Clinical trial NCT00929851: BDP/FF Versus Formoterol Fumarate (FF) in Patients With Severe COPD (Lung Function and Exacerbation Rate)
Official title: a 48-week, Double Blind, Randomized, Multinational, Multicentre, "Fixed Combination" Beclomethasone Dipropionate Plus Formoterol Fumarate Versus Formoterol in Patients With Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Lead sponsor: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2009-06-30
Enrollment: 1199
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 40
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: a 48-week, 2-arm parallel group, "fixed combination" beclomethasone dipropionate plus formoterol fumarate versus formoterol in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Detailed description: a 48-week, double blind, randomized, multinational, multicentre, 2-arm parallel group, reference treatment controlled clinical trial of "fixed combination" beclomethasone dipropionate plus formoterol fumarate versus formoterol in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Severe COPD
* At least one COPd exacerbation in previous year

Exclusion Criteria:

* Asthma, allergic rhinitis or other atopic disease
* Unstable concurrent disease:
* Evidence of heart failure

Primary outcomes:
measure: Exacerbation rate Change in pre-dose FEV1
timeFrame: 0-4-12-24-36-48 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Pulmonary function parameters(FEV1 - FVC) St George's Questionnaire Use of rescue medication
timeFrame: 0-4-12-24-36-48 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: London
country: United Kingdom
facility: UCL Medical School
Study officials:
affiliation: UCL MEDICAL SCHOOL
name: Jadwiga A Wedzicha, MD, Prof
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Singh D, Vezzoli S, Petruzzelli S, Papi A. The efficacy of extrafine beclomethasone dipropionate-formoterol fumarate in COPD patients who are not "frequent exacerbators": a post hoc analysis of the FORWARD study. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2017 Nov 3;12:3263-3271. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S141416. eCollection 2017.
citation: Siddiqui SH, Pavord ID, Barnes NC, Guasconi A, Lettis S, Pascoe S, Petruzzelli S. Blood eosinophils: a biomarker of COPD exacerbation reduction with inhaled corticosteroids. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2018 Nov 6;13:3669-3676. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S179425. eCollection 2018.
citation: Wedzicha JA, Singh D, Vestbo J, Paggiaro PL, Jones PW, Bonnet-Gonod F, Cohuet G, Corradi M, Vezzoli S, Petruzzelli S, Agusti A; FORWARD Investigators. Extrafine beclomethasone/formoterol in severe COPD patients with history of exacerbations. Respir Med. 2014 Aug;108(8):1153-62. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2014.05.013. Epub 2014 Jun 6.
citation: Singh D, Kampschulte J, Wedzicha JA, Jones PW, Cohuet G, Corradi M, Higenbottam T, Petruzzelli S, Vestbo J. A trial of beclomethasone/formoterol in COPD using EXACT-PRO to measure exacerbations. Eur Respir J. 2013 Jan;41(1):12-7. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00207611. Epub 2012 May 31.