Asthma Clinical Research Network (ACRN) Trial - Macrolides in Asthma (MIA)

Completed · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

Asthma can be caused by a variety of factors, including tobacco smoke, allergens, and respiratory airway infections. Many people use inhaled corticosteroid medications to treat their symptoms. These medications, however, are not effective for everyone. Clarithromycin is an antibiotic that may effectively treat asthma in these individuals. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of clarithromycin at controlling asthma symptoms.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00318708

Run by

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

People needed

92

Starts

2006-06-01

Expected to finish

2009-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-03-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• History of physician-diagnosed asthma
• Methacholine PC20 less than or equal to 16 mg/ml and/or FEV1 improvement greater than or equal to 12% in response to 180 mcg albuterol
• Stable asthma for at least 6 weeks prior to study entry
• FEV1 greater than or equal to 60% of predicted result following 180 mcg albuterol
• Juniper ACQ score greater than or equal to 1.5 (optimal ACQ score cut-off point for asthma that is "not well-controlled" by NIH/Global Initiative for Asthma [GINA] guidelines)
• Nonsmoker (less than 10 pack-per-year lifetime smoking history and no smoking in the year prior to study entry)
• Able to perform spirometry, as per American Thoracic Society criteria
• 75% adherence with diary cards, fluticasone (monitored with Doser), and placebo pill trial (monitored electronically with Electronic Drug Exposure Monitor [eDEM] pill dose counter) for the final 2 weeks of the four-week run-in period
• At Visit 1, in steroid-naïve participants, no significant adrenal suppression, defined as a plasma cortisol concentration less than 5 mcg/dL. If adrenal suppression occurs, a 250 mcg corticotropin (ACTH) stimulation test will be performed. Plasma cortisol levels will be collected at baseline, and 30 and 60 minutes after the ACTH stimulation test. Participants must have a cortisol concentration greater than 20 mcg/dL on at least one of the post-ACTH time points
• Absence of bronchoscopy-induced exacerbation; if bronchoscopy-induced exacerbation has occurred, prednisone therapy must have stopped at least 6 weeks prior to study entry
• Absence of respiratory tract infection; if infection has occurred, infection-related symptoms must have stopped at least 6 weeks prior to study entry
• Has experienced no more than two exacerbations or respiratory tract infections prior to study entry
• If female and able to conceive, willing to utilize two medically acceptable forms of contraception (one non-barrier method with single barrier method OR double barrier method)

You may not qualify if…

• Presence of lung disease other than asthma
• Presence of vocal cord dysfunction, due to potential confounding of ACQ score
• Significant medical illness other than asthma
• History of atrial or ventricular tachyarrhythmia
• Use of any medication that has a significant interaction with clarithromycin, including herbal or alternative therapies
• Asthma exacerbation within 6 weeks of the screening visit or during the run-in period prior to bronchoscopy
• Use of systemic steroids or change in dose of controller therapy within 6 weeks of the screening visit
• Inability, in the opinion of the study investigator, to coordinate use of dry powder or metered-dose inhaler or to comply with medication regimens
• Inability or unwillingness to perform required study procedures
• Prolonged heart rate corrected QT-interval (greater than 450 msec in women and greater than 430 msec in men) on echocardiogram (ECG) at study entry
• Low potassium or magnesium levels (based on local Asthma Clinical Research Network laboratory definitions)
• Abnormal elevation of liver function tests (AST, ALT, total bilirubin, or alkaline phosphatase)
• Abnormal prothrombin time (PT) or partial thromboplastin time (PTT) results
• Reduced creatinine clearance
• Contraindication to bronchoscopy, as determined by medical history or physical examination
• Regular consumption of grapefruit or grapefruit juice
• Pregnant or breastfeeding

Where it is running

• University of California, San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
• University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States
• National Jewish Medical and Research Center — Denver, Colorado, United States
• Brigham & Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Washington University, St. Louis — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Columbia University Medical Center — New York, New York, United States
• Duke University Medical Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States
• Wake Forest University Health Sciences — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
• University of Texas Medical Branch — Galveston, Texas, United States
• University of Wisconsin, Madison — Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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