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Inhaled Mannitol as a Mucoactive Therapy for Bronchiectasis

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Bronchiectasis
Interventions
Drug: Matched control
Registration Number
NCT00669331
Lead Sponsor
Syntara
Brief Summary

No gold standard therapy exists for clearing mucus from the airways of patients with bronchiectasis. While rhDNase has a proven place in the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF), it failed to improve Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) in a short-term non-CF bronchiectasis study and has been shown to be detrimental after 6 months therapy in non CF bronchiectasis, moreover it has no proven effect on mucociliary clearance. Hypertonic saline has been shown to have a comparable mode of action to inhaled mannitol, but has yet to be examined as a long term treatment option in bronchiectasis.

The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy and safety of 52 weeks treatment with inhaled mannitol in subjects with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. Previous studies with inhaled mannitol have demonstrated improvement in mucociliary clearance; mucus rehydration; improvement in quality of life and respiratory symptoms in patients with bronchiectasis and pulmonary function in cystic fibrosis. The results of this current study in combination with a recently completed 3 month study seek to confirm these early findings and to extend the evidence to support its use as a mucoactive therapy in subjects with bronchiectasis.

We hypothesize that mannitol will improve the overall health and hygiene of the lung through regular and effective clearing of the mucus load. As a consequence of the reduction in mucus load and inflammatory process, the frequency of bronchiectasis related pulmonary exacerbations and the need for exacerbation related antibiotic treatment should fall. Days in hospital and community health care costs are expected to change in line with improvements in respiratory health.

Finally, we plan to demonstrate that inhaled mannitol is safe and well tolerated over a 52 week period. We will test these hypotheses using 400 mg mannitol twice daily (BD) against control.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
485
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
ControlMatched controlMatched control - inhaled mannitol 50mg
MannitolInhaled mannitolInhaled mannitol 400mg
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rate of Graded Pulmonary Exacerbations52 weeks

A graded pulmonary exacerbation was defined as a worsening in signs and symptoms requiring a change in treatment (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), 2007). Grade I was required 3 main signs and symptoms, Grade II 2 main signs and symptoms and Grade III 1 main and one or more minor signs and symptoms. Main signs and symptoms were increased cough, sputum volume or sputum purulence. Minor were upper respiratory tract infection, fever, increased wheezing, increased dyspnea, increase in respiratory rate, increase in cardiac frequency of \>20%, and increased malaise, fatigue or lethargy. Rate is defined as the number of all GPE events observed in one treatment year

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Safety Profile - Hematology52 weeks

hematology assessed as clinically significant abnormal FBC (Full Blood count) at any point post baseline.

• (Exploratory) Number of Hospitalizations Due to Pulmonary Exacerbations52 weeks

Mean rate of hospitalisations (number/year) summarised and analysed to take account of differing follow-up times.

Quality of Life as Measured by the St. Georges Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) Total Score52 weeks

The SGRQ was collected at baseline, week 6, week 16, week 28, week 40 and week 52. Change in total score was calculated from baseline. Total scores are a weighted sum across all questions. Scores are expressed as a percentage of overall impairment where 100 represents worst possible health status and 0 indicates best possible health status. Higher scores indicate lower quality of life. Outcome data table gives the raw mean total score at each visit.

Antibiotic Use Prescribed for Treated Pulmonary Exacerbations52 weeks

Rate of antibiotic treated graded pulmonary exacerbations, using the same definition of a graded pulmonary exacerbation as the primary endpoint. A graded pulmonary exacerbation was considered to be anti-biotic treated if use of oral, IV or inhaled antibiotic use was recorded related to the GPE event.

Time to First Graded Exacerbation52 weeks

Time to first graded exacerbation is defined as the duration (in months) from the randomisation date to the start of the first reported graded PE during the on-treatment period. Patients without reported graded PE event will be censored at the last participation.

Duration of Graded Exacerbations52 weeks

Duration of graded exacerbations is defined as the number of days with graded PE within one treatment year. Mean days estimated via negative binomial model with treatment, region and baseline pulmonary exacerbation rate as predictors, with log of follow-up time as the offset variable

Sputum Volume52 weeks

24 hour sputum weight, measured at baseline, week 6, week 16, week 28, week 40, week 52

Daytime Sleepiness Scores52 weeks

Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) score was calculated as the sum of scores for each of eight individual questions, such that a total score of zero represents no daytime sleepiness, and a total score of 24 represents the maximum degree of daytime sleepiness. Measured at baseline, 6 weeks, 16 weeks, 28 weeks, 40 weeks, 52 weeks

Lung Function - Change in FEV1 (Forced Expiratory Volume in One Second)52 weeks
Lung Function - Change in FVC (Forced Vital Capacity)52 weeks
Lung Function - Change in FEV1/FVC52 weeks

FEV1 expressed as a ratio of FVC. Endpoint is expressed as a percentage ie FEV1/FVC\*100

Lung Function - Change in FEF25-75 (Forced Expiratory Flow Rate Averaged Over 25th -75th Percentile of FVC)52 weeks
Safety Profile - Sputum Microbiology52 weeks

sputum microbiology assessed as the presence of abnormal flora in sputum sample taken at any post baseline visit

Safety Profile - Clinical Chemistry52 weeks

Clinical chemistry was assessed as clinically significant abnormal liver function test and clinically significant abnormal urea/electrolyte test at any point post baseline.

