DEC-NET Serial number ES526 |
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Published online | 09/12/2005 10.41.00 |
Last updated | 02/05/2006 12.30.16 |
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Other protocol ID number | DEB-EPI-206 |
Current trial status | Closed to recruitment of participants: follow-up continuing |
Major Disease (ICD9 class) | Cystic fibrosis |
Experimental drug |
depelestat
Treatment regimen (dosage and duration) 5.65 mg/3 ml Depelestat twice daily or 11.3 mg/3 ml Depelestat twice daily, administered by nebulisation during 10 minutes, for 8 weeks |
Gender | Both |
Age (range) | above 6 years of age |
Eligibility criteria |
Inclusion criteria |
Suffering from CF with a sweat chloride concentration above 60 mmol/L and/or proved by genotyping, with pulmonary disease of moderate severity, in stable stage |
Exclusion criteria |
Suffering from a severe pulmonary disease; having suffered from an acute exacerbation of pulmonary disease according to the definition of Fuchs with IV antibiotics treatment, within 6 weeks before start of treatment; having been admitted to hospital for treatment of their disease during the 6 weeks before start of treatment; suffering from allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) with related clinical signs as bronchospams or asthmatic manifestations; presenting an identified bronchial hyperresponsiveness with an history of asthma with episodes of wheezing; having a history of significant haemoptysis (except hemoptoïc expectoration); presenting a bronchopulmonary colonisation by Bukholderia Cepacia, according to the last sputum bacterial examination; having changed their chronic therapy, including chest physiotherapy and drugs, less than 6 weeks (2 cycles for inhaled Tobramycin) before start of treatment; routine IV antibiotic treatment : patients receiving IV antibiotics at planned regular interval of time; chronic use of oral corticosteroids (unless stopped at least 6 weeks before start of treatment); taking a treatment with mucolytic drugs containing N-acetyl cystein (unless stopped at least 6 weeks before start of treatment) |
Trial design/methodology |
Phase | 2 |
Kind of study | Safety
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Design | Controlled Randomised Blinded Double blind
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Purpose of study |
To assess the safety of Depelestat administered twice daily for 8 weeks by inhalation after nebulisation in CF patients at 2 different doses. |
Primary outcomes |
Percentage of relative change of FEV1 on day 57, in relation to the basal one.
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Secondary outcomes |
Adverse events
Vital signs
Respiratory function parameters
Biochemical and hematology changes
Pharmacodynamic effects
Pharmacokinetic effects
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