Clinical trial • Phase III • Respiratory

Fluticasone propionate; Salbutamol sulfate for Asthma

Phase III trial of Fluticasone propionate; Salbutamol sulfate for Asthma.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Respiratory
Trial Disease
Asthma
Trial Stage
Phase III
Drug Modality
Small molecule
Paediatric Trial
Yes

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
31-08-2023
First CTIS Authorization Date
19-03-2024

Trial design

Randomised, active comparator: abs emdpi (salbutamol sulfate emdpi) 117 mcg per inhalation; dosing frequency: 2 inhalations as needed (prn) as rescue medication (active-control arm). Phase III trial in Germany, Bulgaria, Denmark and others.

Randomised
Yes
Comparator
Active comparator: ABS eMDPI (salbutamol sulfate eMDPI) 117 mcg per inhalation; dosing frequency: 2 inhalations as needed (prn) as rescue medication (active-control arm).
Single Multiple Or Escalation Dose Combined
Yes
Target Sample Size
1700
Trial Duration For Participant
196

Eligibility

Recruits 1700 paediatric patients.

Vulnerable Population
Trial includes minors (children and adolescents). Adults (age ≥18) provide signed informed consent. Patients aged 4 to <18 years provide assent appropriate to age and a parent/legal representative must provide written consent prior to any study procedures. Age-specific assent/consent documents (e.g. assent forms for 4–5 years, 6–11 years, 12–17 years and parental/guardian ICFs) are provided in the study materials in multiple languages.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- a.\tThe patient is capable of giving signed informed consent (age ≥18 years). Patients ages 4 to <18 years (or as applicable and required by local regulation) are able to provide assent and written consent must be provided by a parent/legally acceptable representative before any study procedures are performed."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- b.\tThe patient is a male or female 4 years of age or older at the time of informed consent/assent or age as allowed by local regulation."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- c.\tThe patient has a documented diagnosis of asthma for at least 1 year according to the 2022 GINA guidelines."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- d.\tThe patient has an ACQ-5 score of ≥1.5 at the screening visit. (Patients aged 4-5 years are not required to meet this criteria)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- e.\tThe patient has a documented history of at least 1 severe CAE ending within the past 12 month."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- f.\tThe patient is using any prescribed inhaled asthma controller medication (at a stable dose for 1 month prior to the screening visit)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- g.\tPatients aged 18 years and older must have a screening (V1) prebronchodilator FEV1 of ≥40 to <90% predicted normal value. Patients aged 4 to 17 years at the time of screening must have an FEV1 of ≥60% predicted normal value (Quanjer et al 2012) after withholding specified medications including SABA (rescue medication) for spirometry testing. Patients are not required to meet these criteria at V3. Patients failing to meet these criteria are allowed a single additional retest during the screening period in advance of the second visit."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- a.\tThe patient has any asthma worsening requiring a change in asthma treatment other than SABA and/or short-acting anticholinergic agent within 30 days prior to screening or during the run-in period."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- j.\tThe patient has another confounding underlying lung disorder (eg, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, bronchiectasis with the need of treatment, cystic fibrosis,pulmonary fibrosis), or participants with a diagnosis of asthma COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- k.\tThe patient is a current smoker and/or has a history of ≥10 pack – years history of smoking. A current smoker is defined as any participant who has used any form of tobacco product (including oral) within the past 6 months or any orally inhaled products including but not limited to cigarettes, beedis vaping, e-cigarettes, hookah/waterpipes or marijuana. Note: participants with a positive urinary cotinine test will be excluded."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- b.\tThe patient has life-threatening asthma defined as any history of significant asthma episode(s) requiring intubation associated with hypercapnia, respiratory arrest, hypoxic seizures, or asthma related syncopal episode(s) within 5 years before screening."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- c.\tThe patient has a suspected bacterial or viral infection (other than Coronavirus Disease [COVID-19]) of the upper or lower respiratory tract, sinus, or middle ear that has not resolved at least 2 weeks before the screening period."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- d.\tPatients with a confirmed infection with COVID-19 within 6 weeks prior to the screening visit, or with residual COVID-19 symptoms (\"long COVID-19”)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- e.\tPatients with clinical symptoms that may indicate COVID-19 infection."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- f.\tThe patient is currently being treated with a prohibited medication (Appendix G) including SCS or biological medications used to treat asthma or malignancy."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- g.\tThe patient has cancer not in complete remission for at least 5 years."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- h.\tThe patient has had a CAE requiring systemic corticosteroids within 30 days before screening, or any hospitalization for asthma within 2 months before screening."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- i.\tThe patient has used SCS (any dose and any indication) within 30 days prior to screening."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Time to first severe CAE with HD Fp/ABS eMDPI.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from randomization to the first occurrence of a severe clinical asthma exacerbation (CAE) while using high-dose (HD) fluticasone propionate/albuterol sulfate eMDPI as rescue medication (as described in the primary objective)."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- The key efficacy endpoints: - annualized severe CAE rate '- total annualized SCS exposure over the treatment period","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Key efficacy endpoints are (1) annualized rate of severe clinical asthma exacerbations (CAE) and (2) total annualized systemic corticosteroid (SCS) exposure during the treatment period (as stated in the secondary objectives)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Asthma Control Questionnaire-5 (ACQ-5) response at week 24, defined as achieving a decrease in score from baseline value of at least 0.5","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Responder defined as ≥0.5 decrease from baseline ACQ-5 at Week 24."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire + 12 (AQLQ+12) response at week 24, defined as achieving an increase from baseline of at least 0.5","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Responder defined as ≥0.5 increase from baseline AQLQ+12 (or pediatric equivalent PAQLQ) at Week 24."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Safety/Tolerability endpoints: '- occurrence of adverse events during the study '- occurrence of serious adverse events during the study '- study withdrawal due to treatment-emergent adverse events","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Standard safety endpoints capturing incidence of adverse events (AEs), serious adverse events (SAEs), and withdrawals due to treatment-emergent AEs during the study period."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Time to first severe CAE with LD Fp/ABS eMDPI","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from randomization to first severe CAE while using low-dose (LD) fluticasone propionate/albuterol sulfate eMDPI as rescue medication."}

