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NCT number NCT02660489
Other study ID # ORCA2015
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 2
First received
Last updated
Start date January 2015
Est. completion date February 2018

Study information

Verified date February 2021
Source Imperial College London
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a CRTH2 receptor antagonist, OC459, in preventing or attenuating the worsening of asthma symptoms during rhinovirus infection. The study is a double blind, randomised trial in which half the subjects will receive OC459 and the other half placebo, before being inoculated with rhinovirus, that would normally induce a worsening of asthma symptoms i.e. an exacerbation.


Description:

Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease, and in many countries prevalence is rising. The major morbidity, mortality and health care costs related to asthma are a result of periods of acutely increased symptomatology called 'exacerbations'. Most exacerbations are caused by rhinovirus, the virus associated with the common cold. There are few treatments to prevent and treat exacerbations, and despite these >50% of adult asthmatics reported having an exacerbation in the last year. There is therefore a major unmet need. Experimentally inoculating patients with asthma with rhinovirus, a methodology that has been safely used for >15 years, induces an infection and worsening symptoms in ~85%. This model offers the possibility to investigate treatment effects on asthma exacerbations with a small number of subjects, minimising the numbers exposed to a novel drug with limited safety data. In contrast, trials of therapies powered to evaluate an effect on naturally occurring exacerbations require several hundred subjects, a long study period to capture enough events, and are significantly more expensive to carry out. Using this model the investigators have shown that several inflammatory molecules, including prostaglandin D2 (PGD2), are significantly increased during rhinovirus-induced asthma exacerbations, with the levels of PGD2 strongly correlating with the severity of the symptoms. Moreover other studies have shown that when PGD2 binds the CRTH2 receptor, it stimulates the release of a number of inflammatory molecules also associated with asthma exacerbations. Blocking the CRTH2 receptor therefore appears an extremely promising target with potential to limit the virus-induced inflammation underpinning many asthma exacerbations.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 44
Est. completion date February 2018
Est. primary completion date February 2018
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 55 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Age 18--55 years - Male or female - Clinical diagnosis of asthma for at least 6 months prior to screening - An Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) Score >0.75 - Positive histamine challenge test (PC20 <8 µg/ml, or <12 µg/ml and bronchodilator response = 12%) - Worsening asthma symptoms with infection since last change in asthma therapy - Positive skin prick test to common aeroallergens (e.g. animal epithelia, dust mite) - Treatment comprising inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) or combination inhaler (Long -Acting Beta Agonist with ICS), with a daily ICS dose of at least 100mcg fluticasone or equivalent. - Participant is willing for their GP to be informed of their participation. - English speaker Exclusion Criteria: - Presence of clinically significant diseases other than asthma, which, in the opinion of the investigator, may either put the patient at risk because of participation in the trial, or diseases which may influence the results of the study or the patient's ability to take part in it - Smoking history over past 12 months - Seasonal allergic rhinitis symptoms at screening - Asthma exacerbation or viral illness within the previous 6 weeks - Current or concomitant use of oral steroids, anti--leukotrienes or monoclonal antibodies - Pregnant or breast-feeding women (patients should not be enrolled if they plan to become pregnant during the time of study participation) - Contact with infants <6 months or immunocompromised persons, elderly and infirm at home or at work - Subjects who have known evidence of lack of adherence to medications and/or ability to follow physician's recommendations

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
OC459

Placebo

Other:
Rhinovirus
Inoculation with rhinovirus serotype 16

Locations

Country Name City State
United Kingdom St Mary's Hospital London Greater London

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Imperial College London Atopix Therapeutics, Ltd., Medical Research Council

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Total Lower Respiratory Symptom Score Sum of daily scores for 14 days. Seven symptoms (cough on waking, wheeze on waking, daytime cough, daytime wheeze, daytime chest tightness, daytime breathlessness, nocturnal cough/wheeze/breathlessness) ranked from 0 (none) to 3 (severe). Range 0 to 294; higher is more symptomatic. During 14 days following rhinovirus inoculation
Secondary Change in Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ)-6 Score Change from baseline (rhinovirus inoculation, day 0) to day 10. The ACQ was developed to measure the adequacy of asthma control in clinical research and in clinical practice. The ACQ-6 asks subjects to grade their asthma control, assessed through six questions, over the previous seven days. Each question is rated on a seven-point scale ranging from 0 (well controlled) to six (extremely poorly controlled). The ACQ-6 score is the mean of the scores on the 6 items. Mean scores of =<0.75 indicate well-controlled asthma, scores between 0.76 and < 1.5 indicate partly controlled asthma, and a score >= 1.5 indicates uncontrolled asthma. Baseline, 10 days post rhinovirus inoculation
Secondary Percentage Change in Peak Expiratory Flow Rate Percentage change from baseline (rhinovirus inoculation, day 0) to trough during infection (up to day 14) Baseline and up to 14 days post rhinovirus inoculation
Secondary Change in Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second (FEV1) Percentage change from baseline (rhinovirus inoculation, day 0) to trough during infection (up to day 14) Baseline and up to 14 days post rhinovirus inoculation
Secondary Change in Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) Percentage change from baseline (rhinovirus inoculation, day 0) to peak during infection (highest of measurements on days 3, 5, 7, 10 post inoculation) Baseline and up to 10 days post rhinovirus inoculation
Secondary Changes in Airway Hyper Responsiveness (Histamine) Assessed as the provocation concentration of histamine producing a 20% fall in FEV1, or PC20 Change from baseline (rhinovirus inoculation, day 0) to day 7 Baseline and 7 days post rhinovirus inoculation
Secondary Viral Load (in Nasal Lavage Samples) Peak during infection (up to day 14) Up to 14 days post rhinovirus inoculation
Secondary Total Upper Respiratory Symptom Score Sum of daily scores for 14 days. Eight upper respiratory symptoms (sneezing; runny nose; blocked or stuffy nose; sore throat or hoarse voice; headache or face pain; generally unwell; chill, fever or shivery; cough) ranked from 0 (none) to 3 (severe). Range 0 to 336; higher is more symptomatic. During 14 days following rhinovirus inoculation
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