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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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Body processes [G] - Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena [G09] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 14.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10010952 |
E.1.2 | Term | COPD |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10038738 - Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal 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 |
The primary objective of the study is to test the hypothesis that lung hyperinflation contributes to cardiac dysfunction in COPD and that treatment of lung deflation with FF/VI Inhalation Powder 100/25 mcg administered once daily (QD) will result in the reversal of this cardiac dysfunction compared with placebo. This will be assessed by measures of right and left global and regional systolic and diastolic cardiac function as assessed using a 30 minute CMR. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
A secondary objective will be to investigate the effect of FF/VI inhalation powder 100/25 mcg QD on measures of arterial stiffness in the form of pulse wave analysis and distensability in the pulmonary and systemic circulation. |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
Subjects eligible for enrolment in the study must meet all of the following criteria:
1. Type of subject: Outpatient.
2. Informed consent: Subjects must give their signed and dated written informed consent to participate.
3. Gender: Males or females. Female subjects must be post-menopausal or using a highly effective method for avoidance of pregnancy. The decision to include or exclude women of childbearing potential may be made at the discretion of the investigator in accordance with local practice in relation to adequate contraception.
4. Age 40 and above
5. Smoking history of at least 15 pack years. Previous smokers are defined as those who have stopped smoking for at least 6 months prior to Visit 1.
6. Established diagnosis of COPD according to ATS/ERS criteria.
• Subjects with a measured post-albuterol/salbutamol FEV1 <70% of predicted normal values
• FEV1/FVC ratio after bronchodilator < 0.7
• Post-bronchodilator spirometry will be performed approximately 15 minutes after the subject has self-administered 4 inhalations (i.e., total 400mcg) of salbutamol via an MDI with a valved-holding chamber. The FEV1/FVC ratio and FEV1 percent predicted values will be calculated.
• MRC SCORE > 1
7. Residual Volume (RVol) ≥20% above predicted value demonstrating evidence of reversibility post bronchodilator of ≥7.5% predicted.
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
Subjects meeting any of the following criteria must not be enrolled in the study:
1. Pregnancy: Women who are pregnant or lactating.
2. Asthma: Subjects with a current diagnosis of asthma. (Subjects with a prior history of asthma are eligible if they also have a current diagnosis of COPD).
3. α1-antitrypsin deficiency: Subjects with known α-1 antitrypsin deficiency as the underlying cause of COPD
4. Other respiratory disorders: Subjects with active tuberculosis or lung cancer as well as clinically significant bronchiectasis, sarcoidosis, pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial lung diseases or other active pulmonary diseases. Pulmonary hypertension from causes other than COPD.
5. Lung resection or transplantation: Subjects with lung volume reduction surgery within the 12 months prior to Screening or having had a lung transplant or pneumonectomy.
6. A moderate/severe COPD exacerbation that has not resolved at least 14 days prior to screening and at least 30 days following the last dose of oral corticosteroids (if applicable).
7. Lower respiratory tract infection: Subjects with lower respiratory tract infection that required the use of antibiotics within 6 weeks prior to screening.
8. Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Patients to be excluded if they have been in the acute phase of pulmonary rehabilitation in the 4 weeks prior to screening
9. Current severe heart failure. Subjects will also be excluded if they have a known ejection fraction of <30%.
10. Abnormal and clinically significant 12-lead ECG
11. Other systemic inflammatory conditions associated with chronic inflammation in the opinion of the investigator (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue disorders and Inflammatory Bowel Disease)
12. Other significant diseases / abnormalities: Any life-threatening condition with life expectancy <1 year, other than vascular disease or COPD, that might prevent the subject from completing the study.
13. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) in the 6 months prior to screening.
14. Myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular event or coronary artery intervention other than CABG in the 1 month prior to screening. Inclusion of these patients with events over 1 month prior to screening will be based on physician’s judgment.
15. History of malignancy within the past 5 years, other than non-melanoma skin cancer.
16. End stage chronic renal disease: Subjects will be excluded if on renal replacement therapy (hemodialysis or peritoneal).
17. Drug/food allergy: Subjects with a history of hypersensitivity to any of the study medications (e.g. beta-agonists, corticosteroid) or components of the inhalation powder (e.g. lactose, magnesium stearate). In addition, patients with a history of severe milk protein allergy that, in the opinion of the study physician, contraindicates the subject’s participation will also be excluded.
18. Drug/alcohol abuse: Subjects with a known or suspected history of alcohol or drug abuse within the last 2 years.
19. Oxygen therapy: Subjects receiving treatment with long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) or nocturnal oxygen therapy required for greater than 12 hours a day. Oxygen should not be initiated during the trial.
20. Questionable validity of consent: Subjects with a history of psychiatric disease, intellectual deficiency, poor motivation or other conditions that will limit the validity of informed consent to participate in the study or the potential compliance to study procedures.
21. Additional medication: Use of an investigational device or investigational drug within 30 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) preceding the first dose of study medication.
22. Use of the following medications is not permitted within the following timeframes (Please refer to study Protocol for the table timeframe, page 22).
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
Change in Right Ventricular End Diastolic Volume Index (RVEDVI) from baseline at the end of each treatment period. |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
At the end of each 7 day treatment period |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
• Change in Left Atrial (LA) volumes and function from baseline at the end of each treatment period
• Change in Right Ventricular (RV) end systolic volume index (RVESVI) from baseline at the end of each treatment period
• Change in LV end diastolic and end systolic index (EDVI or ESVI) and Ejection Fraction from baseline at the end of each treatment period
• Change in LV mass index (LVMI) from baseline at the end of each treatment period
• Change in LV and RV strain from baseline at the end of each treatment period
• Change in CMR pulse wave velocity (m/s) (pulmonary and aortic) from baseline at the end of each treatment period
• Change in Vicorder PWV (m/s) from baseline at the end of each treatment period
• Change in aortic distensibility from baseline at the end of each treatment period
• Change Pulmonary artery measures from baseline at the end of each treatment period
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
At the end of each 7 day treatment period |
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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 | Yes |
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 | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | Yes |
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.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 2 |
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 | No |
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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Last Subject’s Last Visit |
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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 | 15 |
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 | 15 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 0 |