A multicenter, multi-national, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, study to assess the efficacy and safety of ciclesonide metered-dose inhaler at 80 µg BID or 40 µg BID for 12 weeks in patients aged 4 to <12 years with persistent asthma

• Conditions: patients aged 4 to <12 years with persistent asthma; MedDRA version: 8.1Level: LLTClassification code 10003553Term: Asthma

• Registration Number: EUCTR2006-004740-22-HU
• Lead Sponsor: Sanofi-Aventis

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-11-09
• Last Update Posted: 19 March 2012

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 528

Inclusion Criteria

Informed consent must be obtained from the parent/legal guardian in writing for all patients at screening visit (Visit 1) for enrollment into the study. If a patient is capable of signing a minors assent then the patient must sign a minor’s assent prior to any study procedures.

Patients meeting all of the following criteria at Visit 2 are eligible for enrollment into the study:
1. Males or females aged =4 to <12 years of age at the time of randomization;
2. History of persistent bronchial asthma for at least 3 months prior to screening;
3. For patients with persistent bronchial asthma and being treated with a ICS therapy (Previous therapy stratum: ICS): Documented (i.e., as verified in source documents) use of ICS monotherapy (i.e., =200 or =220 µg/day fluticasone propionate DPI or MDI or equivalent) for at least 30 days prior to screening;
4. For patients with persistent bronchial asthma and not being treated with ICS therapy (Previous therapy stratum: no ICS): No use of an inhaled corticosteroid steroid (ICS) within 30 days prior to screening. Patients may have documented (i.e., as verified in source documents) use of Singulair 5 mg QD or a reliever therapy (SABA) or may be untreated;
5. All patients aged (4 to <12 years of age) with morning Peak Expiratory Flow (AM PEF) of =90% of predicted values from the in-clinic spirometry after a 6 hour withhold of albuterol/salbutamol;
6. Only patients aged between 6 to <12 years must have a forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) of =50% to =85% of predicted normal after a 6 hour withhold of albuterol/salbutamol. FEV1 at randomization is required to be within 15% range (ie. relative change to screening value) of FEV1 at screening.
7. Reversibility:
For patients aged between 4 to <6 years: At screening or immediately prior to randomization, reversibility of in-clinic spirometer A.M. PEF after inhalation of 180 µg albuterol/salbutamol or documented history (i.e., as verified in source documents) of reversibility of PEF. Reversibility for such patients will be any improvement in spirometry PEF (L/min).
For patients aged between 6 to <12 years: Reversibility of FEV1 by at least 12% (relative to the pre-bronchodilator value in liters) and =200 mL after inhalation of 180 µg albuterol/salbutamol or documented history (i.e., as verified in source documents) of reversibility of FEV1 by at least 12% (relative to the pre-bronchodilator value in liters) and = 200 mL within one year prior to screening.

At Visit 3: Prior to randomization
For all patients
8. Age >4 to <12 years;
9. After an albuterol/salbutamol withhold of at least 6 hours, AM PEF =90% of predicted value from the sponsor provided in-clinic spirometry;
10. Daytime asthma symptoms >1 for at least 3 days out of the last 7 days (with non-missing data).
For patients aged between 6 to <12 years only:
11. After an albuterol/salbutamol withhold of at least 6 hours, FEV1 of =50% to =85% of predicted normal.

Are the trial subjects under 18? yes
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) no
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) no
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range

Exclusion Criteria

Patients presenting with any of the following will not be included in the study:
1. Nocturnal awakenings for asthma which require treatment with albuterol/salbutamol for 4 or more nights out of the last 7 days of the screening period (with non-missing data);
2. Use of more than 8 puffs/day of albuterol/salbutamol on 3 or more consecutive days within the last 7 days (with non-missing data);
3. Use of ß2-adrenergic blocking agents for any reason;
4. Upper or lower respiratory tract infection within 4 weeks prior to screening and duringscreening period;
5. History of cystic fibrosis;
6. History of life-threatening asthma, including a history of significant hypercarbia (pCO2 >45 mmHg), prior intubation, respiratory arrest, or seizures as a result of an exacerbation of asthma;
7. More than 3 in-patient hospitalization or emergency care visits due to asthma exacerbations in the year prior to screening;
8. Use of injectable or oral corticosteroids within one month prior to screening, or more than 3 bursts (ie. oral prednisone tablets/syrup for 3 days or more or an injection of hydrocortisone constitutes a burst) within 6 months prior to screening;
9. Patients on maintenance immunotherapy who either began their immunotherapy regimen or had a clinically relevant change in their immunotherapy regimen within 30 days prior to screening;
10. Patients requiring potent inhibitors of cytochrome P450 3A4 (e.g. ritonavir, ketoconazole. See Appendix F);
11. Clinically relevant cardiovascular, hepatic, neurologic, endocrine, or other major systemic disease making implementation of the protocol or interpretation of the study results difficult;
12. Any clinically relevant deviation from normal in laboratory parameters that would limit participation in the study or interfere with interpretation of study results;
13. Female patients of childbearing potential (i.e., ovulating, pre-menopausal, not surgically sterile) unless practicing an adequate method of birth control, or unless sexual abstinence is confirmed at informed consent, or unless premenarchal and prepared to accept counseling on reproductive issues in case of becoming menarchal;
14. Likelihood of requiring treatment during the study period with medications not permitted by the study protocol;
15. Treatment with any Investigational Product within 30 days prior to screening;
16. Previous randomization in this study;
17. History of hypersensitivity to the study medication(s) or to drugs with a similar chemical structure;
18. Intolerance to albuterol/salbutamol and/or excipients in the MDI (HFA-134a propellant and ethanol excipient);
19. History of substance abuse;
20. Parent(s)/legal guardian(s) is (are), in the opinion of the Investigator, mentally or legally incapacitated preventing informed consent from being obtained;
21. Patient/parent unlikely to comply with protocol, e.g., uncooperative attitude, inability to return for follow-up visits, and unlikelihood of completing the study, and for 6 to <12 years only inability to perform spirometric measurements according to the ATS criteria;
22. Patient is the relative of the Investigator or sub-Investigator, research assistant, pharmacist, study coordinator or other staff and thereof directly involved in the conduct of the protocol;
23. Not able to demonstrate acceptable oral inhaler technique with the MDI (see Appendix B)and optional attached AeroChamber Z-Stat Plus® holding chamber, (see Appendix C).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
• Study Design: Not specified