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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructivePhase 4NCT03964207

A Study on Whether Patients Prefer the Spiriva® Respimat® or the Spiriva® Handihaler® for Treating Their Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

A Phase 4 study testing Tiotropium Respimat® (T1) and Tiotropium Handihaler® (T2) in people with Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, run by Boehringer Ingelheim at 8 sites in China.

Completed

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

Official record
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Trial summary

The objective of this study is to investigate the patient acceptability/preference of Respimat® compared with Handihaler® in patients with moderate to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to demonstrate the superiority of Respimat®. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 40 to 80 years
Conditions the study is for
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
What is being tested?
Tiotropium Respimat® (T1) and Tiotropium Handihaler® (T2)
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
72 participants
Where
8 sitesChina
Study dates
25 Nov 2019to 16 Nov 2021
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 40 to 80 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • All patients must have a diagnosis of COPD and must meet the following spirometric criteria at Visit 1 (Screening).
  • Relatively stable, moderate to very severe airway obstruction with a post-bronchodilator FEV1 <80% of predicted normal and FEV1/FVC <70%. Spirometry should be done at baseline and approximately 1/2 hour following 4 inhalations of albuterol.
  • Male = exp [-10.61669 + 2.27078 × ln (- in cm) + 0.06622 × ln (age in year) + Mspline] Female = exp [-9.69716 + 2.09385 × ln (- in cm) + 0.02006 × ln (age in year) + Mspline]
  • Historical data from spirometry measurements within the past 6 either at the site or at the other hospital may be used. If the measurements are not performed at the trial site a referral letter and signed copies of the measurement printouts must be provided to the trial site for source data verification. In case several qualifying spirometry measurements are available, the most recent one should be referred to as long as it was not performed during an exacerbation. Patients may not be randomised to the study without the availability of spirometry data at the actual study site.
  • Male or female, age: ≥40 years of age
  • Patients must be current or ex-smokers with a smoking history of ≥ 10 pack years. (Patients who have never smoked cigarettes must be excluded).
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  • Signed and dated written informed consent in accordance with International Council on Harmonization (ICH) ICH-GCP and local legislation prior to admission to the trial
  • Patients must be able to inhale medication from the Tiotropium Respimat® and Tiotropium HandiHaler®
  • Patients must be able to perform all study related procedures, and must be able to maintain records (patient diary) during the study period as required by the protocol

Who cannot join

  • Had visual, cognitive, or motor impairment that, as judged by the investigator, did not allow the patient to independently read and complete the PASAPQ questionnaire
  • Patients have had used both Respimat® and HandiHaler® (including generic HandiHaler®) within one year prior to screening.
  • Patients with significant diseases other than COPD will be excluded. A significant disease is defined as a disease or condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, may put the patients at risk because of participation in the study or may influence either the results of the study or the patient's ability to participate in the study.
  • All patients with an Aspartate Transaminase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, SGOT) >80 IU/L, Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) (Serum Glutamic-pyruvic Transaminase, SGPT) >80 IU/L, Bilirubin >2.0 mg/dL or Creatinine >2.0 mg/dL will be excluded regardless of the clinical condition. Repeat laboratory evaluation will not be conducted in these subjects.
  • Patients with a recent history (i.e., one year or less) of myocardial infarction.
  • Patients who have been hospitalized or being treated for heart failure within the past year.
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  • Patients with any unstable or life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia requiring intervention or change in drug therapy during the last year.
  • Patients with a malignancy for which patient has undergone resection, radiation therapy or chemotherapy within last five years (patients with treated basal cell carcinoma are allowed).
  • Known active tuberculosis.
  • Patients with a history of asthma, cystic fibrosis, clinically not well-controlled bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease, or pulmonary thromboembolic disease
  • History of thoracotomy with pulmonary resection. Patients with a history of thoracotomy for other reasons should be evaluated.
  • Patients with any respiratory tract infection or COPD exacerbation in the 6 weeks prior to the initial screening visit (Visit 1).
  • Patients with known symptomatic prostatic hypertrophy or bladder neck obstruction. Patients whose symptoms are controlled on treatment may be included.
  • Patients with known narrow-angle glaucoma
  • Use of systemic corticosteroid medication at unstable doses (i.e., less than six weeks on stable dose) or at doses in excess of the equivalent of 10 milligrams (mg) prednisolone per day.
  • Patients who regularly use daytime oxygen therapy for more than 1 hour per day and in the investigator's opinion will be unable to abstain from the use of oxygen therapy.
  • Pregnant or nursing women or women of childbearing potential not using a medically approved means of contraception (i.e., oral or injectable contraceptives, intrauterine devices (IUD) or diaphragm with spermicide, or Norplant®).
  • Significant alcohol or drug abuse within the past 12 months
  • Known hypersensitivity to anticholinergic drugs, lactose, benzalkonium chloride (BAC), ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) or any other components of the HandiHaler® or Respimat® inhalation solution delivery system.
  • Patients currently in any pulmonary rehabilitation program or scheduled to participate in any such program during the study period.
  • Previous participation in this study. (The patient cannot re-enroll into this study.)
  • Patients who are currently participating in another interventional study.

Trial locations and contacts

8 sites in 1 country.

8 sites in 1 country

China8 sites
  • Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital

    Beijing, 100020

  • China-Japan Friendship Hospital

    Beijing, 100029

  • West China Hospital

    Chengdu, 610041

  • The First Afiliated Hospital, Sun Yet-sen University

    Guangzhou, 510080

  • First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

    Guangzhou, 510120

  • Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

    Shanghai, 200025

  • Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University

    Shanghai, 200032

  • The First Hospital of China Medical University

    Shenyang, 110001

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About this study

Official title: A Randomized, Open-label, Two-way Crossover Study to Compare Patient Acceptability/Preference of Tiotropium Respimat® With Tiotropium Handihaler® in Patients With Moderate to Very Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

The objective of this study is to investigate the patient acceptability/preference of Respimat® compared with Handihaler® in patients with moderate to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to demonstrate the superiority of Respimat®.

Being tested
Tiotropium Respimat® (T1), Tiotropium Handihaler® (T2)
Medical subject headings
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

What participants receive

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

  • Tiotropium Respimat® (T1)Drug

    inhalation solution

  • Tiotropium Handihaler® (T2)Drug

    Inhalation Powder

Study groups in NCT03964207
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
(T1): 5μg tiotropium Respimat®, then (T2): 18μg tiotropium Handihaler®ExperimentalFrom Day 1 of Period 1 participants received Test treatment (T1): tiotropium Respimat® (Spiriva® Respimat®) 5 microgram (μg) once daily for a duration of 4 weeks, given as 2.5μg per puff, two puffs (2.5μg per puff) inhalation solution of tiotropium, orally via Respimat®. From Day 1 of Period 2 participants received comparator treatment(T2): tiotropium Handihaler® (Spiriva®) 18μg once daily for a duration of 4 weeks, inhalation powder tiotropium with 1 Handihaler® device.
Receives: Drug: Tiotropium Respimat® (T1); Drug: Tiotropium Handihaler® (T2)
(T2): 18μg tiotropium Handihaler®, then (T1): 5μg tiotropium Respimat®ExperimentalFrom Day 1 of Period 1 participants received comparator treatment (T2): tiotropium Handihaler® (Spiriva®) 18 microgram (μg) once daily for a duration of 4 weeks, inhalation powder tiotropium with 1 Handihaler® device. From Day 1 of Period 2 participants received Test treatment (T1): tiotropium Respimat® (Spiriva® Respimat®) 5 microgram (μg) once daily for a duration of 4 weeks, given as 2.5μg per puff, two puffs (2.5μg per puff) inhalation solution of tiotropium, orally via Respimat®.
Receives: Drug: Tiotropium Respimat® (T1); Drug: Tiotropium Handihaler® (T2)

What is being measured

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

  1. Performance Domain of the Patient Satisfaction and Preference Questionnaire (PASAPQ) After 4 Weeks of Treatment

    The score on the performance domain of the Patient satisfaction and preference questionnaire (PASAPQ) after 4 weeks of treatment is reported. The performance domain score is the sum of 7 questions (Q) within the domain (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5, Q10 and Q11), the range for each question went from 1 to 7 the higher the better. The score was then transformed to a 0 (least) to 100 (most) point scale following ((Q1+Q2+Q3+Q4+Q5+Q10+Q11)/49)*100, the higher the better performance. The performance domain of PASAPQ) was analysed using Mixed-effects Model for Repeated Measures (MMRM), with treatment and period as fixed effects, and patient as a random effect. Compound symmetry was used as a covariance structure for within-patient variation.

