Clinical trial • Phase III • Respiratory | Other
BUDESONIDE for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia | Preterm birth (very preterm, ≤32 weeks gestational age)
Phase III trial of BUDESONIDE for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia | Preterm birth (very preterm, ≤32 weeks gestational age).
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Respiratory | Other
- Trial Disease
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia | Preterm birth (very preterm, ≤32 weeks gestational age)
- Trial Stage
- Phase III
- Drug Modality
- Small molecule | Other
- Paediatric Trial
- Yes
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 10-12-2024
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 08-01-2025
Trial design
Randomised, surfactant (curosurf® poractant alfa) endotracheal instillation alone; product listed with max total dose amount 400 mg/kg (intratracheal use). comparator arm is surfactant-only versus budesonide + surfactant arm.-controlled Phase III trial across 2 sites in Spain.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Comparator
- Surfactant (CUROSURF® poractant alfa) endotracheal instillation alone; product listed with max total dose amount 400 mg/kg (intratracheal use). Comparator arm is surfactant-only versus budesonide + surfactant arm.
- Target Sample Size
- 60
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 730
Eligibility
Recruits 60 paediatric patients.
- Vulnerable Population
- Includes preterm newborns (neonates); parents/legal representative must sign the informed consent.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- All preterm newborns ≤32 weeks of gestational age, regardless of their birth weight, who are admitted to the Neonatal Unit, and whose parents/legal representative have signed the informed consent."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Congenital malformations of the upper airway, hydrops, chromosomal abnormalities, neuromuscular disease, or patients admitted to palliative care."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients transferred from another center who have received the first dose of endotracheal surfactant at the originating hospital."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Efficacy: Lung ultrasound LAS and IL-6 concentration in nasopharyngeal aspirate on day 7 of life.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Lung ultrasound LAS (lung aeration score) measured by lung ultrasound; IL-6 concentration measured in nasopharyngeal aspirate on day 7 of life."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Safety: Nosocomial sepsis (defined as a positive blood culture in a patient >72 hours of life), gastrointestinal perforation, death (cause and age).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Nosocomial sepsis defined as positive blood culture in a patient >72 hours of life; gastrointestinal perforation and death recorded with cause and age."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Lung ultrasound LAS on days 3, 14, 21, and 28 of life and 36 weeks PMA or prior to discharge.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Lung aeration score (LAS) by lung ultrasound at specified days and at 36 weeks postmenstrual age or prior to discharge."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- IL-6 concentration in nasopharyngeal aspirate on day 28 of life.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"IL-6 concentration measured in nasopharyngeal aspirate on day 28 of life."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Days of oxygen and respiratory support at 28 days of life and 36 weeks PMA or prior to discharge.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Number of days on supplemental oxygen and respiratory support recorded at 28 days and at 36 weeks PMA or prior to discharge."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence of BPD at 28 days and 36 weeks PMA or prior to discharge.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia assessed at 28 days and at 36 weeks postmenstrual age or prior to discharge."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Adverse effects of budesonide.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Recording and characterization of adverse events related to budesonide administration."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Neurodevelopmental assessment at 2 years of life: using the Bayley III test, which evaluates cognitive, visual, fine and gross motor skills, memory, receptive and expressive language, and processing speed.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Bayley III test administered at 2 years corrected age assessing multiple neurodevelopmental domains (cognitive, visual, motor, memory, language, processing speed)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Evaluation of respiratory outcomes at 2 years of life: Need and duration of home oxygen therapy, maintenance corticosteroid or bronchodilator treatment, diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension, number of hospital admissions due to respiratory causes, and details of the underlying cause.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Clinical assessment and medical record review at 2 years corrected age to record home oxygen need/duration, maintenance respiratory medications, pulmonary hypertension diagnosis, hospital admissions for respiratory causes and underlying causes."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 60
- Recruitment Window Months
- 60
- Consent Approach
- Informed consent must be signed by the parents/legal representative of the preterm newborn; assent is not applicable for neonates. Subject information and informed consent form documents available in Spanish (L1_SIS and ICF_SP_adults referenced).
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 2
- Total Number Of Participants
- 60
Spain
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 18-12-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 08-01-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 21
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 60
Sites
- Site Name
- Hospital Sant Joan De Deu Barcelona
- Department Name
- Neonathology
- Contact Person Name
- Cristina Carrasco
- Contact Person Email
- ccarrasco@sjd.es
- Site Name
- Hospital Clinic De Barcelona
- Department Name
- Neonathology
- Contact Person Name
- Marta Teresa
- Contact Person Email
- teresa@clinic.cat
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Fundacio De Recerca Clinic Barcelona-Institut D’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer
- Organisation Type
- Laboratory/Research/Testing facility
- Country Of Registered Address
- Spain
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- Budesonida Aldo-Unión 0,5 mg/ml suspensión para inhalación por nebulizador
- Active Substance
- BUDESONIDE
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- Intratracheal use
- Route
- Intratracheal
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (marketing authorisation 66.943)
- Maximum Dose
- 0.75 mg/kg
- Investigational Product Name
- CUROSURF® 120mg/vial + 240mg/vial Endotracheopulmonary Instillation Suspension
- Active Substance
- PORACTANT ALFA
- Modality
- Other
- Routes Of Administration
- Intratracheal use
- Route
- Intratracheal
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (marketing authorisation PL 08829/0137)
- Maximum Dose
- 400 mg/kg
- Combination Treatment
- Yes
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