E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
asthma bronchiale in childhood |
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MedDRA Classification |
E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
The main aim of the study is to develop a method that allows responders to be distinguished from non-responders before long-term treatment is initiated. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
Subsidiary aims are to record changes in pulmonary functional parameters, NO concentrations and peak flow variability, the use of beta2 sympathomimetics and the asthma symptom score. |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
·Children and adolescents with symptomatic bronchial asthma despite ongoing therapy ·Age 6-14 years ·Asthma diagnosed at lease six months previously (by a special pulmonary allergologic outpatient unit) ·Demonstration of reversibility (FEV1 increased by at least 12% after bronchospasmolysis with a beta2 sympathomimetic). This can be determined at the screening visit or within the previous three months. ·Patients who are either steroid-naive or who received constant doses of the following medications within the previous four weeks: - Beclomethasone dipropionate: up to 400 µg daily - Fluticasone propionate: up to 200 µg daily - Budesonide: up to 400 µg daily · Patients who are able to reliably complete the asthma diary and perform peak flow measurements according to instructions.
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
·Patients who were treated with systemic steroids within the previous 30 days ·Patients using one of the following asthma medications: Systemic steroids Nedocromil, DNCG Theophylline Ketotifen Systemic or long-acting beta2 sympathomimetics ·Patients who have experienced one of the following events within the previous 30 days: A change in asthma medication Pulmonary infection Hospitalization due to bronchial asthma or any other respiratory condition ·Patients who are currently participating in another clinical trial or have done so within the previous 30 days. ·Patients known or expected to react hypersensitively to components of the investigational medication
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
The primary outcome variable is the proportion of patients whose FEV1 increases by < 5% or >5% after administration of montelukast at Visit 2 in the non-responder and responder groups.
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | Yes |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | No |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | Yes |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | Yes |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | No |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | No |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.1.7 | Other | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | No |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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end of the trial: when the last child has performed visit 5 and all ongoing adverse events are resolved. individual withdrawl in case of serious adverse event and early interruption of the whole study in case of change risk-benefit-assesment
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 1 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 9 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |