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Registration number
NCT01277523
Ethics application status
Date submitted
13/01/2011
Date registered
17/01/2011
Date last updated
20/10/2014

Titles & IDs
Public title
Efficacy and Safety of 2 Doses of Tiotropium Respimat Compared to Placebo in Adolescents With Severe Persistent Asthma
Scientific title
A Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Trial to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Tiotropium Inhalation Solution Delivered Via Respimat® Inhaler (2.5 mcg and 5 mcg Once Daily) Over 12 Weeks as add-on Controller Therapy on Top of Usual Care in Adolescents (12 to 17 Years Old) With Severe Persistent Asthma
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2010-021778-13
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
205.456
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Asthma 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Respiratory 0 0 0 0
Asthma

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - tiotropium high dose
Treatment: Drugs - placebo
Treatment: Drugs - tiotropium low dose

Experimental: A -

Experimental: B -

Placebo comparator: C -


Treatment: Drugs: tiotropium high dose
2 actuations once daily

Treatment: Drugs: placebo
2 actuations once daily

Treatment: Drugs: tiotropium low dose
2 actuations once daily
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
FEV1 peak0-3 Change From Baseline
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline and 12 weeks
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Trough FEV1 Change From Baseline
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline and 12 weeks
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
FVC peak0-3 Change From Baseline
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Baseline and 12 weeks
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
FEV1 AUC (0-3h) Change From Baseline
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Baseline and 10 mins before drug administration and 30 mins, 1 hour (h), 2h, 3h after drug administration at 12 weeks
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
FVC AUC (0-3h) Change From Baseline
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Baseline and 10 mins before drug administration and 30 mins, 1 hour (h), 2h, 3h after drug administration at 12 weeks
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Control of Asthma as Assessed by ACQ6 Score.
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Baseline and 12 weeks
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
ACQ6 Score Responders
Timepoint [6] 0 0
12 weeks
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Control of Asthma as Assessed by ACQ Total Score
Timepoint [7] 0 0
Baseline and 12 weeks
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
ACQ Total Score Responders
Timepoint [8] 0 0
12 weeks
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
Use of PRN Rescue Medication During the Day
Timepoint [9] 0 0
Baseline and 12 weeks
Secondary outcome [10] 0 0
Use of PRN Rescue Medication During the Daytime
Timepoint [10] 0 0
Baseline and 12 weeks
Secondary outcome [11] 0 0
Use of PRN Rescue Medication During the Night-time
Timepoint [11] 0 0
Baseline and 12 weeks
Secondary outcome [12] 0 0
Time to First Severe Asthma Exacerbation During the 12-week Treatment Period.
Timepoint [12] 0 0
12 weeks
Secondary outcome [13] 0 0
Analysis of Time to First Asthma Exacerbation During the 12 Week Treatment Period.
Timepoint [13] 0 0
12 weeks
Secondary outcome [14] 0 0
Clinically Relevant Abnormalities for Physical Examination, ECG, Vital Signs and Laboratory Tests
Timepoint [14] 0 0
From first drug administration until 30 days after last drug intake, up to 142 days

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:

1. All patients and their parent(s) (or legally accepted representative) must sign and date respectively an informed assent and an informed consent consistent with International Conference on Harmonisation - Harmonised Tripartite Guideline for Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP) guidelines and local legislation prior to the patient's participation in the trial. A separate informed consent/assent is required for pharmacogenomic sampling.
2. Male or female patients between 12 and 17 years of age (at date of informed consent/assent).
3. All patients must have at least a 3-month history of asthma at the time of enrolment into the trial.
4. All patients must have been on maintenance treatment with an inhaled corticosteroid either at stable high dose in combination with another controller medication, OR at stable medium dose in combination with two other controller medications, for at least 4 weeks before Visit 1.
5. All patients must be symptomatic at Visit 1 (screening) and prior to randomisation at Visit 2 as defined by an Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) mean score of = 1.5.
6. All patients must have a pre-bronchodilator Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1) = 60% and = 90% of predicted normal at Visit 1.
7. Variation of absolute FEV1 values of Visit 1 (pre-bronchodilator, considered as 100%) as compared to Visit 2 (pre-dose) must be within ± 30%.
8. All patients must confirm the diagnosis of asthma by bronchodilator reversibility at Visit 1, resulting in an increase in FEV1 of = 12% and = 200 mL 15 to 30 minutes after 400 µg salbutamol (albuterol). If patients in the lower age range (e.g. 12 to 14 year old patients) exhibit a very small total lung volume, positive reversibility testing might be based solely on the relative (=12%) post-bronchodilator response.
9. All patients must be never-smokers or ex-smokers who stopped smoking at least one year prior to enrolment.
10. Patients must be able to use the Respimat® inhaler correctly.
11. Patients must be able to perform all trial related procedures including technically acceptable spirometric manoeuvres according to American Thoracic Society/ European Respiratory Society (ATS/ERS) standards and use of the electronic diary/peak flow meter (diary compliance of at least 80% is required).
Minimum age
12 Years
Maximum age
17 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:

