Elaboration of Patient-friendly Treatment Strategy With Capsaicin Nasal Spray in Patients With Idiopathic Rhinitis

Phase 4

Completed

• Conditions: Non-allergic Rhinitis
• Interventions: Drug: placebo; Drug: Capsaicin

• Registration Number: NCT02288156
• Lead Sponsor: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Brief Summary

Chronic rhinitis is affecting more than 200 million people worldwide. Its prevalence is estimated to be as high as 30% of the Western population. Rhinitis is defined as symptomatic inflammation of the inner lining of the nose and is characterized by the following symptoms: rhinorrhea, nasal blockage, nasal itching and/or sneezing. The cut-off point for defining rhinitis as chronic rhinitis is considered to be persisting symptoms for over more than twelve weeks Chronic rhinitis can be divided into three major subgroups; based on the knowledge of the major etiological factor: infectious rhinitis, allergic rhinitis and non-allergic, non-infectious rhinitis, in literature also referred to as nonallergic rhinitis. Non-inferiority in efficacy of the two novel treatment regimes i.e. capsaicin nasal spray 0,01mM (2puffs/nostril/day) during 4 weeks and capsaicin nasal spray 0,001mM (2puffs/nostril/day) during 4 weeks compared to the current treatment of capsaicin nasal spray 0,1mM (5/day administered on a single day) with regard to the change from baseline in VAS for major nasal symptom on week 4.

(Estimated placebo effect is 25%.)

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2014-11-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-11-10
• Study First Posted: 2014-11-11
• Study Start: 2015-07
• Primary Completion: 2018-12
• Study Completion: 2018-12
• Results First Submitted: 2020-12-16
• Results First Submitted QC: 2020-12-16
• Results First Posted: 2021-01-12
• Status Verified: 2021-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-05-31
• Last Update Posted: 2021-06-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• idiopathic rhinitis patients with at least 2 persistent (> 12w) rhinological symptoms (nasal discharge, sneezing, nasal congestion) for an average of at least 1 h per day,
• idiopathic rhinitis patients with a total nasal symptoms score (TNS) of 5 or more on a visual analogue scale (VAS).
• Age > 18 and < 65 years.
• Written informed consent.
• Willingness to adhere to visit schedules.
• Adequate contraceptive precautions in female patients with childbearing potential.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with concomitant allergic rhinitis, demonstrated by positive skin prick test (Hal reagents) and/or immunoglobins E in blood. *
• Patients with structural abnormalities: nasal polyps, severe septal deviation (septum reaching concha inferior or lateral nasal wall), septal perforation, hypertrophy of the inferior turbinates.
• Patients with local allergic rhinitis (LAR) or entopy.
• Systemic steroid treatment less than 4 weeks before the inclusion in the study, nasal steroid spray less than 4 weeks before the inclusion, oral leukotriene antagonists or long-acting antihistamines less than 2 weeks before the inclusion.
• Inability of the patient to stop taking medication affecting nasal function like ß-blockers.
• History of prolonged use or abuse of decongestant nasal spray like xylometazoline spray and/or use or abuse of decongestive oral medication.
• Evidence of infectious rhinitis/rhinosinusitis or common cold within 4 weeks prior to inclusion.
• Pregnancy or lactation. **
• Any disorder of which might compromise the ability of a patient to give truly informed consent for participation in this study.
• Enrollment in other investigational drug trial(s) or receiving other investigational agent(s) for any other medical condition.
• Contra-indications for the use of local anesthesia (cocaine 5%).
• Smoking or occupational exposure to irritants (like hypochlorite, persulfates, isocyanates).
• Nasal malignancies or severe comorbidity like granulomatosis or vasculitis.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Placebo	placebo	-
0.001mM	Capsaicin	-
0.1mM	Capsaicin	-
0.01mM	Capsaicin	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Visual Analogue Scale for Major Nasal Symptoms	Baseline and week 4	patients score their main nasal complaints from 0 to 10 on a scale of 10, with 0 meaning no complaints and 10 meaning the worst complaints. This is done at baseline and after 4 weeks of treatment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Visual Analogue Scale for Individual Nasal Symptoms	Baseline, week 4	patients score all kinds of nasal symptoms from 0 to 10 on a scale of 10, with 0 meaning no complaints and 10 meaning the worst complaints. This is done at baseline and after 4 weeks of treatment
Change of Nasal Hyperreactivity in All Treatment Modalities.	baseline, week 4	change in the number of participants with nasal hyperreactivity in all treatment modalities
Therapeutic Response in All Treatment Regimes	week 4	Evaluation of the therapeutic response (TRE) on a scale from 1 (= no relief of symptoms) to 5 (= total relief of symptoms).
Number of Patients Without Improvement of Symptoms at the End of the Trial in All Treatment Modalities	week 4, 12 and 26
Number of Adverse Events in All Treatment Groups	week 4	All reported AEs were entered into the AE section so please see AE table for specifics.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

ORL; 🇧🇪 Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium