E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
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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 |
to demonstrate the efficacy in adult and adolescent patients of a 2-week treatment by the antihistamine V0114CP 2.5 mg versus placebo in reducing symptoms during seasonal allergic rhinitis.
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
to evaluate the clinical safety of V0114CP 2.5 mg.
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
Patients with all the following criteria will be eligible for enrolment: - male or female ambulatory patient, - no less than 12 year-old (or no less than 18year-old according to National Legislation) - suffering from a seasonal allergic rhinitis to grass and or weed pollen grain defined by : -- a documented medical history of seasonal rhinitis during the grass/weed pollen season (mainly April to October) with symptoms (sneezing and/or palate itching and/or aqueous rhinorrhea and/or nasal blockade) for at least two years; if, for a new patient, the medical history has never been documented, the diagnosis will be assessed by the score for allergic rhinitis (SFAR), -- a positive skin prick test at least to grass and or weed pollen grains, at selection visit or duly documented in the medical file within the last 6 months, -- with a nasal symptomatology score rated by the patient equal or superior to 6 at inclusion (maximal score: 12), - willing and able to understand and sign an approved Informed Consent Form, and/or whose parent(s) or guardian(s) has(have) given his/her(their) written consent for their child's participation in the study, - able to understand the protocol and to attend the control visits, and/or whose parent(s) or guardian(s) is(are) cooperative with regard to compliance with study-related constraints, - if required by national regulation, registered with a social security or health insurance system and/or whose parent(s) or guardian(s) is(are) registered with a social security or health insurance system. For girls/women of childbearing potential: - use of an efficient contraceptive (implants, injectable, patch or combined oral contraceptives, some intra-uterine devices for at least 2 months before the study and one month after the end of the study, - negative urine pregnancy test at selection visit. |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
Patients with one of the following criteria will not be eligible for enrolment: * Criteria related to pathologies: - Any cardio-vascular, renal, hepatic, gastro-intestinal, endocrine, haematological, neuropsychiatric severe diseases that will not be compatible with the participation to the study in the opinion of the investigator, - Any acute or chronic disease that will not allow with the participation to the study in the opinion of the investigator, - Asthma requiring a corticosteroid treatment (GINA II and higher), - Chronic alcoholism, - History of agranulocytosis, - Congenital galactosemia, malabsorption syndrome to glucose or galactose, or lactase deficiency, - Seizure, - Iatrogenic rhinitis, - Nasal polyposis or severe deviation of the nasal septum, - History of any nasal surgery within the last 6 months, - Acute or chronic rhinosinusitis, as stated by the epidemiological definition of the EP3OS guideline, - Upper respiratory tract infection within the last 3 weeks. - Chronic neurologic or psychiatric diseases
*Criteria related to treatments: - Medical history of hypersensitivity to mequitazine or drug excipients, - Medical history of hypersensitivity to levocetirizine, to other piperazine derivatives, or to any of the excipients - Severe renal impairment at less than 10 ml/min creatinine clearance - Hereditary problems of galactose intolerance, glucose-galactose malabsorption, lactase deficiency - Failure to a previous treatment with levocetirizine, - Anti-allergy immunotherapy to grass and or weed pollens -- with increase of allergen challenges in the previous 2 years -- at any dose in the previous 6 months - Depot corticosteroid treatment within the last 6 months, - Oral, nasal, injectable (intramuscular, intravenous, intra-articular, intraspinal) corticosteroid treatment within the last 4 weeks, - Ocular, inhaled, potent or superpotent topical corticosteroid treatment within the last 2 weeks, - Treatment by antileukotriene within the 7 days, - Treatment by cromone or ketotifen within the last 1 week, - Treatment by H1 antihistamine within the last 7 days, by loratadine within the last 10 days, - Treatment by NSAIDs (other than oxicams) within the last 3 days, - Treatment by oxicams within the last 7 days, - Regular treatment by nasal or oral decongestive drug within the last 7 days, - Treatment by CYP2D6 inhibitors (fluoxetine, paroxetine, quinidine, thioridazine, clomipramine, haloperidol), - Treatment by tricyclic antidepressants (wash-out 4 weeks), MAO inhibitors (wash-out 4 weeks), atropine-like drugs (wash-out 4 weeks). * Criteria related to the population: - length of QTc interval > 450 ms, - planned travel outside the study area for a substantial portion of the study period, - participation to another clinical trial in the previous month or during the study, - patient who, in the judgement of the investigator is not likely to be compliant during the study, or parent(s) or guardian(s) subject who, in the judgement of the investigator is/are not likely to be compliant during the study, - patient linguistically or psychologically unable to understand the information given or formulate his/her informed consent or who refuses to give his/her consent in writing or parent(s) or guardian(s) linguistically or psychologically unable to understand the information given or to give his/her(their) informed consent or who refuses(refuse) to give his/her(their) consent in writing, - patient subject to an administrative or court order or subject to guardianship or wardship or parent(s) or guardian(s) subject to an administrative or court order or subject to guardianship or wardship, - patient who cannot be contacted by telephone in an emergency, or parent(s) or guardian(s) who cannot be contacted by telephone in an emergency. For girls/women of childbearing potential: - pregnancy or breast feeding or planning a pregnancy during the course of the study. |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
evolution over the 2-week treatment period of the patient-rated reflective nasal symptom score NSS (sneezing, rhinorrhea, nose itching, nasal blockade) evaluated daily in the evening.
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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 | 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 | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.7.1.3 | Other | Information not present in EudraCT |
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 | Yes |
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 | 13 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | Yes |
E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 140 |
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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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 | 0 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 7 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 0 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 7 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 0 |