Recruitment

Digital Remote Recruitment
Yes
Planned Sample Size
1700
Recruitment Window Months
34
Consent Approach
Adults (≥18 years) provide signed informed consent. Children and adolescents (ages 4 to <18) provide age-appropriate assent and a parent/legal representative must provide written consent before any study procedures. Age-specific assent/consent documents are provided (assent forms for 4–5, 6–11, 12–17 years; parental/guardian ICFs). Materials are available in multiple languages corresponding to participating countries.

Methods

  • Printed patient and caregiver brochures and posters distributed in clinics (multilingual patient/caregiver brochures and posters targeted at patients and parents/legal guardians).
  • Digital recruitment: social media ads, Google Ads, website informational pages and website images (multilingual; country-specific language variants provided).
  • Healthcare professional outreach: GP letters and doctor-to-doctor (Dr-to-Dr) emails to clinicians to notify about the study and refer eligible patients.
  • Mass media: radio advertisement scripts and print advertisements targeted to the general public in participating regions.
  • Direct contact: phone scripts for site staff to contact potential participants.
  • Study listings/clinical trial listing materials for public registries/webpages to inform patients and carers in participating countries.
  • Site-based recruitment using site databases and local clinic patient lists (site-specific approaches described in recruitment arrangements).

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
102
Total Number Of Participants
1000

Germany

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
11-04-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
16-04-2024
Processing Time Days
5
Number Of Sites
21
Number Of Participants
150

Bulgaria

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
05-03-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
01-04-2024
Processing Time Days
27
Number Of Sites
16
Number Of Participants
175

Denmark

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
08-07-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
16-07-2024
Processing Time Days
8
Number Of Sites
1
Number Of Participants
27

Poland

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
04-03-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
25-03-2024
Processing Time Days
21
Number Of Sites
15
Number Of Participants
190

Spain

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
29-01-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
22-03-2024
Processing Time Days
53
Number Of Sites
7
Number Of Participants
45

Czechia

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
26-01-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
28-03-2024
Processing Time Days
62
Number Of Sites
8
Number Of Participants
55

Slovakia

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
05-03-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
19-03-2024
Processing Time Days
14
Number Of Sites
6
Number Of Participants
40

Romania

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
21-06-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
23-09-2024
Processing Time Days
94
Number Of Sites
6
Number Of Participants
97

Hungary

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
02-02-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
26-03-2024
Processing Time Days
53
Number Of Sites
5
Number Of Participants
95

Italy

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
24-06-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
13-09-2024
Processing Time Days
81
Number Of Sites
4
Number Of Participants
6

Greece

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
12-07-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
12-09-2024
Processing Time Days
62
Number Of Sites
5
Number Of Participants
25

Latvia

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
29-02-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
27-03-2024
Processing Time Days
27
Number Of Sites
8
Number Of Participants
95

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D LLC
Organisation Type
Pharmaceutical company
Country Of Registered Address
United States

Contract research organisations

Name
Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC
Responsibilities
CRO services (sponsorDuties code 4 listed)
Name
Syneos Health Netherlands B.V.
Responsibilities
Operational trial management and multiple study support roles
Name
Syneos Health Hellas Single Member S.A.
Responsibilities
Local operational support and study services

Third parties

  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Netherlands","full_name":"Syneos Health Netherlands B.V.","duties_or_roles":"Codes/roles: 1,11,12,13,2,5,6,7,8 (multiple operational and project roles listed in Part II)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Greece","full_name":"Syneos Health Hellas Single Member S.A.","duties_or_roles":"Codes/roles: 1,12,3,6,7,8","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"4g Clinical LLC","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 3","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Eresearchtechnology Inc.","duties_or_roles":"eCOA, Spirometry and Cardiac Services","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Yourway Transport Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Inhaler data extraction","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"Fisher Clinical Services UK Limited","duties_or_roles":"Packaging labeling and distribution (codes 14, 15)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Transperfect Translations International Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Label text and Artwork Approvals, Label Translations Country Approvals/Regulatory","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Fluticasone propionate,Salbutamol sulfate
Active Substance
Fluticasone propionate; Salbutamol sulfate
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
Inhalation (dry powder inhaler, eMDPI)
Route
INHALATION
Authorisation Status
Authorised (prodAuthStatus=1 in product dictionary)
Starting Dose
HD: 55/117 mcg (Fp/ABS) or LD: 30/117 mcg (Fp/ABS) depending on randomized arm
Dose Levels
55/117 mcg (HD); 30/117 mcg (LD); comparator ABS 117 mcg
Frequency
2 inhalations as needed (prn) to control asthma symptoms
Maximum Dose
Maximum listed for product: 660 µg (product record)
Combination Treatment
Yes

Related trials

Other published trials that may interest you.