Tolerability of Inhaled Hypertonic Saline in Infants With Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Trial

— ISIS Pilot  

Official title:

A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Tolerability of Inhaled 7% Hypertonic Saline in Infants With Cystic Fibrosis

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00546663
• Other study ID #: ISIS001
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 17, 2007
• Last updated: August 22, 2011
• Start date: September 2007
• Est. completion date: July 2008

Study information

• Verified date: August 2011
• Source: CF Therapeutics Development Network Coordinating Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is an open-label pilot study of the safety and tolerability of 7% hypertonic saline inhaled twice daily for 14 days in infants with CF, 12 to 30 months of age.

Description:

The efficacy and safety of hypertonic saline (HS) in CF patients over 6 years of age has been demonstrated in clinical trials of 2 to 48 weeks' duration. Based on these results, a large randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the efficacy and safety of 7% HS administered twice daily for 48 weeks to infants with CF, 4 to 15 months of age at enrollment, is planned (the Infant Study of Inhaled Saline (ISIS) trial). It is anticipated that 150 infants at up to 16 sites will be enrolled in the ISIS trial.

To date, the only evaluations of the safety of HS in infants with CF have been small single-dose studies. There has been no evaluation of the tolerability of chronic HS administration. The goal of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of exposure to 14 days of 7% HS administered twice daily in infants with CF, prior to enrolling subjects in the planned large, randomized, controlled trial. Conduct of this study will provide evidence for the tolerability of chronic HS administration in infants with CF and estimates of the proportion of infants who do not tolerate chronic HS treatment. The results will be used to establish the appropriate measures of tolerability at enrollment in the ISIS trial, and to refine sample size estimates to account for withdrawal due to intolerance of HS.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 19
• Est. completion date: July 2008
• Est. primary completion date: May 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 12 Months to 30 Months

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of CF as defined by one or more clinical features of CF and a documented sweat chloride = 60 mEq/L by quantitative pilocarpine iontophoresis test or a genotype showing two well characterized disease causing mutations

• Informed consent by parent or legal guardian

• 12-30 months of age at enrollment

Exclusion Criteria:

• Wheezing at the baseline evaluation at the enrollment visit

• Oxygen saturation < 95 % at the baseline evaluation at the enrollment visit

• Acute intercurrent respiratory infection, defined as an increase in cough, wheezing, or respiratory rate, or new rhinorrhea, nasal congestion or rhinorrhea, with onset in the week preceding the enrollment visit

• Investigational drug use within 30 days prior to the enrollment visit

• Known intolerance of albuterol

• Current enrollment in a therapeutic clinical trial

• Condition or situation which, in the opinion of the investigator, would affect the ability of the patient or family to complete study procedures

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cystic Fibrosis
• Fibrosis

Intervention

Drug:
• inhaled 7% hypertonic saline (HS)
7% hypertonic saline administered twice daily for 14 days by nebulization. A Pari Sprint Junior nebulizer equipped with a Pari Baby face mask and a Pari Proneb compressor will be used to administer the HS (PARI Respiratory Equipment, Inc., Midlothian, VA). To minimize the risk of cough and bronchospasm with HS inhalation, infants will be pre-treated prior to each dose of HS with albuterol by metered dose inhaler

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Hospital for Sick Children	Toronto	Ontario
United States	University of North Carolina	Chapel Hill	North Carolina
United States	Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center	Seattle	Washington

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
CF Therapeutics Development Network Coordinating Center	Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The proportion of infants who are intolerant of single and repeated doses of HS according to protocol-defined criteria		At the enrollment visit, during the period of home administration (Days 0 to 14), and at the final study visit.
Secondary	New or increased cough, increased qualitative breathing rate, new or increased noisy breathing, or new or increased emesis at home as noted by parents on the daily symptom report		During the period of home administration (Days 0 to 14)
Secondary	Change in respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, or cough frequency between the baseline measurement and measurements obtained after HS administration		At the enrollment visit
Secondary	Change in respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, or cough frequency between the baseline value at the enrollment visit and the value at the final study visit		Over two weeks of study participation
Secondary	Unanticipated adverse events		Over two weeks of study participation
Secondary	Adherence, as measured by (1) the number of doses of HS administered per the home symptom report and (2) returned study drug vials		During the period of home administration (Days 0 to 14)