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A Study to Evaluate the Effect of Dupilumab on Exercise Capacity in Adult Patients With Asthma

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
Asthma
Interventions
Drug: Matching placebo
Registration Number
NCT04203797
Lead Sponsor
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Brief Summary

The primary objective of the study is to demonstrate that dupilumab treatment improves exercise capacity in patients with moderate-to-severe asthma.

The secondary objectives of the study are:

* To demonstrate that dupilumab treatment increases physical activity of daily living in patients with moderate-to-severe asthma

* To demonstrate that dupilumab treatment improves pre- and post-exercise lung function in patients with moderate-to-severe asthma

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria
  • A physician diagnosis of asthma
  • Pre-bronchodilator FEV1 between 30% and 75% predicted at both the screening and baseline visits
  • Bronchodilator reversibility defined as >200 mL and 12% increase in FEV1 post-administration of a short-acting beta agonist (SABA). A patient may also qualify if there is a documented history of bronchodilator reversibility or positive methacholine challenge test within 12 months prior to the screening visit
  • Stable background therapy for at least 3 months with a stable dose ≥4 weeks prior to the baseline visit of a medium-to-high dose ICS (fluticasone propionate ≥250 to 1000 μg twice daily [BID] or equivalent) in combination with at least a second controller medication (eg, long-acting beta agonist [LABA], long-acting muscarinic antagonist [LAMA], leukotriene receptor antagonist [LTRA], theophylline, etc.); a third controller is allowed and with the same stabilization requirements
  • Blood eosinophil count ≥300 cells/μL for patients not on maintenance OCS at the screening visit
  • ACQ-5 score ≥1.5 at the screening and baseline visits

Key

Exclusion Criteria
  • Body mass index >35 kg/m2 at screening
  • Current smoking, vaping or tobacco chewing or cessation of any of these within 6 months prior to randomization, or >10 pack years smoking history
  • Patients who require supplemental oxygen at screening
  • Clinically significant cardiac disease as described in the protocol
  • Uncontrolled hypertension at screening or baseline
  • Participation in exercise or physical rehabilitation program within last 6 months prior to screening or planned during the study
  • Previous use of dupilumab
  • Anti-IgE therapy (eg, omalizumab [Xolair®]) within 130 days prior to visit 1 or any other biologic therapy (including anti-IL5, anti-IL-5R, anti-IL4Rα, anti-IL-13 mAb) or systemic immunosuppressant (eg, methotrexate, any anti-tumor necrosis factor mAbs, Janus kinase inhibitors, B- and/or T-cell targeted immunosuppressive therapies) to treat inflammatory disease or autoimmune disease (eg, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, primary biliary cirrhosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis) and other diseases, within 3 months or 5 half-lives prior to screening, whichever is longer
  • Exposure to another investigative drug (monoclonal antibodies as well as small molecules) within a period prior to screening, of <3 months or <5 half-lives (whichever is longer)
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women, or women planning to become pregnant or breastfeed during the study
  • Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP)* who are unwilling to practice highly effective contraception prior to the initial dose/start of the first treatment, during the study, and for at least 12 weeks after the last dose

NOTE: Other protocol defined inclusion/exclusion criteria apply

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
dupilumabdupilumabA loading dose at the start of the treatment followed by once every two weeks (Q2W).
Matching placeboMatching placeboMatching dupilumab
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change From Baseline to Week 12 in Constant Work Rate Exercise Endurance Time - CWRET (Constant Work Rate Exercise Test)Up to week 12

CWRET (Constant Work Rate Exercise Test) will be performed on an electromagnetically-braked cycle ergometer in an exercise physiology laboratory overseen by a trained pulmonologist or medical doctor designee.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change From Baseline to Week 12 in Average Number of Steps Walked Per DayUp to week 12

Based on accelerometry data

Change From Baseline to Week 12 in Total Energy ExpenditureUp to week 12

Metabolic equivalents of tasks \[METs\]. Based on accelerometry data

Change From Baseline to Week 12 in the Mean Duration of Moderate-to-vigorous Physical ActivityUp to week 12

Defined as ≥3 METs. Based on accelerometry data

Change From Baseline to Week 12 in Pre- and Post-exercise Forced Expiratory Volume in One Second (FEV1)Up to week 12

Based on spirometry data

Trial Locations

Locations (24)

Regeneron Study Site

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Lubin, Dolnoslaskie, Poland

IKF Pneumologie GmbH & Co. KG - Institut fuer klinische Forschung Pneumologie Frankfurt (Clinical Research Centre Respiratory Medicine) to IKF Pneumologie Frankfurt GmbH & Co KG.

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Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany

IKF Pneumologie Mainz, Helix Medical Excellence Center Mainz

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Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge

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Barcelona, Spain

UCLA Medical Center - Harbor

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Torrance, California, United States

UH Cleveland Medical Center

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Temple University Hospital

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Allianz Research Institute

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Westminster, California, United States

The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

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Houston, Texas, United States

KLB - Gesundheitsforschung Luebeck GmbH

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Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

CHU Reims

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Reims, Marne, France

Praxis Dr. M. Rolke u. Dr. P. Rueckert

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Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany

Centrum Medycyny Oddechowej, Mroz Spolka Jawna

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Bialystok, Poland

CHU de Strasbourg - Nouvel Hopital Civil

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Strasbourg, France

Palos Verdes Medical Group (PVMG); Peninsula Research Associates (PRA)

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Rolling Hills Estates, California, United States

Infinity Medical Research

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North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics-Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine

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Iowa City, Iowa, United States

American Health Research

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Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Intermountain Medical Center

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Murray, Utah, United States

CHU Dijon

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Dijon, Bourgogne, France

Lekarze Specjalisci - J. Malolepszy i Partnerzy

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Wroclaw, Poland

Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon (HGUGM) - Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Gregorio Maranon (IiSGM)

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Madrid, Spain

University of Michigan

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

University Of Kansas Medical Center

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Kansas City, Kansas, United States

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