Omalizumab in non-atopic asthma
- Conditions
- RespiratoryAsthma
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN90016959
- Lead Sponsor
- King's College London (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
1. Males and females aged 18 to 60 years inclusive
2. Moderate/severe non-atopic asthma as defined below treated with inhaled corticosteroid for at least 6 months
2.1. Daytime & night-time symptoms at least 3 days/week in the last 3 months prior to screening visit (despite taking inhaled corticosteroids with or without long-acting ß2- agonist or leukotriene blockers
2.2. Pre-bronchodilator Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second (FEV1) 40-80% predicted; reversibility of =12% in FEV1 in response to inhaled ß?-agonist documented at any time within the past 2 years
2.3. Negative skin prick and/or in vitro IgE tests to a range of 12 common aeroallergens
2.3.1. pollens:
2.3.1.1. grass
2.3.1.2. hazel
2.3.1.3. alder
2.3.1.4. birch
2.3.2. danders:
2.3.2.1. cat
2.3.2.2. dog
2.3.3. dust mite:
2.3.3.1. D.pteronyssinus
2.3.3.2. D. farinae
2.3.4. moulds
2.3.4.1. Cladosporium
2.3.4.2. Aspergillus
2.3.4.3. Alternaria
1. Smoking within the past year or total smoking history 0.5 pack years
2. Pregnant or lactating females or those at risk of pregnancy
3. Treatment with more than 2000 µg/day beclometasone, 1600 µg/day
4. Budesonide or1000 µg/day fluticasone by inhalation or regular systemic corticosteroid at screening
5. Hospitalisation for asthma or exacerbation requiring systemic corticosteroid therapy within 3 months of the screening visit
6. History of life-threatening asthma, defined as an asthma episode that required intubations and/or was associated with hypercapnia, respiratory arrest and/or hypoxic seizures
7. Patients in whom, in the opinion of the study investigators, omalizumab therapy might normally require precaution (a history of autoimmune disease, renal or hepatic impairment, hyper immunoglobulin E syndrome, Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and diabetes mellitus)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method