Trial Locations

Locations (83)

University of Miami

🇺🇸

Miami, Florida, United States

Florida Pulmonary Research

🇺🇸

Winter Park, Florida, United States

The University of Chicago Hospitals

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chest Medicine Clinical Services, LLC

🇺🇸

Skokie, Illinois, United States

Saint Luke's Hospital

🇺🇸

Chesterfield, Missouri, United States

St Vincent's Hospital

🇦🇺

Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia

Hospital Zonal Especializado en Agudos y Cronicos "Dr Antonio A. Cetrangolo

🇦🇷

Florida Partido de Vicente López, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Clinica del Torax

🇦🇷

Rosario, Provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina

Universidad de Chile

🇨🇱

Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Green Lane Clinical Centre

🇳🇿

Greenlane, Auckland, New Zealand

Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden (MCL) - Department of Pulmonology

🇳🇱

Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden AD, Netherlands

Royal Derby Hospital

🇬🇧

Derby, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

Middlemore Hospital

🇳🇿

Auckland, New Zealand

Sheffield Northern General Hospital

🇬🇧

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Ashford & St Peters Hospital

🇬🇧

Chertsey, Surrey, United Kingdom

Llandough Hospital

🇬🇧

Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom

Birmingam Queen Elizabeth Hospital

🇬🇧

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Freeman Hospital

🇬🇧

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

North Tyneside General Hospital

🇬🇧

North Shields, United Kingdom

Southampton General Hospital

🇬🇧

Southampton, United Kingdom

Wrexham Maelor Hospital

🇬🇧

Wrexham, United Kingdom

Corporacion medica de General San Martin

🇦🇷

Mathew 4071, San Martin Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Hospital Privado - Centro Medico de Cordoba

🇦🇷

Cordoba, Provincia de Cordoba, Argentina

UZ Leuven (University Hospital Leuven) - Depatment of Pulmonary Medicine

🇧🇪

Leuven, Belgium

Churchill Hospital

🇬🇧

Headington, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Royal Melbourne Hospital

🇦🇺

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Insares

🇦🇷

Mendoza, Provincia de Mendoza, Argentina

Investigaciones en Patologias Respiratorias

🇦🇷

San Miguel de Tucumán, Provincia de Tucumán, Argentina

Atrium MC -Department of Pulmonary Diseases

🇳🇱

Heerlen, Netherlands

Instituto Cardiovascular de Rosario

🇦🇷

Rosario, Provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina

Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos "Dr Jose Penna"

🇦🇷

Bahia Bianca, Provinica de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Centro Médico Dra. De Salvo

🇦🇷

Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Stafford Hospital

🇬🇧

Stafford, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Glenfield Hospital

🇬🇧

Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

The Rooms of Dr C Steinfort

🇦🇺

Geelong, Victoria, Australia

West Wales General Hospital

🇬🇧

Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom

National Jewish Medical and Research Center

🇺🇸

Denver, Colorado, United States

The Oregon Clinic, PC/Pulmonary Division

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Alamo Clinical Research Associates

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Klinik für Pneumologie

🇩🇪

Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany

Pneumologisch Studienzentrum

🇩🇪

Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

Torbay Hospital

🇬🇧

Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom

University Hospital of North Tees

🇬🇧

Stockton, Teeside, United Kingdom

Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

🇬🇧

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom

Belfast City Hospital

🇬🇧

Belfast, United Kingdom

Wolverhampton New Cross Hospital

🇬🇧

Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom

University Hospital Aintree

🇬🇧

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Winthrop University Hospital

🇺🇸

Mineola, New York, United States

Georgetown University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

University of Connecticut Health Center, Pulmonary Division

🇺🇸

Farmington, Connecticut, United States

Pulmonary and Allergy Associates

🇺🇸

Summit, New Jersey, United States

Research Associates of New York

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Centro Privado de Medicina Respiratoria

🇦🇷

Entre Rios, Paraná Entre Ríos, Argentina

Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Pulmonary Clinical Research Unit

🇺🇸

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

University of North Carolina

🇺🇸

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

St George Hospital

🇦🇺

Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia

University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

South Carolina Pharmaceutical Research

🇺🇸

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Centro Respiratorio Quilmes

🇦🇷

Quilmes, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Instituto Argentino de Investigación Neurológica

🇦🇷

Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires,, Argentina

Sanatorio Parque

🇦🇷

Rosario, Provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina

Atención Integral en Reumatología (AIR)

🇦🇷

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Woolcock Institute of Medical Research

🇦🇺

Glebe, New South Wales, Australia

The Prince Charles Hospital

🇦🇺

Chermside, Queensland, Australia

Royal Adelaide Hospital

🇦🇺

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Repatriation General Hospital

🇦🇺

Daws Park, South Australia, Australia

Western Hospital

🇦🇺

Footscray, Victoria, Australia

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

🇦🇺

Woodville, South Australia, Australia

ULB Hopital Erasme - Department of Pneumology

🇧🇪

Brussels, Belgium

IKF Pneumologie GmbH and Co KG

🇩🇪

Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

🇬🇧

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Waikato Hospital

🇳🇿

Hamilton, New Zealand

Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc (UCL) - Department of Pulmonology

🇧🇪

Brussels, Belgium

Medisch Centrum Alkmaar - Department of Pulmonary Medicine

🇳🇱

Alkmaar, Alkmaar AM, Netherlands

Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital

🇬🇧

Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Nottingham City Hospital

🇬🇧

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

🇨🇱

Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Lungen und Bronchialheikunde

🇩🇪

Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Hospital Regional de Talca

🇨🇱

Talca, Chile

Temple University Hospital

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Pulmonary Associates of Richmond, Inc

🇺🇸

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Royal Brompton Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Castle Hill Hospital

🇬🇧

Cottingham, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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