E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Adult and paediatric cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with pulmonary Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) infection. |
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MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 9.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10011762 |
E.1.2 | Term | Cystic fibrosis |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | Yes |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
To assess the comparative safety and efficacy of Aztreonam Lysine for Inhalation (AZLI) and Tobramycin Nebuliser Solution (TNS) in adult and pediatric cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with pulmonary Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) infection. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
• Change from baseline in the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire – Revised (CFQ-R) Respiratory Symptoms Scale at Day 28 • Relative change from baseline in FEV1 percent of predicted at Week 20 (end of last treatment course of AZLI or TNS) • Use of additional (non-protocol specified) antipseudomonal antibiotics during the course of the study • Hospitalizations during the course of the study • Change in PA CFUs in sputum at the end of each on-drug cycle • Changes from baseline in FEV1, FVC and FEF 25-75 at each study visit • Change from baseline in other domains as assessed by the CFQ-R at each visit • Changes from baseline in weight and Body Mass Index (BMI) at each visit • Missed school/work days during the course of the study Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM) at Day 28 and either Day 140 or ET
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
• Patients with CF who have PA present in an expectorated sputum culture or throat swab at or within 3 months prior to Screening • Male or female aged 6 years • Patients must have received previous treatment with aerosolized antibiotics without demonstration of drug intolerance • Changes in azithromycin within 28 days of Screening will be excluded • Use of inhaled, intravenous (IV) or oral antipseudomonal antibiotics during the 14 days prior to Screening will be excluded • FEV1 ≤ 75% predicted at Screening
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
• • Current use of oral corticosteroids in doses exceeding the equivalent of 10 mg prednisone a day or 20 mg prednisone every other day • History of sputum or throat swab culture yielding B. cepacia in the previous 2 years • Current requirement for daily continuous oxygen supplementation or requirement for more than 2 L/minute at night • Administration of any investigational drug or device within 28 days of Visit 1 or within 6 half-lives of the investigational drug (whichever is longer) • Known local or systemic hypersensitivity to monobactam antibiotics • Known allergies/intolerance to tobramycin • Inability to tolerate inhalation of a short acting 2 agonist • Changes in or initiation of chronic azithromycin treatment within 28 days prior to Visit 1 • Administration of antipseudomonal antibiotics by inhalation, intravenous or oral routes within the 14 days prior to Visit 1 • Changes in antimicrobial, bronchodilator (BD), dornase alfa, or corticosteroid medications within 7 days prior to Visit 1 • Changes in physiotherapy technique or schedule within 7 days prior to Visit 1 • History of lung transplantation • Abnormal renal or hepatic function or serum chemistry at Visit 1
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
Relative change from baseline in FEV1 percent of predicted at Day 28. |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | Yes |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
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) | Yes |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Yes |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | Yes |
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 | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 3 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | Yes |
E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 50 |
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 | No |
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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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 | |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 1 |