Symbicort Single Inhaler Therapy for Asthma in a General Practice Setting

Asthma Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Symbicort Single Inhaler Therapy on Bronchial Hyper Responsiveness, Asthma Control and Safety in Mild to Moderate Asthmatics in General Practice, Compared to Usual Care Therapy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00235911
• Other study ID #: BN-00S-0011
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• First received: October 7, 2005
• Last updated: January 21, 2011
• Start date: September 2003
• Est. completion date: December 2006

Study information

• Verified date: January 2011
• Source: AstraZeneca
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Netherlands: The Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO)
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The primary objective is to compare the effects of Symbicort SiT and treatment according to NHG-guidelines on bronchial hyperresponsiveness in asthmatic patients, as measured by PD20 histamine, and to validate the Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness Questionnaire (BHQ).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: December 2006
• Est. primary completion date: October 2006
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• diagnosis of mild to moderate asthma, FEV1 ³ 60% of predicted normal values pre-bronchodilator, daily use of inhaled GCS during the last 3 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• Regular need of >4 inhalations of a short-acting b2-agonist/day, known or suspected hypersensitivity to any of the investigational drugs or inhaled lactose, use of any b-blocking agent, having smoked ³10 pack-years

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Asthma

Intervention

Drug:
• budesonide/formoterol Turbuhaler

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Netherlands	Research Site	Appingedam
Netherlands	Research Site	Groningen

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
AstraZeneca

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Netherlands, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in PD20 histamine
Secondary	number of asthma-control days, time to first mild asthma exacerbation, number of mild asthma exacerbation days, asthma symptom scores (day and night), FEV1, PEF (morning and evening), Number of inhalations with iGCS and mean dose of iGCS