    Measured: After 4 weeks of treatment (at week 4 and week 8)

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. PASAPQ Total Score After 4 Weeks of Treatment

    The total score on the Patient satisfaction and preference questionnaire (PASAPQ) after 4 weeks of treatment is reported. The Total score is the sum of 13 questions (Q1-Q13) and then transformed to a 0 (least) to 100 (most) point scale. This continuous secondary endpoint was analyzed using a similar MMRM model as for the primary endpoint.

    Measured: After 4 weeks of treatment (at week 4 and week 8)

  2. Percentage of Patients Indicating Preference at Week 8

    The percentage of patients indicating preference in the Patient satisfaction and preference questionnaire (PASAPQ) at week 8 is reported. The questionnaire PASAPQ is a two part questionnaire, in Part II of the PASAPQ the stand-alone question 15 (Q15) was asked for a response to indicate the preference for the trial device, it had three possible answers: "I prefer Respimat", "I prefer Handihaler", "No answer to this question " and "no preference". Chi-squared test was used to analyze proportion of patients indicating preference in the Patient satisfaction and preference questionnaire (PASAPQ) at week 8.

    Measured: At Week 8.

  3. Overall Satisfaction Question Score From PASAPQ After 4 Weeks of Treatment

    The overall satisfaction question score in the Patient satisfaction and preference questionnaire (PASAPQ) at week 4 and 8 is reported (after 4 weeks of treatment). In Part I of the questionnaire PASAPQ: the Question 14 (Q14) asked for the overall satisfaction with the device used in the study. Q14 had Likert-type response options of 1 (very dissatisfied) to 7 (very satisfied) and was then transformed to a 0 (least) to 100 (most) point scale (if a patient scored "x", the transfer to 0-100 scale was x/7*100). Mixed-effects Model for Repeated Measures (MMRM) was used to analyze the overall satisfaction question score, with treatment and period as fixed effects, and patient as a random effect.

    Measured: At the end of 4 weeks of treatment

  4. Score on Willingness to Continue at Week 8

    The score on willingness to continue in the Patient satisfaction and preference questionnaire (PASAPQ) at week 8 is reported. The PASAPQ is a two part questionnaire, in Part I of the questionnaire PASAPQ the Question 16 (Q16) asked for a response between 0 and 100 with 0 indicating not willing to continue using the trial device and 100 indicating definitely willingness to continue. Mixed-effects Model for Repeated Measures (MMRM) was used to analyze the score on willingness to continue, with treatment and period as fixed effects, and patient as a random effect.

    Measured: At Week 8.

Timeline

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

  1. First posted28 May 2019
  2. Study start25 Nov 2019
  3. Primary completion19 Oct 2021
  4. Study completion16 Nov 2021

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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
Randomised
Intervention model
Crossover
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
72 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03964207
Sponsor's protocol ID
0205-0541
Status last verified
Oct 2023
First submitted
24 May 2019
Last updated
13 Oct 2023
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: After the study is completed and the primary manuscript is accepted for publishing, researchers can use this following link https://www.mystudywindow.com/msw/datasharing to request access to the clinical study documents regarding this study, and upon a signed "Document Sharing Agreement". Also, Researchers can use the following link https://www.mystudywindow.com/msw/datasharing to find information in order to request access to the clinical study data, for this and other listed studies, after the submission of a research proposal and according to the terms outlined in the website. The data shared are the raw clinical study data sets.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing Tiotropium Respimat® (T1) and Tiotropium Handihaler® (T2) in people with Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, run by Boehringer Ingelheim at 8 sites in China.

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

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 9 inclusion and 22 exclusion criteria. 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 13 Oct 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 8 sites in China. 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 13 Oct 2023). 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?

Performance Domain of the Patient Satisfaction and Preference Questionnaire (PASAPQ) After 4 Weeks of Treatment (time frame: After 4 weeks of treatment (at week 4 and week 8)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 13 Oct 2023.

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