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临床试验/EUCTR2019-002001-21-IT
EUCTR2019-002001-21-IT进行中(未招募)1 期

BETTER-B: BETter TreatmEnts for Refractory Breathlessness. An International, Multicentre, Randomised Controlled Pragmatic Trial of Mirtazapine to alleviate Breathlessness in Palliative and End of Life Care. - BETTER-B

niversity College Dublin0 个研究点目标入组 324 人开始时间: 2021年6月8日最近更新:
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阶段
1 期
状态
进行中(未招募)
发起方
入组人数
324

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研究设计

研究类型
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

入排标准

性别
All

入选标准

  • 1.Aged = 18 years old
  • 2.Diagnosed with:
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or
  • Interstitial lung disease (ILD) including chronic fibrotic lung disease following SARS-CoV-2 infection
  • 3.Breathlessness severity: Modified MRC breathlessness scale of:
  • grade 3 (I stop for breath after walking about 100 yards or after a few minutes on level ground) or
  • Grade 4 (I am too breathless to leave the house or I am breathless when dressing or undressing)
  • 4.On optimal treatment of the underlying condition in the opinion of the identifying clinician
  • 5.Management of the underlying condition unchanged for the previous 2 weeks
  • 6.Reversible causes of breathlessness optimally treated in the opinion of the identifying clinician
  • 7.If female, must be (as documented in patient notes):
  • a)postmenopausal (no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause), or
  • b)surgically sterile (hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy or bilateral oophorectomy), or
  • c)using acceptable contraception (which must be continued for 7 days after the last dose of IMP)
  • 8.Able to complete questionnaires and trial assessments
  • 9.Able to provide written informed consent
  • Caregiver eligibility:
  • Caregivers will be identified by an included patient participant as the
  • person closest to them, providing the patient participant is willing for
  • them to be approached.
  • Caregivers must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible:
  • 1.Identified by an included patient as the person closest to them
  • 2.Aged =18 years old
  • 3.Able to complete questionnaires and assessments
  • 4.Able to provide written informed consent
  • Are the trial subjects under 18? no
  • Number of subjects for this age range:
  • F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
  • F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 162
  • F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
  • F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 162

排除标准

  • 1.Existing antidepressant use, or other serotonergic active substances
  • (e.g. linezolid, St John's wort)
  • 2.Known contraindication to mirtazapine
  • 3.Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the components of
  • mirtazapine or placebo (e.g. lactose intolerance)
  • 4.Australia modified Karnofsky Performance Scale =40
  • 5.Pregnant or breast-feeding women. For women of childbearing
  • potential (those not post-menopausal or surgically sterile) this must be
  • confirmed by a pregnancy test (urine) within 7 days prior to
  • randomisation
  • 6.Patients with known cardiovascular disease or acute cardiac events
  • within 3 months prior to randomisation (e.g. myocardial infarction,
  • unstable angina pectoris, or significant cardiac conduction disturbance)
  • 7.Patients with jaundice or known hepatic impairment in the opinion of
  • the identifying clinician (e.g. bilirubin >25micromol/L, and AST and ALT
  • >2 times upper limit of normal)
  • 8.Patients with known renal impairment in the opinion of the identifying
  • clinician (e.g. creatinine >132micromol/L and eGFR
  • <30mL/min/1.73m2)
  • 9.Patients with uncontrolled blood pressure in the opinion of the
  • identifying clinician
  • 10.Patients with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus in the opinion of the
  • identifying clinician
  • 11.Patients with uncontrolled seizures, epilepsy or organic brain
  • syndrome in the opinion of the identifying clinician
  • 12.Patients with severe depression or suicidal thoughts in the opinion of
  • the identifying clinician
  • 13.Patients with a history of psychotic illness (schizophrenia, or other
  • psychotic disturbances) in the opinion of the identifying clinician
  • 14.Patients with bipolar disorder, or a history of mania or hypomania in
  • the opinion of the identifying clinician
  • 15.Patients currently enrolled in another interventional trial
  • 16.Patients with known congenital QT prolongation or family history for
  • QT prolongation
  • 17.Use of medicines that cause QT prolongation such as macrolides and
  • typical antipsychotics (unless required in low-dose to relieve nausea,
  • e.g. haloperidol =5mg/24h, levomepromazine =25mg/24h)
  • 18.Patients with a known history of suicide-related events

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发起方
niversity College Dublin

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