QUARTZ: Comparative Effectiveness of Switching From Albuterol to Albuterol/Budesonide Versus Adding Low-dose ICS or LTRA to Albuterol (QUARTZ)
17 de septiembre de 2026 actualizado por: AstraZeneca
QUARTZ: Comparative Effectiveness of Switching From Albuterol to Albuterol/Budesonide Versus Adding Low-Dose Inhaled Corticosteroids or Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists to Albuterol Among Adults With Asthma in the United States
The QUARTZ study is a retrospective observational cohort study using a prevalent new-user design and U.S. healthcare claims data to evaluate treatment effectiveness among patients with asthma.
The study compares the real-world effectiveness of switching from albuterol-only rescue therapy to albuterol/budesonide versus adding low-dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) or leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRA) while continuing albuterol.
The primary objective is to assess the comparative effectiveness of these treatment strategies in reducing severe asthma exacerbations in routine clinical practice in the United States.
Descripción general del estudio
Tipo de estudio
De observación
Inscripción (Estimado)
8000
Contactos y Ubicaciones
Esta sección proporciona los datos de contacto de quienes realizan el estudio e información sobre dónde se lleva a cabo este estudio.
Estudio Contacto
- Nombre: AstraZeneca Clinical Study Information Center
- Número de teléfono: 1-877-240-9479
- Correo electrónico: information.center@astrazeneca.com
Ubicaciones de estudio
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Delaware
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Wilmington, Delaware, Estados Unidos, 19803
- Reclutamiento
- Research Site
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Criterios de participación
Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
- Adulto
- Adulto Mayor
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
No
Método de muestreo
Muestra no probabilística
Población de estudio
Adults asthma patients
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- Asthma patients with at least one prescription record (identified by NDC or Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System [HCPCS] codes) for Airsupra (Airsupra cohort), LD ICS or LTRA, (comparator cohort) since January 2023.
- Patients with at least one prescription record (based on NDC or HCPCS codes) of albuterol within the 12 months prior to the first Airsupra or the controller medications prescription date
- Patients aged ≥18 years on the index date
- Patients with ≥12 months of continuous insurance enrolment prior and 12 months after index date.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with at least one medical claim with an ICD-10 code within the 12 months prior to the index date for any of the chronic respiratory conditions or systemic inflammatory diseases routinely treated with systemic corticosteroids (SCS)
- Patients with any prescription record for any ICS or other controller therapies (including SAMA, LABA, LAMA, LTRA, theophylline or biologics) within the 12 months prior to the and inclusive of index date (the index therapy defining cohort entry (LD ICS for the LD ICS cohort; LTRA for the LTRA cohort is permitted on the index date)
- Patients with maintenance OCS use within the 12 months prior to and inclusive of the index date
- Airsupra patients with a concomitant SABA prescription record on the index date
Plan de estudios
Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan de estudio, incluido cómo está diseñado el estudio y qué mide el estudio.
¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
Cohortes e Intervenciones
Grupo / Cohorte |
Intervención / Tratamiento |
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Airsupra cohort
Patients who switch from albuterol to Airsupra (albuterol/budesonide) as their rescue therapy.
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Not applicable since it's an observational study.
There are three study cohorts: 1) Airsupra cohort 2)Albuterol and low-dose ICS comparator cohort and 3) Albuterol and LTRA comparator cohort.
Otros nombres:
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Albuterol and low-dose ICS comparator cohort
Patients who add low-dose inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) to their ongoing albuterol rescue regimen.
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Not applicable since it's an observational study.
There are three study cohorts: 1) Airsupra cohort 2)Albuterol and low-dose ICS comparator cohort and 3) Albuterol and LTRA comparator cohort.
Otros nombres:
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Albuterol and LTRA comparator cohort
Patients who add leukotriene modifiers (LTRA) to their ongoing albuterol rescue regimen.
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Not applicable since it's an observational study.
There are three study cohorts: 1) Airsupra cohort 2)Albuterol and low-dose ICS comparator cohort and 3) Albuterol and LTRA comparator cohort.
Otros nombres:
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Severe exacerbations during follow-up: annualized asthma exacerbation rates (AAER) by cohort, overall and by setting (IP, ED/urgent care, outpatient); plus absolute rates and rate ratios comparing Airsupra with each comparator cohort
Periodo de tiempo: Follow-up starts the day after index and ends at the earliest of death, data end, insurance disenrollment, loss to follow-up, or switch to the alternative rescue treatment, up to 36 months; add-on maintenance therapy does not censor follow-up.
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To describe and compare the occurrence of severe exacerbations observed among the Airsupra cohort and each comparator cohort.
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Follow-up starts the day after index and ends at the earliest of death, data end, insurance disenrollment, loss to follow-up, or switch to the alternative rescue treatment, up to 36 months; add-on maintenance therapy does not censor follow-up.
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Medidas de resultado secundarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Time to first severe exacerbation: KM curves, median time by arm (if estimable), and Cox PH HRs comparing Airsupra with each comparator. Also, the proportion with at least 1 severe exacerbation at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after treatment initiation.
