An 8-week Dose Ranging Study of CHF 718 pMDI in Asthmatic Subjects

Completed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the dose-response of different doses of CHF 781 Pressurized Metered Dose Inhaler (pMDI) on lung function and other clinical outcomes, to identify the optimal dose(s) in terms of benefit/ risk ratio for further development in the target patient population.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03084718

Run by

Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.

People needed

610

Starts

2017-07-28

Expected to finish

2018-12-05

Last updated by the study team

2021-12-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Male or female subjects aged ≥18 and ≤75 years who have signed an Informed Consent form prior to initiation of any study-related procedure.
• A diagnosis of asthma as defined in the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) Report, 2016, documented for at least 1 year prior to screening.
• Subjects with poorly controlled or uncontrolled asthma evidenced by a score at the Asthma Control Questionnaire 7 © (ACQ-7) ≥1.5 (this criterion must be met at screening and at randomization visits).
• Subjects with a pre-bronchodilator Forced Expiratory Volume in the 1st Second (FEV1) ≥50% and <85% of their predicted normal value, after appropriate washout from bronchodilators, at the screening and randomization visits.
• Subjects with a positive response to a reversibility test at screening (pre - post BD), within 1 year prior to or at screening defined as ΔFEV1≥12% and ≥200 mL over baseline within 30 minutes after inhaling 4 puffs of albuterol HFA 90µg/actuation.
• Use of inhaled corticosteroids (low/medium dose according to GINA Report 2016) with or without a long-acting bronchodilator (LABD) for 3 months (stable dose in the last 4 weeks) before screening visit (V).
• A cooperative attitude and ability to demonstrate correct use of the diary, peak flow meter, and pMDI inhalers.
• A basal morning (7-10 am) serum cortisol level between 7-28 µg/dL at screening visit (V1).
• A Body Mass Index (BMI): 18.5 ≤ BMI <35 kg/m\^2.

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant (as evident by a positive urine human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) or serum β-hCG test) or lactating women and all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant (i.e. women of childbearing potential) UNLESS they are willing to use a highly effective birth control method
• Subjects who suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as defined by the GOLD Report 2017, or are suspected of having Asthma COPD Overlap Syndrome (ACOS) as defined in GINA Report, 2016.
• Inability to carry out pulmonary lung function testing, to comply with study procedures or with study drug intake.
• Current smokers or ex-smokers (tobacco, vapor cigarettes, marijuana) with a smoking history of >10 pack-years or having stopped smoking one year or less prior to screening visit.
• History of life-threatening asthma, clinically significant uncontrolled disease or respiratory infection.
• An asthma exacerbation requiring oral corticosteroids within 3 months or hospitalization within 6 months prior to screening.
• Subjects with unresolved bacterial or viral respiratory tract, sinus or middle ear infection affecting asthma status within 2 weeks prior to screening.
• Subjects who received a vaccination within 2 weeks prior to screening or during the run-in.
• Subjects with oral candidiasis at screening or at randomization.
• Subjects with any clinically significant, uncontrolled condition
• Subjects who have clinically significant cardiovascular condition
• Subjects who have a clinically significant abnormal 12-lead ECG that results in active medical problem which may impact the safety of the subject according to Investigator's judgement.
• Subjects whose 12-lead ECG shows Fridericia corrected QT interval (QTcF) >450 ms for males or QTcF >470 ms for females at screening and randomization visits.
• Subjects with known intolerance/hypersensitivity or contra-indication to treatment with ß2-adrenergic receptor agonists, inhaled corticosteroids or propellant gases/excipients.
• Subjects with concomitant immunosuppressive therapy, use of oral or injected corticosteroids, anti-Immunoglobulin E (IgE), anti-Interleukin 5 (IL5), or other monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies within 12 weeks prior to screening.
• Use of potent cytochrome P450 3A4 inhibitors and inducers within 4 weeks prior to screening.
• History of alcohol abuse and/or substance/drug abuse within 12 months prior to screening.
• Subjects who have received an investigational drug within 1 month or 5 half-lives (whichever is greater) prior to screening visit, or have been previously randomized in this trial, or are currently participating in another clinical trial.
• Subjects who are mentally or legally incapacitated, or subjects accommodated in an establishment as a result of an official or judicial order.
• Subjects who have undergone major surgery in the 3 months prior to screening visit or have a planned surgery during the trial.

Where it is running

• Chiesi Investigational Site — Montgomery, Alabama, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Surprise, Arizona, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Tempe, Arizona, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Anaheim, California, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Encinitas, California, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Escondido, California, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Fullerton, California, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Huntington Beach, California, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Long Beach, California, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Newport Beach, California, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — North Hollywood, California, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Rolling Hills Estates, California, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Sacramento, California, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — San Diego, California, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — San Diego, California, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — San Jose, California, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Tustin, California, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Westminster, California, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Boulder, Colorado, United States
• Chiesi Investigational Site — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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