1. Significant disease other than asthma.
2. Abnormal haematology or blood chemistry.
3. History of heart disease, and/or hospitalised for cardiac syncope or failure.
4. Any unstable or life-threatening or requiring intervention or cardiac arrhythmia.
5. Malignancy for which the patient has undergone resection, radiation therapy or chemotherapy.
6. Active tuberculosis.
7. Alcohol or drug abuse.
8. Thoracotomy with pulmonary resection.
9. Pulmonary rehabilitation program.
10. Hypersensitivity to anticholinergic drugs, or any components of the study medication delivery system.
11. Pregnant or nursing adolescent female patients.
12. Female patients of child-bearing potential not using a highly effective method of birth control.
13. Investigational drug within four weeks or six half lives prior to Visit 1.
14. Long-acting anticholinergics within four weeks prior to Visit 1.
15. Systemic corticosteroids at a high dose or at a not stable low dose within four weeks prior to Visit 1.
16. Leukotriene modifiers if not stabilised for at least four weeks prior to Visit 1.
17. Long-acting theophylline preparations if not stabilised for at least two weeks prior to Visit 1.
18. Anti Immunoglobulin E (Anti-IgE) treatment if not stabilised for at least six months prior to Visit 1.
19. Cromones if not stabilised within four weeks prior to Visit 1.
20. Oral beta-blocker medication within four weeks prior to Visit 1.
21. Systemic oral or i.v. or s.c. beta-adrenergics within four weeks prior to Visit 1.
22. Other non-approved and according to international guidelines not recommended experimental drugs for routine asthma therapy within four weeks prior to Visit 1.
23. Any acute asthma exacerbation or respiratory tract infection in the four weeks prior to Visit 1and/or in the four weeks prior to Visit 2. In case of an asthma deterioration occurring in the four weeks prior to Visit 1 and/or in the four weeks prior to Visit 2, the visit must be postponed.
24. Randomised in this trial or currently participating in another trial.
25. Narrow-angle glaucoma, or any other disease where anticholinergic treatment is contraindicated.
26. Moderate to severe renal impairment.
27. Patients requiring 10 or more puffs of rescue medication per day on more than 2 consecutive days in the four weeks prior to Visit 1 and/or in the four weeks prior to Visit 2. In case of an asthma deterioration occurring in the four weeks prior to Visit 1 and/or in the four weeks prior to Visit 2, the visit must be postponed.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/01/2011
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/10/2013
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
392
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
VIC,WA
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
205.456.61002 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site - Parkville
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
205.456.61001 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site - Perth
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
- Parkville
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
- Perth
Recruitment outside Australia
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United States of America
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California
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Illinois
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Maryland
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Missouri
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Nebraska
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New York
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Ohio
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United States of America
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South Carolina
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Argentina
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Capital Federal
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Argentina
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Florencio Varela
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Argentina
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Mendoza
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Argentina
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San Miguel de Tucuman
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Argentina
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San Miguel de Tucumán
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Bulgaria
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Plovdiv
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Bulgaria
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Ruse
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Bulgaria
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Sofia
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Germany
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Berlin
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Germany
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Bochum
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Germany
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Frankfurt
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Germany
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Kehl
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Germany
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Koblenz
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Germany
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Mainz
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Germany
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Neu-Isenburg
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Germany
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Wesel
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Guatemala
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Guatemala City
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Hungary
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Budapest
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Hungary
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Debrecen
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Hungary
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Gyula
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Hungary
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Miskolc
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Hungary
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Mosdos
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Hungary
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Nagyatad
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Israel
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Holon
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Israel
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Petach Tikva
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Israel
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Safed
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Latvia
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Baldone
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Latvia
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Balvi
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Latvia
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Rezekne
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Latvia
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Riga
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Latvia
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Talsi
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Mexico
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Hermosillo Sonora
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Mexico
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Monterrey
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Mexico
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Nuevo León
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Philippines
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Quezon City
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Portugal
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Coimbra
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Portugal
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Lisboa
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Portugal
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Porto
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South Africa
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Cape Town
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South Africa
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Durban
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Ukraine
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Dnipropetrovsk
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Ukraine
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Kharkiv
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Ukraine
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Kiev
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Ukraine
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Kriviy Rig
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Ukraine
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Kyiv
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Ukraine
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Lviv
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Ukraine
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Uzhgorod
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Ukraine
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Vinnytsya
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Ukraine
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Zaporizhzhya

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Boehringer Ingelheim
Address
Country
Other collaborator category [1] 0 0
Commercial sector/industry
Name [1] 0 0
Pfizer
Address [1] 0 0
Country [1] 0 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The overall purpose of the trial is to evaluate efficacy and safety of tiotropium inhalation solution delivered via Respimat® inhaler (2.5 mcg and 5 mcg once daily) over 12 weeks, compared to placebo, as add-on controller therapy on top of usual care in adolescents (12 to 17 years old) with severe persistent asthma.

The primary objective of the trial is to demonstrate superiority of tiotropium (5 mcg and possibly 2.5 mcg once daily in the evening) over placebo with regard to the primary pulmonary function endpoint after 12 weeks of treatment.

Secondary objectives are to evaluate efficacy of tiotropium with regard to other endpoints, and to evaluate the safety of tiotropium, compared to placebo, as add-on controller therapy on top of usual care in this patient population.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01277523
Trial related presentations / publications
Halpin DMG, Meltzer EO, Pisternick-Ruf W, Moroni-Zentgraf P, Engel M, Zaremba-Pechmann L, Casale T, FitzGerald JM. Peak expiratory flow as an endpoint for clinical trials in asthma: a comparison with FEV1. Respir Res. 2019 Jul 18;20(1):159. doi: 10.1186/s12931-019-1119-6.
Hamelmann E, Bernstein JA, Vandewalker M, Moroni-Zentgraf P, Verri D, Unseld A, Engel M, Boner AL. A randomised controlled trial of tiotropium in adolescents with severe symptomatic asthma. Eur Respir J. 2017 Jan 11;49(1):1601100. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01100-2016. Print 2017 Jan.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Boehringer Ingelheim
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Boehringer Ingelheim
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
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Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01277523