E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
not fully controlled asthmatics. |
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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 | HLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10024966 |
E.1.2 | Term | Congenital lower respiratory tract disorders |
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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 |
To compare the efficacy of FOSTERTM 100/6 µg, one inhalation bid as maintenance therapy plus additional inhalations as reliever [MART approach], with FOSTERTM 100/6 µg, (one inhalation bid as maintenance therapy) plus salbutamol (100 µg/inhalation) as reliever in not fully controlled asthmatics. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
To evaluate the effect of the therapy on lung function parameters, on other clinical outcome measures, and to assess the safety and the tolerability of FOSTERTM as both maintainance and reliever therapy. |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1.Written signed and dated informed consent obtained 2.Male or female patients aged ≥ 18 years.3.Clinical diagnosis of asthma for ≥ 6 months. 4.A positive reversibility test 5.Patients who experienced at least one severe exacerbation in the 12 months before entry 6.Using inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in monotherapy or using ICS in a fixed or free combination with long acting beta2 agonists (LABA) at a constant dose 7.Not fully controlled asthmatics 8.Forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) ≥ 60% of predicted for the patient normal value. 9.Non smokers or ex-smokers 10. A co-operative attitude and ability to be trained to correctly use the pMDI. 11.Subjects who are willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests, and other study procedures. |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1.Pregnant or nursing women 2.Body Mass Index (BMI) > 34 kg/m2. 3.Patient with lower respiratory tract infections affecting the patients asthma within 30 days of the screening visit.4.Use of systemic steroids in the last month.5.Patients with other lung diseases 6.Patients who have an uncontrolled respiratory, 7.History or current evidence of uncontrolled heart failure, clinically relevant coronary artery disease, recent myocardial infarction, severe hypertension, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias. 8.Cancer or any other chronic disease with poor prognosis 9.Clinically relevant laboratory abnormalities 10.Patients who have an abnormal QTcF interval value in the screening visit ECG test 11.Intolerance or contra-indication to treatment with 2-agonists and/or ICS 12. Patients treated with slow-release corticosteroids in the 3 months prior to screening visit.13.Patients unlikely to comply with the study14.Patients being treated with anti-IgE antibodies.15. Patients treated with LABA or ICS/LABA fixed combination in the 24h before Visit 1. 16.Patient having received an investigational drug within 2 months before the screening visit. 17.Inability to comply to study procedures or to study treatment intake. 18.Inability to carry out a valid spirometry. 19.Severe asthma exacerbation in the last month before screening visit 20.Severe asthma exacerbation during the run-in period (to be checked at V2). Exclusion criterion 20, will be checked at Visit 2 and no use of a non-permitted concomitant medication must have taken place during the run-in period for the patient to be eligible for randomization in the study. |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
Time to first severe asthma exacerbation. Severe exacerbations will be defined as deterioration in asthma resulting in hospitalisation or emergency room treatment due to asthma worsening, or the need for systemic steroids for ≥ 3 days because of asthma. |
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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 | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | No |
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 | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Yes |
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
| No |
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 | 30 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | Yes |
E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 155 |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | Yes |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.6.3 | If E.8.6.1 or E.8.6.2 are Yes, specify the regions in which trial sites are planned |
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E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | Yes |
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 | 7 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 1 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 7 |