.

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • SAP

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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