E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) |
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MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 12.0 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10010952 |
E.1.2 | Term | COPD |
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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 |
• Confirm that NVA237 50µg o.d. (delivered via a SDDPI) vs. placebo significantly increases trough FEV1 (defined as mean evaluation at 23 h 15 min and 23h 45min post dose) following 12 weeks of treatment in patients with moderate to severe COPD (GOLD Guidelines 2008) |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
• Evaluate the effect of NVA237 (50µg o.d.) vs. placebo on breathlessness measured using the Transition Dyspnea Index (TDI) after 26 weeks treatment. • Evaluate the effect of NVA237 (50µg o.d.) vs. placebo on health status by measuring the total score of the St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) after 26 weeks treatment.
Other secondary objectives are outlined in the Protocol. |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1. Male or female adults aged ≥40 years, who have signed an Informed Consent Form prior to initiation of any study-related procedure. 2. Patients with moderate to severe stable COPD (Stage II or Stage III) according to the (GOLD Guidelines 2008). 3. Current or ex-smokers who have a smoking history of at least 10 pack years. (Ten pack-years are defined as 20 cigarettes a day for 10 years, or 10 cigarettes a day for 20 years etc.) 4. Patients with a post-bronchodilator FEV1 ≥30% and < 80% of the predicted normal, and post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC < 0.7 at Visit 2 (day -14) 5. Patients, according to daily electronic diary data between Visit 2 (-14) and Visit 3 (day 1), with a total score of 1 or more on at least 4 of the last 7 days prior to Visit 3 (For scoring information see Section 7.4.3.1.)
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1. Pregnant women or nursing mothers (pregnancy confirmed by positive urine pregnancy test). 2. Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP), defined as all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant, including women whose career, lifestyle, or sexual orientation precludes intercourse with a male partner and women whose partners have been sterilized by vasectomy or other means, UNLESS they meet the following definition of post-menopausal: 12 months of natural (spontaneous) amenorrhea or 6 months of spontaneous amenorrhea with serum FSH levels >40 mIU/ml, OR have past 6 weeks from surgical bilateral oophorectomy with or without hysterectomy OR are using one or more of the following acceptable methods of contraception: • surgical sterilization (e.g., bilateral tubal ligation), • double barrier method (diaphragm plus condom) • hormonal contraception (implantable, patch, oral, IM), and copper coated IUD), if accepted by local regulatory authority and ethics committee. • At the discretion of the investigator, total abstinence is acceptable in cases where the age, career, lifestyle, or sexual orientation of the patient ensures compliance; if accepted by local regulatory authority and ethics committee. • Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, post-ovulation methods) and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception. NOTE: Reliable contraception should be maintained throughout the study 3. Patients requiring long term oxygen therapy (> 15 h a day) on a daily basis for chronic hypoxemia, or who have been hospitalized for an exacerbation of their airways disease in the 6 weeks prior to Visit 1 or between Visit 1 (day -21) and Visit 3 (day 1). 4. Patients who have had a lower respiratory tract infection within 6 weeks prior to Visit 1 (day -21). Patients who develop a lower respiratory tract infection or COPD exacerbation during the screening period (up to Visit 3 (day 1)) will not be eligible, but will be permitted to be re-screened at a later date (at least 6 weeks after the resolution of the lower respiratory tract infection). 5. Patients who, in the judgment of the investigator or the responsible Novartis personnel, have a clinically relevant laboratory abnormality or a clinically significant condition such as (but not limited to): • unstable ischemic heart disease, left ventricular failure, history of myocardial infarction, arrhythmia (excluding chronic stable AF) • history of malignancy of any organ system (including lung cancer), treated or untreated, within the past 5 years whether or not there is evidence of local recurrence or metastases, with the exception of localized basal cell carcinoma of the skin. • narrow-angle glaucoma • symptomatic prostatic hyperplasia or bladder-neck obstruction or moderate to severe renal impairment or urinary retention • any condition which might compromise patient safety or compliance, interfere with evaluation, or preclude completion of the study 6. Patients with any history of asthma indicated by (but not limited to) a blood eosinophil count > 600/mm3 (at visit 1) or onset of symptoms prior to age 40 years. 7. Patients with known history and diagnosis of ά-1 antitrypsin deficiency 8. Patients involved in the active phase of a supervised pulmonary rehabilitation programme 9. Patients with concomitant pulmonary disease, e.g. pulmonary tuberculosis (unless confirmed by x-ray to be no longer active) or clinically significant bronchiectasis 10. Patients with allergic rhinitis who use H1 antagonist or intranasal corticosteroids intermittently. Treatment with a stable dose is permitted.
Other exclusion criteria are outlined in the protocol. |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
- FEV1 - Transitional Dyspnea Index |
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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 | Yes |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | Yes |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | Yes |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | Yes |
E.6.13.1 | Other scope of the trial description |
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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 | No |
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) | No |
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
| 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 | 4 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | Yes |
E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 14 |
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 | 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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Completion of the study will be when all randomized patients have completed the study or have been prematurely withdrawn. |
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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 | 1 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 |
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 | 1 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 0 |