Periodo de tiempo: Follow-up period for each patient starts the day after the index date and ends at the earliest date of death, end of data, end of insurance enrollment, loss to follow up, or switch to the alternative rescue treatment up to 36 months
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To describe and compare the time to first severe exacerbation among the Airsupra cohort and each comparator cohort.
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Follow-up period for each patient starts the day after the index date and ends at the earliest date of death, end of data, end of insurance enrollment, loss to follow up, or switch to the alternative rescue treatment up to 36 months
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Cumulative inhaled corticosteroid exposure (beclomethasone equivalent µg/year)
Periodo de tiempo: Follow-up period for each patient starts the day after the index date and ends at the earliest date of death, end of data, end of insurance enrollment, loss to follow up, or switch to the alternative rescue treatment up to 36 months
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To describe exposure to corticosteroid treatments among the Airsupra cohort and each comparator cohort
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Follow-up period for each patient starts the day after the index date and ends at the earliest date of death, end of data, end of insurance enrollment, loss to follow up, or switch to the alternative rescue treatment up to 36 months
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Cumulative systemic corticosteroid exposure (prednisone equivalent mg/year)
Periodo de tiempo: Follow-up period for each patient starts the day after the index date and ends at the earliest date of death, end of data, end of insurance enrollment, loss to follow up, or switch to the alternative rescue treatment up to 36 months
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To describe exposure to corticosteroid treatments among the Airsupra cohort and each comparator cohort
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Follow-up period for each patient starts the day after the index date and ends at the earliest date of death, end of data, end of insurance enrollment, loss to follow up, or switch to the alternative rescue treatment up to 36 months
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Total SCS exposure days
Periodo de tiempo: Follow-up period for each patient starts the day after the index date and ends at the earliest date of death, end of data, end of insurance enrollment, loss to follow up, or switch to the alternative rescue treatment up to 36 months
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To describe exposure to corticosteroid treatments among the Airsupra cohort and each comparator cohort
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Follow-up period for each patient starts the day after the index date and ends at the earliest date of death, end of data, end of insurance enrollment, loss to follow up, or switch to the alternative rescue treatment up to 36 months
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SCS burst rates
Periodo de tiempo: Follow-up period for each patient starts the day after the index date and ends at the earliest date of death, end of data, end of insurance enrollment, loss to follow up, or switch to the alternative rescue treatment up to 36 months
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To describe exposure to corticosteroid treatments among the Airsupra cohort and each comparator cohort
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Follow-up period for each patient starts the day after the index date and ends at the earliest date of death, end of data, end of insurance enrollment, loss to follow up, or switch to the alternative rescue treatment up to 36 months
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Otras medidas de resultado
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Follow-up HCRU rates by arm: all-cause, asthma-related, and exacerbation-related use, including IP admissions, ED/urgent care, primary care, specialist outpatient visits, plus chest X-rays, oxygen treatment, and spirometry.
Periodo de tiempo: Follow-up period for each patient starts the day after the index date and ends at the earliest date of death, end of data, end of insurance enrollment, loss to follow up, or switch to the alternative rescue treatment up to 36 months.
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To describe healthcare resource use (HCRU) among the Airsupra cohort and each comparator cohort.
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Follow-up period for each patient starts the day after the index date and ends at the earliest date of death, end of data, end of insurance enrollment, loss to follow up, or switch to the alternative rescue treatment up to 36 months.
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
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Patrocinador
Fechas de registro del estudio
Estas fechas rastrean el progreso del registro del estudio y los envíos de resultados resumidos a ClinicalTrials.gov. Los registros del estudio y los resultados informados son revisados por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) para asegurarse de que cumplan con los estándares de control de calidad específicos antes de publicarlos en el sitio web público.
Fechas importantes del estudio
Inicio del estudio (Actual)
3 de agosto de 2026
Finalización primaria (Estimado)
30 de septiembre de 2026
Finalización del estudio (Estimado)
30 de septiembre de 2026
Fechas de registro del estudio
Enviado por primera vez
3 de agosto de 2026
Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
21 de agosto de 2026
Publicado por primera vez (Actual)
26 de agosto de 2026
Actualizaciones de registros de estudio
Última actualización publicada (Actual)
18 de septiembre de 2026
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
17 de septiembre de 2026
Última verificación
1 de septiembre de 2026
Más información
Términos relacionados con este estudio
Términos MeSH relevantes adicionales
Otros números de identificación del estudio
- D6930R00011
Plan de datos de participantes individuales (IPD)
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SÍ
Descripción del plan IPD
Qualified researchers can request access to anonymized individual patient-level data from AstraZeneca group of companies sponsored clinical trials via the request portal Vivli.org. All requests 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.
Marco de tiempo para compartir IPD
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.
Criterios de acceso compartido de IPD
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.
Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio
Estudia un producto farmacéutico regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.
Sí
Estudia un producto de dispositivo regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.
No
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