Clinical trial • Phase IV • Respiratory
BUDESONIDE, GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE, FORMOTEROL FUMARATE DIHYDRATE for Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Phase IV trial of BUDESONIDE, GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE, FORMOTEROL FUMARATE DIHYDRATE for Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Respiratory
- Trial Disease
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Trial Stage
- Phase IV
- Drug Modality
- Small molecule
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 23-07-2025
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 15-09-2025
Trial design
Randomised, placebo mdi (matching placebo inhaler). active product: trixeo aerosphere (budesonide/glycopyrronium/formoterol) 5 micrograms/7.2 micrograms/160 micrograms pressurised inhalation, suspension. dosing schedule not specified in ctis record.-controlled, crossover Phase IV trial across 4 sites in Germany.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Comparator
- Placebo MDI (matching placebo inhaler). Active product: Trixeo Aerosphere (Budesonide/Glycopyrronium/Formoterol) 5 micrograms/7.2 micrograms/160 micrograms pressurised inhalation, suspension. Dosing schedule not specified in CTIS record.
- Crossover
- Yes
- Target Sample Size
- 36
Eligibility
Recruits 36 Vulnerable population selected (isVulnerablePopulationSelected = true). Trial population: patients with COPD. Informed consent documents available for adults (L1_ICF Main Adult German; L1_ICF Research Adult German; L1_ICF Other Adult Optional Procedure German). No information provided on assent or consent processes for minors..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- All women of child bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test at the Visit 1.; Female participants must either be not of childbearing potential or using a form of highly effective birth control.
- Vulnerable Population
- Vulnerable population selected (isVulnerablePopulationSelected = true). Trial population: patients with COPD. Informed consent documents available for adults (L1_ICF Main Adult German; L1_ICF Research Adult German; L1_ICF Other Adult Optional Procedure German). No information provided on assent or consent processes for minors.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Current or former smoker with a history of ≥ 10 pack-years of tobacco smoking.\n- A diagnosis of COPD confirmed by a post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC) < 0.7.\n- At Visit 1: A pre-bronchodilator FEV1 < 80%.\n- At Visit 1: Peripheral blood eosinophil count < 300 cells/cubic millimeter (mm³), with no recorded history of eosinophil count > 300 cells/mm³ in the past 12 months.\n- At Visit 1: Modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) ≥ 1.\n- At Visit 2: A pre-bronchodilator functional residual capacity (FRC) of > 135% of predicted normal FRC.\n- At Visit 2: A post-bronchodilator FEV1 ≥ 30% and < 80% of the predicted normal value.\n- Participants must be on mono-, dual-, or triple-inhaled maintenance COPD treatment.\n- Female participants must either be not of childbearing potential or using a form of highly effective birth control.\n- All women of child bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test at the Visit 1."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- A current diagnosis of asthma, asthma-COPD overlap, or any other chronic respiratory disease other than COPD, such as alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, active tuberculosis, lung cancer, lung fibrosis, sarcoidosis, interstitial lung disease, and pulmonary hypertension.\n- History of a COPD exacerbation that required hospitalisation, or 2 or more COPD exacerbations that required systemic corticosteroids.\n- History of myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndrome.\n- History or current clinical significant atrial or ventricular arrhythmia to be confirmed by electrocardiogram (ECG).\n- Participants with a cardiac implantable electronic device, including pacemaker, implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or cardiac resynchronization therapy.\n- Participants with ECG QTcF interval at Visit 1 > 460 milliseconds (ms) for males and > 480 ms for females.\n- Participants who have had a respiratory tract infection within 8 weeks prior to Visit 1 and/or during the screening/run-in period.\n- Participants with lung lobectomy, lung volume reduction (during the study and within 3 months of Visit 1), or lung transplantation."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change from baseline in left ventricular end diastolic volume (LVEDVi) measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); change from baseline in LVEDVi."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change from baseline in functional residual capacity/total lung capacity (FRC/TLC) measured by body plethysmography.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured by body plethysmography; change from baseline in FRC/TLC."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change from baseline in residual volume/total lung capacity (RV/TLC) measured by body plethysmography","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured by body plethysmography; change from baseline in RV/TLC."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 36
- Recruitment Window Months
- 18
- Consent Approach
- Informed consent obtained from adult participants using adult ICFs. Documents available: L1_ICF Main Adult German; L1_ICF Research Adult German; L1_ICF Other Adult Optional Procedure German. Consent provided by the adult participant. No information provided on assent for minors or other age-specific consent documents.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 4
- Total Number Of Participants
- 36
Germany
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 27-08-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 24-04-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 240
- Number Of Sites
- 4
- Number Of Participants
- 20
Sites
- Site Name
- IKF Pneumologie GmbH & Co. KG
- Principal Investigator Name
- Oliver Kornmann
- Principal Investigator Email
- kornmann@ikf-pneumologie.de
- Contact Person Name
- Oliver Kornmann
- Contact Person Email
- kornmann@ikf-pneumologie.de
- Site Name
- PAREXEL International GmbH
- Department Name
- 2601:Early Phase Clinical Unit Berl
- Principal Investigator Name
- Camila Rincon
- Principal Investigator Email
- camila.rincon@parexel.com
- Contact Person Name
- Camila Rincon
- Contact Person Email
- camila.rincon@parexel.com
- Site Name
- Velocity Clinical Research Germany GmbH
- Department Name
- 2602: Pneumology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Sameer Kulkarni
- Principal Investigator Email
- skulkarni@velocityclinical.com
- Contact Person Name
- Sameer Kulkarni
- Contact Person Email
- skulkarni@velocityclinical.com
- Site Name
- The Fraunhofer Institute For Toxicology And Experimental Medicine ITEM
- Department Name
- 2603: Pneumology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Jens Hohlfeld
- Principal Investigator Email
- jens.hohlfeld@item.fraunhofer.de
- Contact Person Name
- Jens Hohlfeld
- Contact Person Email
- jens.hohlfeld@item.fraunhofer.de
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- AstraZeneca AB
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- Sweden
Contract research organisations
- Name
- Parexel International (IRL) Limited
- Responsibilities
- Sponsor duties codes: 1,10,11,12,2,5,6,8,9; contact Clinicaltrial.Enquiries@parexel.com
Third parties
- {"country":"Ireland","full_name":"Parexel International (IRL) Limited","duties_or_roles":"Codes: 1,10,11,12,2,5,6,8,9","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- Trixeo Aerosphere 5 micrograms/7.2 micrograms/160 micrograms pressurised inhalation, suspension
- Active Substance
- BUDESONIDE, GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE, FORMOTEROL FUMARATE DIHYDRATE
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- INHALATION
- Route
- INHALATION
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (marketing authorisation EU/1/20/1498/002)
- Maximum Dose
- 2 DF dosage form
- Investigational Product Name
- The placebo MDI is formulated as a suspension of spray-dried porous particles (consisting of 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine [DSPC] and calcium chloride) in a hydrofluoroalkane propellant (HFA-134a). The placebo MDI uses the same excipients as active product but with absence of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API).
- Modality
- Other
- Routes Of Administration
- INHALATION
- Route
- INHALATION
- Authorisation Status
- Not authorised (placebo)
- Combination Treatment
- Yes
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