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AsthmaPhase 4NCT00940927

Dose-response of Albuterol in Asthmatics

A Phase 4 study testing albuterol in people with Asthma, run by Nemours Children's Clinic at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study was to determine the lung function response after increasing doses of albuterol (a bronchodilator) in children and adults with asthma. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 8 to 65 years
Conditions the study is for
Asthma
What is being tested?
albuterol
How many people
81 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jul 1993to Oct 1994
Phase
Phase 4
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 8 to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Well-defined history of physician diagnosed asthma
  • Any ethnic background
  • 8 to 65 years old
  • Baseline pre-bronchodilator FEV1 of 40% to 80% predicted for age, height, and gender
  • No oral corticosteroid use, emergency room visits, or hospitalizations within the previous 3 months
  • Nonsmokers or less than a 5 pack-year history with no smoking in the previous year
  • Normal physical exam and no confounding diseases were selected
  • Able to withhold inhaled short-acting b2-agonists or inhaled anticholinergic drugs for 8 hours, oral antihistamines for 5 days, theophylline for 24 hours, and cromolyn, nedocromil, and inhaled corticosteroids for 2 hours prior to the study.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Nemours Children's Clinic

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32207

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About this study

Official title: Exclusion of Asthmatics From Clinical Trials Due to the 15 Percent Rule

The purpose of this study was to determine the lung function response after increasing doses of albuterol (a bronchodilator) in children and adults with asthma.

Read the detailed description

Inhaled short-acting b2-agonists (SABA) are the most potent bronchodilators used today to treat acute symptoms of asthma and albuterol, a partial b2-agonist, is the most frequently prescribed asthma medication in the US. Although universally used in for acute asthma symptoms, SABA have been associated with a significant degree of interpatient variability. Many studies have characterized the SABA dose to bronchodilator response relationship under controlled conditions. However, few studies have explored the magnitude and sources of bronchodilator response variability, and no studies have characterized the dose versus bronchodilator response relationship using population pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PPK/PD) modeling. In the present study, we characterized the relationship between inhaled doses of albuterol and bronchodilation in 81 children and adults with moderate to severe persistent asthma using a population pharmacodynamic approach. The purpose of this study was to obtain estimates of the pharmacodynamic parameters that characterize the dose-response curve, including maximal dose for bronchodilation, and to quantify and identify sources of interpatient pharmacodynamic variability.

Conditions
Asthma
Being tested
albuterol
Keywords
Albuterol, Forced expiratory volume in one second, Dose at fifty percent of maximum effect, Maximum effective dose, Metered dose inhaler, Nebulizer
Medical subject headings
Asthma

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • albuterolDrug

    Also called Proventil MDI, Proventil solution for nebulization

    Albuterol administered sequentially 180mcg (MDI), 90mcg (MDI), 90mcg(MDI), 90mcg (MDI), 90mcg (MDI), 2.5mg (nebulized)

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Effective Dose 50% (ED50)

    ED50 is the cumulative dose of albuterol required to bring about 50% of maximum effect of albuterol

    Measured: 15 minutes after each dose

  2. Effect Maximum (Emax)

    Maximum percentage of predicted FEV1 effect

    Measured: 15 minutes after each dose

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted17 Jul 2009 (estimated)
  2. Study startJul 1993
  3. Primary completionOct 1994
  4. Study completionOct 1994

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
81 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00940927
Sponsor's protocol ID
93-41
Status last verified
Apr 2015
First submitted
27 Jun 2008
Last updated
5 May 2015
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Blake K, Madabushi R, Derendorf H, Lima J. Population pharmacodynamic model of bronchodilator response to inhaled albuterol in children and adults with asthma. Chest. 2008 Nov;134(5):981-989. doi: 10.1378/chest.07-2991. Epub 2008 Jun 26.

    PubMed 18583517

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing albuterol in people with Asthma, run by Nemours Children's Clinic at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 5 May 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 17 Jul 2009). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Effective Dose 50% (ED50) (time frame: 15 minutes after each dose). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00940927, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 5 May 2015.

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